4 Building a Compass

Dysfunctional Belief: I should know where I’m going!

Reframe: I won’t always know where I’m going—but I can always know whether I’m going in the right direction.

Goal

• Define your Work-View and Life-View directions

• Check that both are headed in same direction

Work-View

Avoid defining the actual tasks of an ideal job or the what-work you want to do. Think about why-you-work in broader less tangible sense.

• In 75+ words, what would make you jump out of bed for work versus dread Monday mornings? Be specific.

Life-View

Philosophical questions that require curiosity and can be very pragmatic. Designers are curious people.

• In 75+ words, how do you define a life well lived? Be specific.

Coherence

By having coherence, your Workview and your Lifeview pointing in same direction, you increase your own clarity and ability to live a consciously coherent, meaningful life. One in which who you are, what you believe, and what you do are aligned. When you’ve got an accurate compass, you’ll never stray off course for long.

• YES or NO. Is Work-View and Life-View going the same direction?

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Your Answers

YES or NO. Is Work-View and Life-View going the same direction?

• YES : 6

• NO : 1

• N/A : 9