What Color Is Your Parachute 2018 by Richard N. Bolles copy

year’s job-search. What kind of footprint do you want to leave on this
Earth, after your journey here is done? Figure that out, and you’re well on
your way to defining your life as having purpose and a mission. As John L.
Holland famously said, “We need to look further down the road than just
headlight range at night.” The road is the road of Life.
Petal Four, Worksheet #1
DIAGRAM: THE NINE SPHERES OF PURPOSE OR MISSION
Generally speaking, purpose breaks down into nine spheres—
corresponding to our nature. As you look these over on the diagram on this
page, the question is, which one appeals to you the most? Time for some
hard thinking (ouch!). So, study this diagram slowly. Take time to ponder
and think.
Now, let’s look at these in more detail. Consider these as spheres,
environments, or arenas, in which you like to play.
1. The Sphere of The Senses. The question is: When you have finished
your life here on Earth, do you want there to be more beauty in the
world, because you were here? If so, what kind of beauty entrances
you? Is it art, music, flowers, photography, painting, staging, crafts,
clothing, jewelry, or what? If this is your main purpose in life, then
write one paragraph about it.
2. The Sphere of The Body. The question is: When you have finished
your life here on Earth, do you want there to be more wholeness,
fitness, or health in the world, more binding up of the body’s wounds
and strength, more feeding of the hungry, and clothing of the poor,
because you were here? What issue in particular? If this is your main
purpose in life, then write one paragraph about it.
3. The Sphere of Our Possessions. The question is: Is your major
concern the often false love of possessions in this world? When you
have finished your life here on Earth, do you want there to be better
stewardship of what we possess—as individuals, as a community, as a
nation—in the world, because you were here? Do you want to see
simplicity, quality (rather than quantity), and a broader emphasis on
the word “enough,” rather than on the words “more, more”? If so, in