Psychology for Work and Life Blog

Why is knowing your top ten values important? In this complicated world, knowing your top several values can help you to identify what truly matters most to you. This can provide clarity and separate your actual choices and actions from marketing messages, past learned habits, and other pathways of least resistance. You can work to build habits and a lifestyle which is in alignment with your most important motivators. Our aim is a happier, more fulfilling and healthier life. The values you choose are completely your choice and up to you! Career counseling and positive psychology exploration can help with identification. I hope this video will be helpful as well.

When I discovered my true work personality and my professional calling, I gained a sense of freedom because I knew I could move confidently in the direction of my passion, at my own pace. I am not alone in this experience. This result is often found within the realms of positive psychology and career exploration. I believe career exploration, career counseling, and a potential career reboot is worth the effort .

With an aim focused on theories of positive psychology; I've cultivated a list of beneficial actions. Please consider your goals which may include a desire for happiness, well-being, meaning, personal growth, etc! Future blogs will focus on each action individually.

What happens when you get a flat tire? It must be changed if you desire to drive forward effectively. I once endured a season when I happened to have had an unreasonable number of flat tires. It was rough and pretty inexplicable. It became almost a habit and was entirely (no pun intended) outside of my control. Do you ever feel like you are operating, metaphorically, with a ‘flat tire’ and you really want to make positive changes? I admire the way Steve Jobs considered change when he stated, "For the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: 'If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?' And whenever the answer has been no for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something." 

To me eudaemonia is the Shangri La of strengths. Ahhh the dreamy place when we are fulfilling our vital need of mastery or learning while being challenged in perfect proportion! When I am in this state, I am eager to work because I am connected and energized. I am in the zone. It takes work and effort to get to this destination, Shangri La. Personality assessment combined with career exploration can greatly help to navigate this bumpy pathway and avoid unhelpful detours. It certainly has for me.