“I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.”
William Blake
Tag: passion
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Quote to Consider: My Soul’s Deepest Cry
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No Teasing Whore, This Angel
Inhaling deep wafts of the morning mist, I push my way into the day—that now familiar mix of courage and impotence coloring each step.
Foreign are the airs of confidence and self assurance that others seem to wear so effortlessly. But I press forward. Destiny’s beckoning promise continues to visit in the night, dancing gracefully along the horizon of my imagination. My appreciation for this encouraging angel erases every suggestion that she is but a teasing whore.
I am different. I am different for a reason. I am different because I have something to do. I have something I must do.
First published in Nuance Alley, April 2004.
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Wrapping up Podcast Series on Vocational Passion
If you missed our podcast series on Vocational Passion, be sure to visit iTunes or Odeo and download all five conversations.
It is surprisingly common to think that finding meaningful work is too much to ask. That we are not worthy of an energizing job where our contribution is welcomed and rewarded.
We have got to change that assumption! It gives our bosses too much power in the employer-employee partnership. We assume that the company belongs to them more than to us. We assume that those with positions at the top of the organizational chart are somehow more entitled to a rich and meaningful career than we are.
Such assumption need to end yesterday. Join me in designing creative alternatives for showing up alive and invested at work. Join the conversation.