Archive for March 11th, 2008

Mar 11 2008

Work Life Happiness - Stake Your Claim Now

Published by Tom Volkar under Fulfilling Work, Getting Unstuck, Life Works, Removing Excuses

Lately I’ve been fascinated with the short, but sometimes challenging, journey between possibility and probability.

Possibility holds the energy of hope. Possible means it could happen.

Probability holds the energy of optimism and a more confident expectation. Probable means it’s likely to happen.

How do you move from possibility to probability?

While in the pursuit of work life happiness, fulfillment and freedom, we sometimes pause too long in a hopeful state of analysis paralysis. Often we aren’t even aware of where we are - so really we are lost. When lost, we fall prey to states of delay, doubt and confusion.

Here’s a simple way to locate where you are in any meaningful pursuit. I’ve dubbed it the Authentic Cycle of Probability.

Cycle of Authentic Probability

We can’t claim we’re lost when we know where we are. Identifying where you are on this cycle will allow you to remove excuses and focus all of your energy on the next obvious step.

We forget that any movement works. Too often we put our lives on pause because we seek the magical, and elusive, state of certainty. By staking your claim on this map of probability, you’ll tilt the odds of completion in your favor.

  • Discovery is going within to explore and unearth our core passions.

  • Decision is a bold declaration of intent on a clear and meaningful objective.

  • Focus is laser-like concentration on that objective.

  • Massive Inspired Action is engaging a variety of fierce and creative actions to manifest your objective.

  • Momentum is energy gained by the movement of following through.

  • Gratitude is the causative energy of appreciation that blesses us with ease and greater flow.

  • Celebration is self-acknowledgment and recognition for successfully completing every small step.

  • Completion is the triumphant achievement of our objective and our signal to proceed forward to the freshness of discovery.

    • At completion we can honor ourselves by pausing in fulfillment, gratitude and celebration - as long as we feel really good about it. We only need rest and relief when we are toiling in some unaligned, meaningless realm. If we are shooting for the right moon and hitting it, then the energy of completion organically causes us to discover our next mark.

    For a different look at deciding where you are read: Are You Sure You’re on the Right Path?

    So, at what stage on the cycle of probability do you find yourself today?

    Are you consciously working on an intentionally chosen and meaningful objective? Or are you toiling in struggle making someone else rich?

    If the latter, what are you going to do about it?

    You’ll more surely hit the mark by identifying where you are. In your comments, please stake your claim on greater work life fulfillment, happiness, abundance and freedom by letting us know you where you are.

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