Index

A

acknowledging, 84–85

Adler, Alfred, 116

Anderson, Paul, 4, 40

angels, 113

arts, 34, 36, 93

authority, 62, 103–104

avoidance, 15, 20–21

B

balance, 138–139

Ballard, Jan, 137

beauty, calls to, 34. See also arts belief, 39–52

and doldrums, 43–48

exercise, 52

and expansiveness, 49–51

and social noise, 40–43

Ben & Jerry’s, 99

Berry, Wendell, 104–106

biological model, 6, 114

Block, Peter, 45–46, 100, 103

body, 35–36

brain stimulation, 6

Briefing for a Descent into Hell (Lessing), 3

briefings, 3

business. See marketplace

C

calls

comments on, 136–138

common types, 31–35

definitions, 13–15

everyday, 27–29

existence of, 3–4

inevitability of, 1–2

obscurity of, 3, 18, 25–26, 132–133

personal history of, 37–38

questions about, 2–3

sources of, 5–7

See also multiple calls; responding to calls

Channing, William Henry, 76

Chapman, John Jay, 91

chronological time, 22–23

common calls, 31–35

community, calls to, 34

courage, 100

creativity, 14

D

Delay, Dorothy, 84

depth level

and doldrums, 45

ease with, 140

and evocateurs, 76–77, 82–83, 131

and kairotic time, 22–23

and multiple calls, 27, 28–29

and role alignment, 15

and roles vs. calls, 36

dissatisfaction, 15

doldrums, 43–47

doubts, 17–18, 68. See also fear

Downey, Michael, 47, 48

Duncan, Isadora, 93

E

education, 94

ego, 111–128

and balance, 139

cooperating with, 124–126, 127

defined, 112–113

disguises of, 115–116

dissatisfaction with, 15, 116

exercise, 127–128

and fear, 119–122

and humor, 123–124

self dialogue with, 117–119, 126–127

unavoidability of, 113–114, 124

everyday life

calls to, 33

provocateurs in, 94

evocateurs, 76–90, 130–136

defined, 77

examples of, 78–82, 85–87, 134–136

exercise, 90

guidelines for, 130–134

impact of, 87–89

roles of, 82–85

exaggeration, 98

exercises

belief, 52

call history, 37–38

ego, 127–128

evocateurs, 90

nature of calls, 24

provocateurs, 107

sabotage, 75

working the veil, 140

expansiveness, 49–51

external focus, 29

F

family, calls to, 31

fear, 19–20, 119–122. See also doubts

forgiveness, 70

friendship, 102

G

Garcia, Jerry, 124

goals, 17, 122

God. See religious model

H

Hamel, Gary, 91–92, 104

Harris, Mary. See Jones, Mother head focus, 29–30

healing, 70

heart focus, 29–30

higher self. See self Hollis, James, 111

hope, 83, 131–132

“Hound of Heaven” (Thompson), 20–21

Hudson, Frederic, 4, 43–44

humor, 100–101, 123–124

I

identity, 84

“I Have a Dream” (King), 132

The Intelligent Organization (Pinchot), 104

internal focus, 29

Intrapreneuring: Why You Don’t Have to Leave the Corporation to Become an Entrepreneur (Pinchot), 104

intrapreneurs, 93

J

Jones, Mother, 95–97

joy, 18–19

Joyce, James, 93

Jung, Carl, 1

K

kairotic time, 22–23, 133. See also depth level

Kelly, Patrick, 62, 137

Kennedy, Robert, 27–28

Kierkegaard, Søren, 18, 20, 120

King, Martin Luther, Jr., 91, 98, 101, 132

Koestenbaum, Peter, 45, 62

L

labor movement, 95–97

leadership, calls to, 32, 115

Leading the Revolution (Hamel), 104

Lessing, Doris, 3

“Letter from Birmingham Jail” (King), 101

Lewis, C. S., 115

life lie, 116

life roles. See roles limitlessness. See expansiveness The Lord of the Rings (Tolkien), 19–20

M

“The Mad Farmer Revolution” (Berry), 104–106

Mandela, Nelson, 93, 99, 102

Marcus Aurelius, 100–101

marketplace

calls to, 31, 115

provocateurs in, 93

Maslow, Abraham, 50

McClean, Pamela, 43–44

Mead, Margaret, 93

miracles, 50

monastery life, 47–48

Montessori, Maria, 94

Moore, Henry, 36

moral order, calls to, 32–33

multiple calls

portfolio model, 27–29, 37

and roles, 4–5

vs. obvious calls, 4, 25–26

mystery, 6–7, 14, 36

mythologizing, 102

N

nature, calls to, 34

Niebuhr, Reinhold, 122

Nielsen, Harold, 83

O

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 58–61

overwork, 68

P

Peck, Scott, 139

personality, 112

Pinchot, Gifford, 93, 99, 104

Pinchot, Libby, 104

potential, 82–83, 89. See also depth level

power, 63

professions, calls to, 33

provocateurs, 91–107

Berry on, 104–106

examples of, 93–97

exercise, 107

guidelines for, 100–103

roles of, 97–100

sponsorship, 103–104

psychic wounds, 15

psychological model, 5–6. See also self

public service

calls to, 34

provocateurs in, 93

Q

quadrant of calls, 29–31

and common call types, 31–35

Quammen, David, 18–19, 85–87, 137

R

rationalization, 115–116

reinforcement, 84–85

religious model

and doldrums, 47–48

and expansiveness, 49

and sources of calls, 5

resistance, 15, 20–21

responding to calls, 16–21

and alignment with roles, 16–17

and balance, 138–139

and doubts, 17–18

and fear, 19–20

and goals, 17

and joy, 18–19

resistance to, 15, 20–21

rest, 103

Rilke, Rainer Maria, 13

The Road Less Traveled (Peck), 139

roles

alignment with calls, 16–17

depth levels of, 15, 27, 28–29, 36

and evocateurs, 133

and multiple calls, 4–5

vs. calls, 36

routine

call to, 33

and doldrums, 44–45

and evocateurs, 133 See also everyday life

Ryan, Donna, 129

S

sabotage, 57–75

avoiding, 64

exercise, 75

impact of, 65–68

lessons from, 68–70

in One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, 58–61

patterns of, 61–63

self, 63, 70–72

Salk, Jonas, 6

scholarship, calls to, 32

sciences, 93

The Screwtape Letters (Lewis), 115

self

defined, 112

and ego, 113, 117–119, 126–127

sabotage by, 63, 70–72

as source of call, 5–6

Shaw, George Bernard, 111, 123

Sheppard, Steve, 137–138

on doubts, 17–18

on evocateurs, 83, 84

on fear, 120

on sabotage, 57

Smith, Sandy, 25, 129, 137

social noise, 40–43

and expansiveness, 50

and money, 41–42

sociological model, 6

spiritual service, calls to, 32

Stevenin, Tom, 83

Stormer, John, 25

Stravinsky, Igor, 93

suffragettes, 93

support. See evocateurs symbolism, 99

T

teachable moments, 80, 83

teamwork, 72

Teresa, Mother, 25–26, 50–51

Thompson, Bob, 53–54, 71

Thompson, Francis, 20–21

time, 22–23, 133

Tolkien, J. R. R., 19–20

Tomlin, Lily, 16

Truman, Harry S., 19

V

values, 68

vocations vs. calls, 14

W

Wall Street, 41–42

weaknesses, 69

Wealand, Tommye, 131, 136–137

Y

yearning. See hope