Most of us will be familiar with the saying, ‘Find something you love to do, and you’ll never have to work a day in your life’. But is it accurate? Through interviews with individuals who have felt beckoned towards such an activity – in other words, who have a calling – we explain why this saying holds true for some, but not for others. We found that many called individuals have conditions, which are self-determined limitations on how, where and with whom they are driven to engage in their callings. Drawing on this idea, we differentiate a calling core, comprised of activities that meet all an individual’s conditions, from periphery activities that fall within the domain but only meet some or no conditions. Core conditionality can, in turn, explain the configuration of jobs people will be inclined to pursue in turning their calling into a career. For example, some called individuals with conditional cores deliberately eschew all-encompassing callings, instead pursuing stable non-calling work alongside part-time calling jobs that meet all their conditions. We also learned why individuals may change their enactment approaches over time as they develop a clearer understanding of what conditions truly matter to them.

中文翻译：

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“深入生活”：通过多种工作的配置来实现使命


我们大多数人都熟悉这句话：“找到你喜欢做的事情，你一生中就永远不需要工作”。但它准确吗？通过对那些感受到这种活动的召唤的人（换句话说，有使命的人）的采访，我们解释了为什么这句话对某些人来说是正确的，但对其他人却不然。我们发现，许多被召唤的个人都有条件，这些条件是他们对如何、在哪里以及与谁一起从事他们的使命的自我决定的限制。利用这个想法，我们将由满足个人所有条件的活动组成的呼叫核心与属于该领域但仅满足某些条件或不满足条件的外围活动区分开来。反过来，核心条件可以解释人们在将使命转变为职业时倾向于追求的工作配置。例如，一些具有条件核心的被召唤个人故意避开包罗万象的召唤，而是追求稳定的非召唤工作以及满足其所有条件的兼职召唤工作。我们还了解了为什么随着时间的推移，人们可能会改变他们的制定方法，因为他们对什么条件对他们真正重要有了更清晰的了解。