There are many ways to live and work. Some people aim to do soul work. Some may focus on doing salary work. Some may aim to do soul work that also pays a salary.
Different people follow these routes in different ways. Let’s explore how it may be possible to translate these into action.
Soul Work
What are the kinds of work that make your soul sing? You may do this when you are encouraging people, gardening, painting, leading teams or doing another activity.
What are the principles you are following when doing your soul work? You may be shaping things, solving certain kinds of problems, helping people to succeed or following other themes.
When do you go into a state of flow? When do you do work where you are fully absorbed and time goes way? When do you flow, focus, finish and, as a product, sometimes experience a sense of fulfilment.
If you wish, try tackling the exercise on this theme. This invites you to complete the following sentence.
Looking ahead, how can you do more of your soul work? How can you translate these into doing specific projects? What would be the benefits of doing such work – both for yourself and for other people?
There are many ways to take these steps. One approach is to focus on the following themes.
Soul Work – This involves doing an activity that makes your soul sing and translating it into doing a specific project where you can deliver success.
Specific Goals – This involves clarifying the goals you want to achieve and the strategies you can follow to achieve success.
Success – This involves performing superb work and doing your best to achieve the picture of success.
Sometimes you may do your soul work. Sometimes you may do another kind of work. Let’s explore this theme.
Salary Work
What are the kinds of activities that for you feel like salary work? Some people can reframe salary work. One person described this in the following way.
“Today I am going to work with a challenging client. I will be professional and do my best to help them succeed.
“I reframe the work, however, by sometimes saying something like the following. Today I am going to earn enough money to pay towards getting a new fridge, building my own business or reaching another goal.
“I am good at reframing things and finding positives that for me are a good motivator.
“At the same time, however, I don’t put myself into situations that may be toxic or where I may feel like a victim.”
There are many reasons why something may feel like salary work. The key is to stay healthy and, wherever possible, find a good reason for doing the salary work.
If you wish, try tackling the exercise on this theme. This invites you to describe the specific things that for you feel like salary work.
Soul Work That
Pays A Salary
There are many models for doing soul work that also pays a salary. One approach is to do the inner work, the outer work and the superb work when taking this approach.
Doing The Inner Work
This involves looking within. It begins by clarifying the soul work you do that could be translated into a service or product that could help other people succeed.
Different people do different kinds of soul work that follow this path. They might provide services or products that involve enriching people’s lives, fixing problems, passing on knowledge or providing specialist services.
Doing The Outer Work
This involves looking outside. You can clarify your perfect customers or employers. What are the characteristics of these people? What are the challenges they face? What is their picture of success?
How can you do some of your soul work to help these people? How can you show that what you offer can help them to tackle their challenges or succeed? How can you reach such people in a way the fits your values?
Doing Superb Work That
Helps People To Succeed
This involves moving into action. One approach is to make clear contracts about the specific goals and guidelines. It is then doing superb work to deliver the goods. This involves focusing on the following themes.
Specific Goals: This involves making clear contracts about the specific goals to achieve and agreeing on the picture of success.
Specific Guidelines: This involves clarifying any specific guidelines – the Dos and Don’ts – to follow on the way to achieving the picture of success.
Success: This involves doing superb work, finding solutions to challenges and achieving the agreed picture of success.
There are many ways to do fine work. Sometimes this may involve doing soul work, sometimes salary work and sometimes doing soul work that pays a salary.
Let’s return to your own life. Imagine that you may want: a) to do more soul work in future; b) to maybe want to do soul work that pays a salary. If appropriate, how could you do some of these things in your own way?
If you wish, try tackling the exercise on this theme. This invites you to complete the following sentences.
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