![]() ![]() I believe that each of us has a purpose for being here on the planet and that we each have unique gifts to offer. As an experiment, we substituted career with a term which fit much more naturally – “life work”. During one of our calls I mentioned my challenges around the word “career”. Introducing the Wheel of Life Work™Įarlier this year I started working with a talented and highly creative coach, Phil Askew. The concept of “career” doesn’t work the way it used to. And we’re exposed to a wealth of information and have many opportunities to learn that simply didn’t exist in years past. The result is that it’s common to have several different “careers” over the course of our lives and many of us are in a seemingly constant state of learning and training. Our world is changing at such a rapid rate that industries that existed twenty, or even ten years ago may already be yesterday’s news. For better or worst, our modern life doesn’t always work that way. In the past, a common scenario was that you’d receive an education in a given field and then spend the next 25 years or more working in that area, perhaps even for the same company. I’ve discovered that I’m not the only one who faces this dilemma. I have struggled over the years to define my career, with varying levels of success and plenty of frustration. The one label that has never really worked for me is “career”. ![]() The goal is to create an all-encompassing view of life and not to fit a pre-defined mould. If a specific term doesn’t fit it can always be substituted with a different, more empowering label. I frequently remind my coaching clients (and myself) that the labels associated with the Wheel of Life are arbitrary. The ancient yogis called this “Santosha” – contentment with the way things are. I encourage you to approach this exercise from a very neutral place and accept life exactly as it exists in the present. A common trap is to label lower scores as “bad” and higher score as “good”. And, there’s all the scores in between, with five often being expressed as an uninspired “fine”. A score of one indicates that you’re thoroughly unsatisfied in this area and a score of ten indicates that this part of your life is off-the-charts amazing. The exercise is to assign a rating from one to ten for each of these areas. The Wheel of Life includes all major areas of life, typically: career, money, health, friends & family, significant other/romance, personal growth, fun & recreation and physical environment. Taking stock of your life and acknowledging and accepting where you are right now is a requisite first step to engaging in transformation. The most powerful and lasting approaches to growth and healing encompass all aspects of your being. Life is, by it’s very nature, multifaceted. ![]() For those of you who are new to this concept, the Wheel of Life is a coaching tool that allows you to take a visual snapshot of your life as it exists in the present moment. If you’ve ever worked with a life coach, you’re likely intimately familiar with the “Wheel of Life”. ![]()
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