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Pursing the Entrepreneurial Dream

A couple of years ago, I decide that my pursuit of climbing the corporate ladder was fruitless. It wasn't for me...not what I wanted. I craved freedom. I've learned a lot about becoming an entrepreneur, and I'll share what I've learned with you. Getting control of your life again isn't a pipe dream. Financial, professional, and creative freedom can be yours.

What is Your Vocation?

Today, most people think of a vocation as what they do for money. I think that time and a century or so of misguided work environments has diluted that word. Many people interpret the question “What is your vocation?” as “What is your job?” I think we, as a whole, need to take another look at that word.

The word vocation comes from old Latin vocatio or vocacio, which means a call, summons, or calling. Quick reference here.

These days, it seems that whenever someone thinks of one’s “calling,” they are referring to a spiritual calling of some nature. While that definition does apply, a calling can be anything. And it doesn’t have to come from some higher power, either. A calling typically comes from within you.

What is your calling? What is it that you are calling yourself to do? Sit on the couch? Sure, that’s nice and relaxing, but it will get boring after a few weeks. You’ll have to do something or you’ll waste away to nothing. Do you know what your calling is? I just recently figured mine out, but I’m not going to share it here. You’ll have to listen to my next podcast for that.

To figure out your calling, you may have to do some deep digging into yourself. You might have to think back to your teenage years to learn what you did that made you happy. I heard someone once ask what you would be doing if no one was paying you. What would you be doing? If you have no idea what your calling is, start with this question and then dig deeper: “What would I be doing if no one was paying me?”

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. 05 May 08 | Employment, Entrepreneur


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  1. Cube Escape Episode 2: What is Your Calling? | Cube Escape | May 5th, 2008 at 10:09 pm

    […] In this episode, I discuss the concept of vocation. I wrote about this in my last post. I ask the following question: […]



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