Broaden Your Options to Make Your Work Life More Meaningful

Candy Lightner illustrates poignantly that it isn’t what hap pens to you that counts, but what you do with the hand you were dealt. Turning tragedy into personal triumph is a difficult task. It’s also an opportunity to confront adversity with strength. No accomplishment can be more deeply and personally gratifying than that.

To make your work life meaningful, you must give up the wish for quick and easy successes. Find pleasure in knowing you’ve earned your achievements through talent and effort. Missions that begin with a personal crisis or tragedy don’t have to end there. Part of the transformation into “authentic adulthood” involves discovering who you really are and what you really care about, no matter what preconceived notions others might have for your life. Read More at EmploymentCrossing