If you’re looking to make sense of your experience at work and begin taking charge of your professional wellbeing, this tool is for you. Here’s how it works—and why it’s so important.
If you’ve been following MeaningSphere for any length of time, you might have noticed a particular term we use: worklife. Not as in “work-life balance,” a term that suggests a divide between working and living. Just worklife.
Thirty years ago, a thoughtful question from a mentor transformed the way Jeff Westphal thought about his work’s purpose. Now, he wants to give others the same opportunity.
From glowing biographies of ruthless CEOs to the often-gladiatorial hiring process, work culture has encouraged us to think of ourselves first. The problem? No one actually benefits from selfish behavior at work. We use the Map of Meaning’s “Service to Others” pathway to make a case for small acts of selflessness in the workplace.
With one in five employees saying they feel lonely every day, it’s high time we found new ways to meaningfully connect. We used the Map of Meaning’s “Unity with Others” pathway get started.
