DISCOVER YOUR LIFE'S WORK

Down-to-Earth Guidance
To Reveal Your Soul's Purpose,
Express Your Greatest Gifts
& Live To Your Full Potential

By

Richard L. Roberts, PhD.

Vocational Consultant

Table of Contents :

Discover Your Life's Work

Table of Contents

Welcome..........................................................................4
Table of Contents .............................................................7
Introduction.....................................................................9
The Three Essential Stages.................................................16
Recommendations for Using This Guide...................................22

Stage I: Discover Your Calling

The Power of Commitment ..................................................26
Evaluating Commitment: Payoffs vs. Costs..............................28
Notes..............................................................................32
Future Visualization............................................................33
Discover Your Higher Calling.................................................35
Notes..............................................................................41
Joy.................................................................................42
Exercise: Moments of Joy...................................................44
Signs of Higher Calling........................................................51
Exercise: "I Want Their Job"................................................54
Personal Motivators...........................................................59
Exercise: Vision Questing....................................................65

Stage II: Reveal Your True Talents

Identify Your Primary Talents..............................................69
Exercise: Motivated Abilities Checklist...................................71
Exercise: Revealing Hidden Talents.......................................79
Exercise: Vocational Assessment Feedback Form.....................83
Vocational Assessment Feedback Consolidation Worksheet........87
Declare Calling and Primary Talents.......................................88
Still Not Sure About Your Calling and/or Talents?.....................91

Stage III: Choose Your Life's Work

Vocational Type Validation...................................................95
Exercise: The Six Vocational Types........................................96
Exercise: Vocational Type and Moments of Joy........................102
Vocational Type and Careers................................................104
Identify Vocational Possibilities.............................................109
Exercise: Vocational Daydreams............................................110
Immediate Career Alternatives Worksheet...............................113
Exercise: Vocational Possibilities Worksheet............................115
Reality Testing..................................................................116
Signs of Higher Calling.........................................................117
Preliminary Research...........................................................119
Printed Occupational Sources...............................................119
Vocational Information Worksheet.........................................122
Insight Networking.............................................................123
Exercise: Testing the Waters...............................................125
Testing the Waters - Alternative Process...............................129
Exercise: Create Your Personal Vision....................................131
Choose Your Life Work with Conviction..................................132
Fear's Many Disguises .......................................................135
The Fear Technique...........................................................137

Live to Your Full Creative Potential

Breakthrough.....................................................................140
What Support Will Help You Breakthrough?..............................142
The Buddy System..............................................................143
Fully Functioning Individuals..................................................146
Exercise: 95% vs. 5%..........................................................146
Characteristics of Self-Actualizers..........................................151
Strategies of Self-actualizing Individuals.................................153
Make Money Doing What You Love.........................................154
The Secret to Making Money the Easy Way.............................155
Achieving True Success In Life..............................................159
Exercise: How Do You Define True Success?............................160
Recommended Reading ........................................................165
Product Order Form.............................................................173