By trying your hardest, you will learn the most. Not trying, on the other hand, will tell you nothing. If you spend your life playing it safe, you will never realize your fullest potential. Finding significance in your work is not a matter of choosing the right career or working for the right company. Whether you work at home, in a full-time career outside the home, or both, maintaining balance in today's world comes from understanding that careers will never offer the security that personal significance does.
Work is one part of a lifetime journey of self-discovery.
Once we know who we are on the inside, we can begin building a balanced and fulfilling work experience on the outside. Lory is now the owner of Careers by Design, an agency which provides career and employment counselling to individuals and companies facing transitions. Today Magazine 2000. Used with permission.