Make Your Job Your Calling

The purpose of this exercise is to allow you to reflect on approaching work as a “calling” 和 how you can derive meaning 和 purpose from your upcoming career 和/or your current job.

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学习成果

Through engaging in this exercise, you will be able to: 

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    Define “calling” 和 “vocation.” 

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    Identify the benefits 和 drawbacks to approaching work as a calling.

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    Critically reflect on your values, 目标, 的优势, 和/or preferences as avenues toward approaching work as a calling. 

重要的信息

时间: 1 - 3小时

4 d维度: Intellectual Growth, Well-being, Character, Careers 和 Lives of Purpose

观众: 学生, 教师, 工作人员 

资源类型: Self-guided Exercise, Class Exercise

课程: Curricular, Co-curricular

Example Courses for Exercise Implementation: Introduction to Well-being, Occupational Well-being, Work-Life Thriving

活动信息

  • 指令
    1. Job Calling Lecturette Slides (附录A)
      • Familiarize yourself with the definitions of “calling” 和 “vocation,” as well as the benefits 和 drawbacks related to approaching work as a calling.
    2. Make Your Job Your Calling Reflective Exercises (附录B)
      • These exercises are taken directly from makeyourjobacalling.com, which is based on Dik 和 Duffy’s (2012) book, Make Your Job a Calling: How the Psychology of Vocation Can Change Your Life at Work.
    3. Choose at least two of the four exercises in 附录B. The way that you engage with the exercises is up to you. 例如, you may choose to take a self-study approach, where you follow the reflection instructions in a journal. You may prefer an arts-based approach where you choose to visually represent your responses to the prompts. You can also choose a movement-based approach where you think through 和 “work out” the responses as you walk, 运行, 或者骑自行车, 例如. You can also choose to do the exercises with a group or partner, taking time to reflect individually 和 then coming back together to discuss your answers.
    4. Post-Exercise Individual Reflection or Group Discussion
      • After you have finished the Make Your Job Your Calling Reflective Exercises, consider the following:
        • What was challenging 和/or rewarding about completing these reflections 和 why?
        • As you move toward your career or forward in your current job, what makes putting the insights you gained into practice difficult 和/or exciting?
        • What is a main takeaway from completing these exercises? In other words, what do you want to carry with you?

作者(年代)

艾琳·K. Willer, Ph.D. 

Director of 教师 Innovation, 4 d的经验 

Professor, Communication Studies 

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