“How do I know when I need to focus more on personal growth, and when to focus more on career success?”
This listener question from The Clarity Course Series illumines a popular assumption. We believe that our personal growth doesn’t feed our career success, and vice versa.
But what if we can’t separate them into neat boxes? What if they’re intertwined?
“I am in ambivalence (or in quantum congruence?): I both think I am very happy and satisfied with my life as it is; and at the same time I think that I must serve a better purpose. Which one is true?”
I love this listener question from The Clarity Course Series, because goodness knows I’ve struggled with it!
Back in 2012, I constantly asked myself, “How can I want to leave my job at L’Arche when I love my friends there so much?”
For months, I couldn’t come up with a good answer.
Have you ever spent a day just noticing how many times you hear the phrase I don’t know … ?
If so, then you know this to be true: We have a don’t-know epidemic on our hands. To wit, here are a few listener questions from The Clarity Course Series survey.
“I don’t even know where to start … I know very little about technology and the industry. I have so many ideas and interests it is hard to choose where to start.”
Sometimes, our not-knowing is legitimate. We need to research a given topic, or get really still and listen before arriving at an answer.
But often, I don’t know is a place to hide. It’s a way of delaying action and keeping ourselves stuck.
