Do you have a life compass? How can it help you live a more coherent life?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A life compass is made up of your life philosophy and your work philosophy. It helps you gauge your life\u2019s coherence\u2014agreement among your identity, your beliefs, and your actions. Ultimately, it helps you go in the right direction while staying grounded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Continue reading to learn how to use a life compass to find your true north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
You can navigate your life by building a \u201ccompass\u201d and discovering your \u201ctrue north.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Defective belief:<\/strong> \u201cI should always know where I\u2019m headed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n To get where you want to go, it\u2019s essential to know what you\u2019re looking for. The practice of life design can help you answer these questions by teaching you to build a life compass<\/em>. This consists of two components: <\/p>\n\n\n\n To create your life compass, write a statement of your work philosophy and a separate statement of your life philosophy. Then compare the two and examine how they relate to each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Your work and life philosophies will shift over time, so revisit and revise them occasionally to recalibrate your life compass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Creating your life compass provides a way to gauge your life\u2019s coherence<\/em>. Remember, life design is all about having a coherent life. This means a life in which you clearly understand the connections among three things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Incoherence in your life is easy to spot once you\u2019ve built your life compass<\/strong>, which enfolds these three things. For example, if part of your life philosophy is the belief that it\u2019s important to leave a better, cleaner planet for the next generation, but your actions include working for a large corporation that pollutes the skies and oceans, you\u2019re living with incoherence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes temporary incoherencies are okay, if you choose them consciously. For example, your life philosophy might value art above everything else, but your work philosophy might put art temporarily on hold so that you can make enough money to support your family while you\u2019re raising your kids. In this case, your life is still coherent, because you\u2019re consciously navigating temporary factors to maintain your overall life course, as opposed to being thrown off course by an unacknowledged conflict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Once you\u2019ve written down your work and life philosophies and considered their coherence, you\u2019ll find your true north. At any given moment, you\u2019ll be able to tell whether you\u2019re heading in the right direction. <\/strong>You\u2019ll be able to use your work and life philosophies to reorient yourself whenever you feel briefly lost.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you have a life compass? How can it help you live a more coherent life? A life compass is made up of your life philosophy and your work philosophy. It helps you gauge your life\u2019s coherence\u2014agreement among your identity, your beliefs, and your actions. Ultimately, it helps you go in the right direction while staying grounded. Continue reading to learn how to use a life compass to find your true north.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":49386,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,43,30],"tags":[498],"class_list":["post-49382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-career","category-self-improvement","category-work","tag-designing-your-life","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nCreating Your Life Compass<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Living a Coherent Life<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Finding Your True North<\/h3>\n\n\n\n