Jeff discusses why a calling leads us to complete life full of rich work, healthy family and a growing faith.

Here’s Jeff Goins on the principle of The Portfolio Life.

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In this episode, Andy Traub and I discuss:

• Why a calling leads us to a complete life full of rich work, a healthy family, and a growing faith
• The meaning of a portfolio life, and how it influences your calling
• A new kind of mastery
• How developing a portfolio life will prepare you for the future
• The importance of combining multiple skills
• The four different components of the portfolio life

Quotes and takeaways

• A calling is not something you do, it’s about the someone you become
• A better life leads to better work and better work leads to a better life
• The future belongs to those who learn more skills
• The goal is not to be a jack-of-all-trades, but a master of some

Resources

• The Age of Unreason, by Charles Handy

If you want to move down the proven path to discovering what you were meant to do then we encourage you to pick up a copy of The Art of Work.

We hope you’ll join us in our next installment of The Art of Work Conversations where Jeff discusses why our calling isn’t about us as much as we thought it was.

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