With the December holidays—Hanukah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, Lohri — many people around the world are celebrating varied spiritual and religious traditions which enable them to connect with their authentic selves as well as spread peace and good will across the globe! Authenticity is one of many ideals to live by.
Many individuals are also reviewing their lives and setting goals for the New Year! Some are realizing that to succeed in changing times they need to strengthen Quester qualities they have within – ideals to live by.
Quester Traits: Ideals to Live By
Use mind power.
Mind is energy. Everything that happens is the result of a mental state which precedes it. For anything to exist, thoughts had to form first, which then create physical reality or manifestation.
Create your own life scripts by your mental attitudes, the thoughts you think. Have a clear picture of your desired outcome. To ensure your goals are consistent with your purpose, write your goals, including benefits to yourself and others. INTEND to achieve these.
Imagine yourself living your goal today. Hold your desired outcome firmly in your mind. Visualize your goal clearly when in a relaxed state. Experience your goal. Notice how it feels, smells, sounds and looks. Create a collage or picture depicting your goal.
Clarify purpose and pursue goals in harmony with it.
Identify major themes: 1) Proud accomplishments (social, work, school, civic); 2) Absorbing childhood activities; 3) Recurring dream; 4) What you’d do if you couldn’t fail; 5) A prize you’d select (literary, athletic) for being the world’s best; 6) What you’d wear to a costume party; 7) People you admire; 9) Job skills you want to use.
Write a “working” mission statement describing your purpose based on these themes. Brainstorm how your purpose can be expressed in various life roles. If your purpose is to help others, you could express it at work by being a helpful sales clerk. Don’t allow age, education, or physical disability stop you from expressing your purpose.
Be genuine, growth-oriented.
Know who you are and want to become: Live in the moment. Express your opinions honestly even though they may differ from those around you. Allow your friends and people you meet to be themselves. Engage in conversations that have depth, rather than gossip. Be comfortable with yourself.
Don’t judge others by external appearances. Listen closely to what they are saying, the message behind their words. See the unity and interconnectedness of all life. Seek new opportunities. Care about environmental issues and volunteer for a cause important to you.
Connect with your career and life cycles.
We tend to experience cycles of discontent every five to ten years with the average cycle happening every 7.5 years. Although we all have our own rhythms of change, we generally proceed through alternating developmental and transition periods throughout life.
Transitions are times for questioning who we are and where we want to go. During developmental periods we make commitments to and work toward desired goals.
At the same time/simultaneously, we also experience the career cycle of entry, mastery and disengagement. During entry, we enthusiastically learn new tasks. In mastery, we’re competent, confident, and productive. If our work no longer challenges us, we become bored and lose enthusiasm, productivity and confidence. This disengagement stage of the career cycle tends to parallel the transition stage of the life cycle.
Uses these cycles to evaluate and advance your career. If you feel you are no longer deriving desired work rewards consider other options. Redesign your job; return to school for upgrading or acquire new skills, change jobs within your company or another organization; take time out.
Create a life in which you continue to grow and have choices.
Learn how Questers take charge in Questers Dare to Change Your Job and Life.
