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Going From Disabled to Working

Started by David Good. Last reply by Scott Moore May 8. 6 Replies 0 Likes

I'm new to using the site and my situation is unique and a bit of a puzzle. In a nutshell, I'm on disability and am trying to move toward going back to work since getting a new doctor and treatments.…Continue

How Do You Get 'Unstuck'?

Started by Scott Moore. Last reply by Dianne Drinkard May 2. 16 Replies 0 Likes

When you're stuck in a rut, or feel that you are, how do you get unstuck? I feel like I'm making progress, but slowly. And, I have been stuck at times. I find reading or listening to something new…Continue

Grown-Ups

Started by Scott Moore. Last reply by Laura Murray Oct 10, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” When I was a kid, that question was exciting because the answers were endless and adventurous. “I want to be a superhero with a lightsaber and a motorcycle…Continue

Boredom is not your calling.

Started by Scott Moore. Last reply by Daniel B. Troutman Jun 20, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes

“Boredom is the root of all evil – the despairing refusal to be oneself.”– Soren Kierkegaard“The despairing refusal to be oneself.” I wouldn’t have defined boredom that way, but somehow it fits. We,…Continue

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Comment by Scott Moore on May 1, 2013 at 11:37pm: Good question. My two cents - Offer to help someone get organized in their small business/home/company/wherever you can find the opportunity. Then, look for ways to monetize that. Start a blog or niche podcast and help as many people as possible. It won't be long before you are a recognized expert in organization. Let us know how it goes.

Comment by Laura Murray on April 25, 2013 at 10:55am: How can I start a business using my # 1 passion - organizing? I'm trying to find out what I want to be when I grow up know that I love organizing and I know I want to make a difference for the better in this world. Any ideas how I can turn my passions into a business? thanks

Comment by Leta Muncie on October 31, 2012 at 6:56pm: It's great when a person begins to "walk" in the path of their life's work; and being able to have residual income allowing a person to do the things he/she really wants to do and not be concerned about getting paid. I love helping people make their lives better financially, physically, environmentally and keeping balance. I've always wanted to do Crisis Response work (i.e., respond to such things as hurricane Sandy by going and helping.) Just signed up to go through training so I will be able to help in the future. I will have income while I go do the work. The power of residual income can allow people to truly enjoy life and to give "like no one else." Like Scott shared: "....there is only scarcity of resolve to make it (what you love to do) happen." Life is good.

Comment by Martha Dominguez on September 21, 2012 at 8:53am: Scott, thanks for encourage us with this quotes.

Comment by Scott Moore on September 20, 2012 at 11:17pm: "There is no scarcity of opportunity to make a living at what you love to do, there is only scarcity of resolve to make it happen." - Wayne Dyer

Comment by Scott Moore on September 20, 2012 at 11:14pm: "When your desires are strong enough you will appear to possess superhuman powers to achieve." - Napoleon Hill

Comment by Anna Charlotta on May 18, 2012 at 7:47am: Hi Rebecca, it's funny, first you say that you don't have much of content knowledge in any given area. Then you go on to say that you could talk about traveling and the places you've been to all night long. :)

Perhaps you cannot demonstrate an interest in the typical things that has shown up in job ads, but that doesn't mean that you don't have an interest--on the contrary it sounds like. :)

What do you need this "content area" for? For starting your own business? To demonstrate an interest to employers? Just curious.

Comment by Rebecca Miller on May 18, 2012 at 7:10am: That's an interesting exercise, Charlotta, thank you for sharing! My problem seems to be that I don't have a particular content area. I have great skills in processes - office software, managing projects, events - but not much in the way of content knowledge about any given area. For instance, in job announcements, it'll say "demonstrable interest in women's right/public health/nuclear arms/whatever - fill in the blank". I don't have that - that content area of any sort. I don't have any experience in any particular content area.

I like the question of what you could talk about all night, and for me that'd be places I've been. The largest portion of my bookshelf is travel guides. I'm on my 4th passport. So clearly, I love to travel! But, turning that into a content area? I'm not entirely sure how...

Comment by Anna Charlotta on May 16, 2012 at 11:31am

What tools am I using? For a long while I was searching in a too left-brained way. I think it's often difficult for us to see the trees in our own forest. Here are a couple of ways to catch a view of those trees:

What could you talk about--with someone likeminded--the entire evening tonight, the entire day tomorrow, and on and on and on?
What occupies the largest portion in your bookshelf? Yes, even if it doesn't seem "occupation" related! The question is: how could it be occupation related? (Feel free to exchange bookshelf for blog reader or iTunes or pile of magazines.)
When you think you have an idea what your life's work might be, assume that you have "arrived" and ask yourself:

What would be different for me?
What's next?

(Thanks to Mattison Grey for that last exercise, which is a bit longer than I've written here. Once you have what's next, imagine that you have arrived and repeat the questions. Repeat 4-6 times.)

Comment by Scott Moore on May 16, 2012 at 11:06am: What tools are you using to help you in your quest for finding your life's work? More importantly, which ones seem to be helping?