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How work impacts our happiness

Posted by Miriam Katz on Wednesday, December 16, 2009, In : Achieving Happiness 



I had the distinct privilege of attending Marcus Buckingham's workshop at last week's Massachusetts Conference for Women, titled "Find your Strongest Life."

Marcus' work has heavily influenced both my career path and my client work in recent years.

After learning his strengths-based career navigation system, I put in place his strategies to figure out what my ideal job would be.  I learned that I love working one-on-one to serve others.  I love empowering people to undergo personal and profess...
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Clarifying your life purpose

Posted by Miriam Katz on Tuesday, August 18, 2009, In : Making work meaningful 



As we discussed in the last post, clarifying your purpose - or objective - is key to sharing your story in a way that will appeal to a prospective employer.  Or, for the self-employed, using your story to help raise capital or secure clients.

Life purpose is something that sounds big, daunting and elusive.  So let’s make it more concrete with some examples.

My life purpose is to help people achieve self-actualization through work.

Oprah’s life purpose is to be “a catalyst for transforming...
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Miriam J. Katz I aim to transform our collective perception of work. With a slight perspective shift, each of us can find and cultivate a deep sense of satisfaction in what we do. Together we can find authentic meaning in a space that has become known as the grind. Most of us spend more than 2000 hours at work each year. Let's utilize and value that time, rather than dreading it. Together we can put work on our payroll. Join me for the journey, and share your thoughts and questions!
 

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