What To Believe
There is a bumper sticker which reads, “Don’t believe everything you think.” When it comes to our inner-speak, in the can or can’t department, if it’s of the “I can’t” variety, then “don’t believe everything you think.” If it’s of the “I can” variety, then don’t just believe it…prove it.
“Don’t let the things you can’t do today get in the way of the things you can.” – unattributed
“Put your heart into it, well done is better than well said.”- Benjamin Franklin
Part of Our Inner-Speak series
A Lamplighter
Of course, there are many who already do find and exercise purpose in their work day and therefore feel fulfilled. For those that have, you can be a lamplighter and spread the light to those who haven’t yet.
You see there is always more one can do. As long as you are here you continue to have purpose and value.
“From one burning candle many candles are lit, yet its own light is not diminished.” – Numbers 11:17
“Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it.”- Bernard Meltzer
Part of Why Not Now series
A Fulfilled Day
Too many of us go through our workday feeling unfulfilled. That feeling spills over to the rest of our day and can affect all of our relationships.
Go into the day believing you will come into contact with someone you know or just met whose life you can have a meaningful positive impact upon. Pay close attention with a “listening heart” to all you come into contact with and it will happen.
You may never even know what you did and it doesn’t matter. Thanks aren’t required, the reward is in the doing.
If at the end of the day you’re not sure it happened, give some (more) charity.
“A day of fulfillment is a day filled and full of purposefulness.”
“Life is not measured by the ticking of the clock, but rather by the beating of the heart.” – Aron Moss
Part of Why Not Now series
The Butcher, The Baker, and Candlestick Maker
The butcher, the baker, and the candlestick maker all serve a purpose and therefore have value. What would happen if everyone chose a career in the mode of “encore career?”
Who would be and what would we do without the butcher, the baker, and candlestick maker. This means that whatever you do has value to society. How much more so when you differentiate yourself by how much you care.
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.”- William James
Part of Why Not Now series
A Quick Thought(s) That Deserves Lots of Thought
“Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.” — Albert Einstein
“I learned much from my teachers, more from my books, and most from my troubles.” – Baraisos de Rabbi Yitzchak
The Means To A Purpose
Do you see your career as a means to an end or a means to a purpose? How do you define the goal or purpose of what you do?
See it and do it as providing a needed product or service of value. Seen this way you will realize that you are doing something with “social impact” now. Then you will find more joy in what you do (and be more successful also).
Infuse all that you do with the singular purpose of benefiting others.
“The purpose of life is a life of purpose”. – Unknown
“Try not to become a man of success, but rather a man of value”. – Albert Einstein
Part of Why Not Now series
Why Not Now
There is a new term “Encore Career”, which means – a second career, especially one with greater social impact and that provides more personal meaning.
Why do we have to wait to have an “Encore Career”? We can make our current career filled with social impact and personal meaning. If we infuse whatever our current career is with ethics, morality, kindness, respect, and dignity then we have it now.
Remember everyone we meet, our clients, customers, patients, co-workers, bosses, etc. is a “special needs” person who has a special need to give to us and/or receive from us something special and vice-versa. They can’t wait and neither can you.
“What you do for a living does not define who you are. How you do it does”.
“Don’t measure your self worth by your net worth”.
First in our Why Not Now series
The Spinning Rabbi - Heart & Soul 