Celebrate a Different Kind of Valentine's Day & a New Approach to Your Life & Career
Do you approach your life and work in a hungry way?
A good question to ask yourself now is if you feel hungry. Not in the sense of needing food, although the spectre of Valentine's Day certainly chimes with images of chocolates. But in this sense - do you approach your life and work in a hungry way?
These questions are important because some experts think that turning the concept of hunger around can also transform a business. For example, what would happen if you approached business from the perspective of feeding others or of bestowing things upon them? What if you focused your activities entirely on what you give your customers rather than thinking about what you can take from them?
Would this leave you hungrier or less hungry?
A New Way of Thinking About Your Career
Seth Godin, the famous business thinker, says that it's important to be generous when you experience hunger. However, it can be difficult to foster a generous spirit when you do feel hunger. Being generous also prevents you from becoming hungry. This is a strange conflict, but it's true that a generous spirit will generally create an abundance of generosity. So you should give when hungry. Focus on what you can give rather than what you need.
Get into the business of actually giving rather than removing. Focus on your available resources rather than worrying about what you do have. Care strongly, but care about good relationships and stop worrying about transactions.
Valentine's Day - The Perfect Time to adjust your Life & Career
Is this good career advice or crazy? Why not test it out for a day and make that day Valentine's Day?
As it's the day of love and of generous spirit, it's a perfect opportunity. It also helps you to see Valentine's Day for its true purpose giving with true love and generosity and having no expectations.
Putting the Philosophy into Action
Be generous in spirit, even if you feel hungry and in need. Do something largeand overt or something small and subtle.
Give your talent, money, time or anything that you have that is unique or special to you. Previous participants in the experiment bought coffee for strangers, told colleagues exactly why they were so valued or donated blood. They wrote letters to mentors, assisted a job seeker or simply smiled at another person on the train.
Try it for the day or even just for an hour. See what happens. You may find that you complete the experience feeling far more fulfilled and lacking in hunger.
Valentine's Day & A New approach to Your Life & Work
Written by Heidi Eckersley of Circle Square Talent
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