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IMPLICATIONS FOR EXECUTIVES, HUMAN RESOURCES, AND INDIVIDUALS

about their professional lives by considering the seven ques-
tions we have suggested:

• • What will I be known for? How can I express my core
values in my daily work? Which job, career, or life
choice will build on my strengths and best match my
identity with the organization brand?
• • Where am I going? What impact do I want to make on
what types of problems? Which job, career, or life choice
will help me reach my goals and accomplish things that
are important to me?
• • Whom do I travel with? How do I build the skills of
good relating? Which job, career, or life choice will help
me build relationships that matter to me?
• • How do I build a positive work environment? What
can I do to make my work environment more conducive
to my work style? Which job, career, or life choice will
be pursued in a work setting that I personally enjoy?
• • What challenges interest me? How can I calibrate the
level of challenge to stay optimally engaged and make
a significant contribution? Which job, career, or life
choice will offer me opportunities to do work that is
easy, energizing, and enjoyable for me personally?
• • How do I respond to disposability and change? How
do I do a better job of making what I have enough?
Which job, career, or life choice will help me grow,
learn, and develop resilience when facing change?
• • What delights me? How can I make more room
for pleasure, playfulness, creativity, and living in the
moment? Which job, career, or life choice will bring
a sense of joy and delight to my personal and profes-
sional life?

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