The Fundamental Impetus for the Maven Is Knowledge Acquisition

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The fundamental impulse for the maven is learning. It's all about knowledge acquisition. This can show up in a really narrow and deep way. So you may find a topic there where you just, for some reason you probably don't even understand why. The maven also can get lost in a bit of a learning dark hole. You do it simply because of the feeling that it gives you.

Jonathan Fields discusses how to spark meaning, fulfillment, and joy in your work by aligning with your Sparketype.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) A (free!) assessment that identifies what makes you come alive

2) The ten impulses that describe how we work

3) The fundamental questions that create career fit

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— ABOUT JONATHAN —

Jonathan Fields hosts one of the top-ranked podcasts in the world, Good Life Project®, where he shares powerful stories, conversations, and resources, on a mission to help listeners live more meaningful and inspired lives. Fields is also the founder and CEO of Spark Endeavors, a research initiative focused on helping individuals and organizations reclaim work as a source of purpose, energy, meaning, and possibility. His new book, SPARKED: Discover Your Unique Imprint for Work That Makes You Come Alive delivers an important message in a time when many people are emerging from the pandemic and seeking out new work that will both challenge and fulfill them.

• Jonathan’s book: Sparked: Discover Your Unique Imprint for Work that Makes You Come Alive

• Jonathan’s podcast: Good Life Project Podcast

• Jonathan’s website: GoodLifeProject.com

• Jonathan’s website: Sparketype.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Book: The Bhagavad Gita, translated by Eknath Easwaran

• Book: The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

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