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3 Issue 3
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 Dhirendra R
CEO
Eduquity
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Last fortnight's feature discussed how people have forgotten or
have allowed themselves to get sidetracked from the true purpose of their lives
and the fact that an individual can find true happiness in his work only if his
career goals are aligned with his spirit.
People who are closer to their souls are able to contribute more
effectively to themselves and to society at large. Companies that foster
employees' personal and spiritual growth find it makes them tremendously more
productive. The HR department's role therefore, should be to provide an
enabling environment and the practical tools to encourage continuous growth and
learning.
So, how aligned are you with yourself? How closely do your career
goals match with your spirit? Answer the following questionnaire created by Dr
Aparna Bhoj, our senior organizational psychologist, and things could get a lot
clearer for you...
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In This Issue
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IS YOUR SOUL AT WORK TODAY?
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Tick either option a or b depending on what describes you best:
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1)
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a. I do what I need to do, to have what I want, so I can be who I am
trying to be. ----
b. I am who I am, to have what I need.-----
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2)
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a. Learning makes me experienced, ---
b. Experience makes me learned. ---
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3)
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a. What drives me to work everyday is the bills I have to pay. ---
b. I drive to work to be who I am. ---
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4)
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a. I take the breaks I know my body and mind need. ---
b. I do not take breaks even when I would rather spend time at home with
family or take much needed rest. ---
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5)
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a. There is always something enjoyable in the work I do. ---
b. Enjoyment is for weekends. ---
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Answer Key
If your answers are as below you are taking your soul to work
everyday.
1 b, 2 b, 3 b, 4 a, 5 a.
What the answers represent:
1b: Authenticity: This means that you work to express
yourself at work. Your work is an expression of your personality interests and
abilities.
2b. Inquiry: Events and situations at work provide us with
learning opportunities-they're called life. If we are sensitive to our
surrounding there are lessons waiting to be learned. But when life throws us a
situation that can't be solved by what we know, we're stuck. Often the solution
can come only after we admit to ourselves that we don't have an answer. Only
then can we seek and find. And in observing the environs we may find the
answers to lives deepest mysteries.
3b. Purpose: Is your purpose in going to work, to only to
pay your bills and debts? Is that purpose worthy of who you are? If your work
is about the larger scheme of things in your life then you are in tune with
your life's purpose.
4a. Balance: The lumberjack who stops from time to time to
sharpen his or her saw will out-perform someone who just saws all day long.
5a. Joy: How much of what you do from moment to moment is a
beautiful manifestation of your spirit? People who are reconnecting their work
and spirit look for ways to make each phone call, meeting or conversation an
expression of who they are. If your days are filled with excitement and
innovation it is a reflection of the joy within you.
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A three-day workshop on 'Psychometric tests and measurement techniques for
competency mapping'.
Date: February 11-13, 2004 (in New Delhi) and February 20-22, 2004 (in
Mumbai).
Venue: Oasis, opposite TISS, Sion - Trombay Road, Deonar, Mumbai
The Intercontinental Park Royal, Nehru Place, New Delhi
For more details, contact: : Salahkaar Consultants" payable at Pune and
be sent to: Banglow No. 6 A, Vijay Shree Cooperative Hsg. Soc, Gandhi Bhavan
Road, Kotsshrud, Pune -411 038
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Our workplace is a classroom for our spiritual development. Perhaps our real
work is to accept the call to greater authenticity, a spirit of inquiry, a
purpose worthy of who we are, a more balanced life and joy.
- John Scherer , Founder and director of the Center for Work and the
Human Spirit
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