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Life/Work Motivator—a pattern of motivation that directs your energy and attention in a certain way for a particular purpose. These patterns are fundamental to human experience. |  |
BY INTRODUCING YOU to the concept of Life/Work Motivators I am inviting you to see your life as a demonstration of the patterns of motivation that are typical for you.
The concept goes back to 1995, which held for me two pivotal experiences. One was a trip to Sweden with a chance to visit members of my extended family and observe how much they were like my extended family in Minnesota where I grew up, despite almost no communication between the two branches. The second was the work of organization consultant Rebecca Chan Allen of Calgary, Alberta--her theory of archetypal life journeys, archetypal travellers in life and archetypal travelling companions. Layers of learning, experience, and influence prior to these include the work of career development experts Bernard Haldane and Richard Bolles with their emphasis on looking at people’s patterns of using their favorite strengths, and Carl Jung--for his typology and the aspect of archetypes in his psychology.
Life/Work Motivator (LWM)
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Overall intentions
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It is my belief that in creating a satisfying life for ourselves and our families, including a work life that gives us some psychic as well as economic benefits, we all have a desire to preserve our separate identity, our sense of individuality. And particularly when navigating a career transition, it is critical to have this sense of your uniqueness to distinguish yourself from others. The language of LWMs serves this purpose and says something about your goals, values, and style of operating in a way that is more whole and alive for you. This sense of uniqueness is the fundamental fuel cell that can drive us to create in the world the outward expression of our natural talents (see definition at top).
Life/Work Motivators or Archetypes of Calling ™
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“I did it my way.”
| An archetype in the traditional sense can be described as one of the ways humans operate as a pattern (Ruler, Jester, Warrior, Sage, Hero, etc.) These archetypes are universal patterns and are not specific to one person's life only. What is specific to you is the particular set of archetypes that are most clearly operating in your life. That is one of the things that make you unique. | |||||||||||||
“Look for you own. Do not do what someone else could do as well as you. Do not say, do not write what someone else could say, could write as well as you. Care for nothing in yourself but what you feel exists nowhere else and out of your self create, impatiently or patiently … the most irreplaceable of things.”
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With Life/Work Motivators, I have taken the concept of archetypes a step further to suggest that there are Archetypes of Calling™—patterns of behavior related to how one is most motivated to do and achieve. Here the influence of the archetype is toward a goal that is relatively specific, involving skills and abilities that can be named.
In this way the theory of archetypes connects with the realm of the workplace, shifting from the abstract to practical reality. There is now a bridge between “This is who I am.” (being) and “This is how I prefer to be active in the world.” (doing) Naming and consciously drawing on these larger and primary forces through the language of Life/Work Motivators can help people clarify the direction of their career path and chart a life course that is rich and more fulfilling.
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