Creative expression | Doing good for people |
Doing good for the planet | Taking on responsibility – being someone others rely upon |
Teaching | Being of service |
Saving lives e.g. a firefighter | Providing safety e.g. a highly professional airline pilot |
Autonomy – being able to shape your work | Opportunities for growth |
Sense of purpose | Creating value |
Sense of team belonging and camaraderie | Solving hard problems |
Work that is cognitively stimulating or challenging | Competitive battles and the sense that you are winning |
Social interactions and relationship building | Building trust |
Building credibility | Seeing the positive results of your efforts |
Creative control | Work that is in line with your ethics and values |
Work that is financially rewarding | Mastery whereby you pursue perfection of your work |
Sense of connection to your community and the place where you live | Traveling and interactions with people from many places |
The dignified humility of doing simple tasks well | Pursuit of power and influence |
Strategic thinking and tactics | Getting respect |
Bringing ideas to life | Freedom and independence |
Helping those who truly need your help | Exercising empathy, sympathy and emotional intelligence |
Physical work that makes the body strong | Producing works of aesthetic value |
Producing works of practical value | Preserving a tradition, craft, culture or way of life |
Work that makes you feel as though you are changing the world | Exploration and adventure |
Leading teams | Working with animals or in nature |
Pursuing knowledge and research | Pursuing a passion |
