Forge Career Course
Forge Course Day 5: Rewriting Your Job Description and Telling Your Story
It’s time to answer the big question: What do you want to be known for?
This is day five of a five-day course on finding what you’re meant to do. Read our introduction post, day one, day two, day three, and day four.
First, let’s take a pause. If you’ve made it this far, give yourself a stadium-level round of applause. You showed up and did the hard work of reflection and mapping out your pivot — all of which is a massive accomplishment. According to a Gallup study, 85% of employees have zero emotional attachment to their jobs. They’re either working to survive or biding their time before they leave. Sound familiar? If so, you’re laying the foundation to, in the words of a famous 1970s disco song, turn the beat around.
We’re not here to follow our passion, but to work with purpose. Cal Newport posits that the pursuit of passion doesn’t guarantee fulfillment and ignores many untapped talents and interests. Your self-discovery exercise examined the totality of your talents and career to define work that is imbued with purpose, performed with mastery, and with people who matter.
