Let\u2019s face it, figuring out what you want to do with your life can be quite stressful. For many millennials, the single most important factor in the workplace is finding work that is purposeful.<\/p>\n
Though the search for purpose is front and centre, it can also be the thing that is most elusive. In a culture that is perpetually focused on the \u201cnext\u201d big thing\u2014like the press feature or promotion we dream of\u2014it\u2019s nearly impossible to experience fulfilment today.<\/p>\n
How are you supposed to know if you\u2019re on the right path if what you want is always a few steps ahead of you? Here are 7 ways you\u2019ll know if you chose the right career path.<\/p>\n
1) You\u2019ve silenced the noise. You\u2019ve blocked out the external noise in your life that prevents you from doing you. The voices of other people\u2014the expectations, the \u201cshould,\u201d the \u201cwhat will they think\u201d\u2014are no longer a factor for you. You are deeply connected to your innermost desires and often take quiet time to deliberately discern what your next move is.<\/p>\n
2) You\u2019re doing what excites you the most. You wake up in the morning and the first thought on your mind is how excited you are to do what you\u2019re most passionate about. You can hardly call it \u201cwork\u201d because it feels like a play for you\u2014you\u2019d do it even if you weren\u2019t being paid and weren\u2019t on the clock.<\/p>\n
3) You\u2019re a master at what you do. The work you do is inspired from the gifts and abilities you were born with. You do what you do better than anyone you know, and it\u2019s effortless for you. Forget the grind, the stress, the 10,000 hours\u2014you\u2019re simply playing your muse.<\/p>\n
4) You don\u2019t settle for mediocrity. You don\u2019t have time for a thousand and one \u201cside\u201d projects. You are focused on what you do best and you aren\u2019t watering the things you\u2019re just mediocre at. \u201cWas Steve Jobs a fashion icon? Was Albert Einstein a great cook? Was Nikola Tesla the world\u2019s best tree lopper? No.\u201d<\/p>\n
5) You don\u2019t work for your schedule, it works for you. Your work schedule is centred around the time your creativity is most active. If you thrive at 2:00 in the morning, you\u2019re working then. You save the times you\u2019re prone to feeling brain dead for things like responding to emails, and you\u2019ve got at least a few hours each day reserved for play.<\/p>\n
6) Everything in your life is \u201cworking.\u201d You experience a deep sense of alignment in everything from the thoughts you think about yourself, to the opportunities that show up in your life at the right time, to the ample resources you have to do the things you love. You\u2019re not crunched for time or money, and you no longer have limiting beliefs that put a cap on how good your life can become.<\/p>\n
7) You\u2019re committed to service. Your primary focus is on the impact of your work. You thrive on contribution and are aligned with a business that serves the needs of the planet. You don\u2019t support businesses that are centred around one person, but rather that is centred around a collective. You are constantly looking for new ways to create solutions for humanity and positive change in the world.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Let\u2019s face it, figuring out what you want to do with your life can be quite stressful. For many millennials, the single most important factor in the workplace is finding work that is purposeful. Though the search for purpose is front and centre, it can also be the thing that is most elusive. In a […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,8,9,10],"tags":[28,26],"yoast_head":"\n