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141 " And when you are presented with an opportunity, you may not just know. "
― Jeff Goins , The Art of Work
142 " Every calling is marked by a season of insignificance, a period when nothing seems to make sense. "
143 " A calling is that thing that you can’t not do, an answer to the age-old question, “What should I do with my life? "
144 " We don’t need more jobs. We need a better way to equip people for what they’re meant to do. "
145 " You will have to step out into the unknown, listening for direction as you go. "
146 " It’s supposed to be hard. If it wasn’t hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great. "
147 " when you are in doubt, just remember to drive toward water. You can always change directions once you get in the car. "
148 " the very things you try to avoid are what you need the most to make this story matter. "
149 " perhaps while serving someone else’s dream, you will make a discovery of your own. At first, it will come imperceptibly, like a whisper. But as you pay attention, it will greet you in forms you may not understand. "
150 " brave words: speak, for your servant is listening. It’s as much an act of vulnerability as it is one of availability. "
151 " Every great endeavor begins with a smaller, less significant one. "
152 " So what separates a season of failure from a lifetime of failure? First you must be willing to recognize hardship as an opportunity to learn, willing yourself to push through failure. Second, you must be careful to not succeed at the wrong things. You have to pay attention to passion and beware of the temptation of success. It’s not enough to be good at something; you must focus on what you are meant to do. And appreciate that your understanding of that, over time, just might change. So be ready to make more pivots along the way. "
153 " Here’s the truth. The risk of not committing is greater than the cost of making the wrong choice. Because when you fail, you learn. But what happens when you don’t commit, when you choose to not act? Well, nothing. "
154 " Every calling is marked by a season of insignificance, a period when nothing seems to make sense. This is a time of wandering in the wilderness, when you feel alone and misunderstood. "
155 " You just need to be a little dissatisfied. "
156 " You don’t need some big plan. You just need to be a little dissatisfied. "
157 " As you avail yourself to how your life may be speaking, you too must decide. Will you wallow in regret, wondering why such a thing has befallen you, or will you choose to act, making the most of your obstacle, and allow it to evolve into an opportunity? Listening is where finding your calling starts, but it’s not where it ends. Our ears can only take us so far before our hands have to do the rest of the work. "
158 " Failure is a friend dressed up like an enemy. "
159 " In the words of author and activist Parker Palmer, don’t just tell your life what you want to do with it; listen to what it wants to do with you.3 Here "
160 " As I listened to the radio tell her story, it was hard to not think education should look more like this—paint splotches and messy smocks in a cramped studio—and less like large lecture halls with passive students parked in seats for ninety minutes at a time, eyes glued to a slide presentation. "