What Our Brain Waves Tell Us About Our True Calling
How our brain waves respond to our best work (and why it matters)
Not all work is created equal. We’ve got a long, sliding scale — with the job-for-money on one end (we’ll call these jobs digging holes), and our true calling on the other end (we’ll call this our work that matters most).
Our day job doesn’t always align with our calling. For many, the disconnect is large. But for those of us who are able to finally align ourselves with our work that matters most, not only do we feel a greater sense of purpose, but our brain loves it too.
Welcome to flow.
In college I was a janitor. Every weekend I’d have to wake-up some poor fool who fell asleep, wrapped around the bottom of a community dormitory toilet — after a long night of too much fun and not enough rational thought.
I took the janitorial job for nothing but the schedule. As long as I finished my work by 7:00 a.m. I could do the work whenever I wanted. So, I’d stay up all night having fun, do my job, then sleep until noon. Again, not much rational thought.
My janitorial debut was not anything close to my calling. This was on the hole-digging end of my job spectrum. I didn’t like it. I didn’t want to do it. The job was disgusting. College students are a half-notch above wild…
