How to Find Your Vocation

by John Adair

No longer seen as an exclusively artistic or religious calling, or simply referring to the caring professions, vocational living with its risk, creativity and rich rewards is open to all - individuals and organizations alike. In this practical guide, the internationally renowned, best-selling author John Adair shows how you can find the place where you will flourish best, as an individual or as part of a team.

In How to Find Your Vocation
• examines the key characteristics of vocational people
• explores the possibility of vocational living in all walks of life
• creates a healthy balance between the demands of work and family
• enables you to discern where your 'inner compass' is leading you.

This ground-breaking book also explores the concept of corporate vocation, demonstrating how organizations that cultivate vocational qualities can gain a clear competitive advantage.

Genres: Christianity

156 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1900

About the author

John Eric Adair is a British academic who is a leadership theorist and author of more than forty books (translated into eighteen languages) on business, military and other leadership.

Reviews

[Gareth Evans · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read in support of an ongoing course. There was some useful material for me in the early chapters, but I felt the later chapters started to lose focus. Having said that the corporate vocation chapter was interesting but was couched in terms of the organisation of the future when the book was written (about 2000).

To be honest this is not really my type of book and I would have awarded two stars but for the very extensive use of quotations from a wide range of literature.

[Daniel Clemence · Rating 3 out of 5]

An okay little book that explains the purpose of vocation in life from a Christian perspective. I think its classification of genius, gift, talent, ability, skill, aptitude is one of the most useful parts of the book. It's a quick read and easily consumed.