FINDING WORK THAT MATTERS: Part III

Track Your Progress: Keep Your Priorities Straight

"It takes an uncommon amount of guts to put your dreams on the line, to hold them up and say, 'How good or bad am I?' That's where the courage comes in."
-- Erma Bombeck, writer

Chapter 9: How Will You Know When You're a "Success"?

Lifeline #17: "Success is an Inside Job."
Lifeline #18: "Want What You Have: Success Feels Like Coming Home."

Chapter 9 Toolbox:
• Maintain a "Success" Journal
• How to Define "Success" in Different Chapters of Your Life

Chapter 10: What Trade-Offs Are You Willing to Make?

Lifeline #19: "Don't Treasure Your Trash and Trash Your Treasures."
Lifeline #20: "Control the Controllables."

Chapter 10 Toolbox:
• How to Create a Balanced-Life Scorecard
• Decide What to Let Go of and When

Chapter 11: What Will Increase Your Chances of Fulfillment?

Lifeline #21: "Rewrite the Rules of Business."
Lifeline #22: "Don't Live a Deferred Life Plan."

Chapter 11 Toolbox:
• How to Devise Your Model Workplace
• Invent a Crisis

Chapter 12: How Can You Stay On Track?

Lifeline #23: "See Your Life as a Series of Chapters; Or the Shortest Distance Between Two Points Is Always Under Construction."
Lifeline #24: "Plant Trees Under Whose Shade You Will Never Sit."

Chapter 12 Toolbox:
• How to Chart Successful Careers
• Write Your Own Eulogy

Conclusion: It's Up to You

"Everything is walking distance, if you have the time."
-- Steven Wright, comedian

*NB: The outline is taken from the book. While the audio program covers most of the material in a slightly different fashion and, in particular, fewer tools are used and are developed in the audio program.