Work with Passion
by Catherine Harris
Passion—how to find work in
which we can engage in order to earn
a living doing what we love to do—
this is an important question for the
80‘s. Pollsters have been telling us for
quite a few years now that today’s
worker wants a sense of creativity and
purpose in the job. Now women as
well as men want to find deep satis
faction doing what it is they do an
average of eight hours a day to put
bread on the table. Since most of us
have to work anyway, how can we
make it a true source of joy and ex
citement in our lives?
Particularly in Eugene, many peo
ple despair over finding creative, well
paying work. Many of us absorbed the
values of our parents' generation that
experienced the depression and have
the attitude that one must not be too
picky, but be grateful for any job that
is available. Then there's always the
old Puritan Work Ethic where the idea
is to work hard; pleasure and joy have
nothing to do with it. We may feel
resentful and jealous when we hear
of people earning good livings doing
things that are fun for them. This is
normal; the feelings of jealousy may'
direct us to what it is that we want arid
what we need to stop denying.
Nancy Anderson, a career consul
tant, has written a book called Work
with Passion and will conduct an
evening workshop in Eugene Thurs
day, May 28. Nancy is an engaging
and humorous public speaker and fol
lows her own passion of writing at her
home in Mill Valley, California. She
is currently working on a fictionalized
autobiography. Indeed, the first step
clients or readers of her book attempt
is the writing of an autobiography, in
order to more fully realize what their
skills and interests truly are, and not
incidentally, some of the blocks that
may be keeping them from realizing
those goals.
Her book is built around nine “pas
sion secrets” for success. She found
that in the lives of successful people,
crucial elements are faith, belief and
imagination. Getting there is the fun.
One of the things she emphasizes in
her book is making connections with
people who are doing what you would
like to do or who have information
that would be helpful to you in your
search. We have been socialized to be
afraid to ask people questions. But
once we begin formulating our goals,
what she calls the “law of interest”
is set in motion, drawing information
to us as we reach out for it.
And where are you when you’re
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Nancy Anderson.
there? When we are working with our
passion, we have a sense of mastery.
We stay alert and healthy. We are open
to the unusual and we use resources
that are available for personal growth.
We love ourselves, and we feel a per
sonal spiritual connection.
In a telephone interview recently,
Nancy said that she has no doubt that
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this notion of working with passion
will transform our society, because
she has seen the important changes
that have happened in our own life in
the last ten years.
She herself came from an alcohol
ic and low-income background.
Groups such as Adult Children of Al
coholics have been important as peo
ple stop denying the unpleasant things
that have happened to them and open
up the feelings that* have shut down
in response. She calls this the “truth
movement.” “As barriers are removed
to the feeling nature, we can let our
feelings mature; then we are close to
passion. Passion is not an emotional
free-for-all, but involves discipline
and focus similar to that of an artist.”
Nancy will speak Thursday even
ing, May 28, from 6:30 to 10:00 pm
at the Valley River Inn. Tickets may
be purchased at the door or in ad
vance at Peralandra Books and
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[Catherine Harris is owner of Pera
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