Most of us are waiting for our calling to strike — a sign, a moment, the burning bush. Dr. Bryan Dik spent twenty years studying why that moment almost never comes, and what actually works instead.
Bryan is a vocational psychologist at Colorado State University, co-founder of a career-assessment startup he sold after eleven years, and author of Make Your Job a Calling and Redeeming Work. We talk about the three dimensions of a calling, the road construction flagger who loves flipping his sign, the season Bryan dreaded going to work, and what changed in his relationship with money after the exit.
IN THIS EPISODE:
— [08:54] What is a calling? The three dimensions
— [11:00] Faith, and centuries of old wisdom
— [19:38] First step: ask who benefits
— [23:33 ]Severance and dehumanized work
— [32:37] AI, and doubling down on the human
— [43:07] The dark side of calling: burnout — [52:41] Passion vs. income is a myth
— [59:31] A letter to his children’s children
ABOUT DR. BRYAN DIK:
Dr. Bryan Dik is a professor of psychology at Colorado State University and a leading researcher on calling, meaning, and purpose at work. He co-invented the PathwayU career assessment platform and leads The LIVE Project, the largest-ever longitudinal study of vocational exploration among young adults.
CONNECT WITH BRYAN
— Website: https://bryandik.com
— The LIVE Project: https://theliveproject.org
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