Why are you doing the work you are doing?
As school starts and we have a new group of freshman starting school I love asking them the following question: What do you love to do? This helps them focus on what they want to study as they begin their college journey. But what about those who are in the workforce? Simple, Why are you doing the work that you do? Scott Dinsmore’s TedTalk, How to find and do work you love is Scott’s mission to change the world by helping people find what excites them and build a career around the work only they are capable of doing.
Scott is a career change strategist whose demoralizing experience at a Fortune 500 job launched his quest to understand why 80% of adults hate the work they do, and more importantly, to identify what the other 20% were doing differently. His research led to experiences with thousands of employees and entrepreneurs from 158 countries.
While you listen to his talk think about the following:
- What is your unique strength?
- What do you value?
- What in your experience has made you happy?
- What in your experience has made you unhappy?
- What matters to you?
- What inspires you?
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