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Have you found your passion yet?

Some people ask, “What if I haven’t found my true passion?” It’s dangerous to think in terms of “passion” and “purpose” because they sound like such huge overwhelming ideas. If you think love needs to look like “Romeo and Juliet”, … Continue reading

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Discovering one’s true calling

One’s true calling lies in the journey to realization of one’s ideal. One’s ideal represents the summation of one’s passions, one’s aspirations, competencies, and one’s engagement with life as it presents itself. The realization of one’s ideal results in a … Continue reading

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Move from a ‘be-do-have’ framework of measuring one’s life to a ‘being & becoming’ frame

‘Be-do-have’ is a framework that people commonly use to measure their life. Mostly people operate from either a ‘doing’ identity, or ‘having’ identity; i.e.I am good because I have this job. ‘Doing’ identity is I am good because I do this work. However these … Continue reading

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The two faces of becoming..

Becoming has two meanings, outward becoming and inward becoming. There is no outward becoming without inward becoming. (original version 26th Nov 2009)

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‘Becoming’ is a new state in which I have to choose to see myself..

‘Becoming’ generates hope, possibilities, competence. Becoming is a space of aspiration and not a space of desperation. We have to see for ourselves what becoming means. We have to perceive what the full scope of the word becoming is. Then everything will change.. Do … Continue reading

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A career cannot be an analytical choice, but by seeing a “model of living”

If we offer broad clusters of careers, then career choice-making  is about looking at options and selecting from them. The problem is that this choice is not possible analytically – it is possible only by seeing a “model of living” … Continue reading

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An i-becomer shifts from ‘static’ thinking practices to ‘dynamic’ thinking practices

A “static” thinking practice is to think in terms of “be, do and have” – What do I want to be? What do I want to do? What do I want to have? A ‘dynamic’ practice is to think in … Continue reading

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The i-becomer identity is an ‘enabling’ identity

People assume that identity is fixed. This is untrue. Identity is an amorphous concept filled with a series of insights into oneself, some assumptions, axioms, etc. as to who one is. Identity is also about what one seeks, sum total … Continue reading

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The i-become vision

The i-become vision at the core is about an individual who sees life as becoming rather than having and doing. It is a fundamentally new vision of a human life. Erich Fromm, in his book “To have or to be” (1976), has … Continue reading

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Career Design is about freedom

Career Design is about freedom. Freedom to choose the right for growth. Freedom to fulfill one’s dreams. Freedom to be oneself. This freedom is not easily obtained. To attain this freedom a student has to go far beyond aptitude tests … Continue reading

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