Career Satisfaction, Fulfillment, and Workplace Happiness
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program design presentations course catalogs writing mental diseasesBACKGROUND
Many college students do not know what they want to do with their lives, even after graduating. University alumni departments support their grads with services intended to lead to a career or an internship.
It is well-documented in findings of Gallup, McKinsey, and Manpower, among others, that 70% of the workplace is dissatisfied. Many become highly stressed in their jobs. Consistently shown is that this stress can lead to physical and mental illness, dysfunctions, and addictions.
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Passion Spark offers students a highly interactive, results-oriented, guided curriculum leading them to “do what you love and earn a good living,” treasured outcomes of a true work-life balance. A summary of the “how" is offered at PassionSpark.org/leaders.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
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Passion Spark Proposal
Project aim: Students to prepare a proposal to submit to a university administrator outlining the benefits of Passion Spark Retreats to universities and for its students. Proposals to include how the program can fit into the current university structure and any useful modifications to the program’s design to supports such fit.
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Proposal to include an overview of literature (e.g., student satisfaction ...) an enumeration of the contents of the proposed new university course (or extracurricular course), a paragraph description of the new course fitting for the university’s course catalog, and the name of the academic department that would offer the new “Passion Spark” course.
Optional Project Bonus:
After the students’ written presentation is completed, an optional opportunity for an interactive experience is available.
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The level of action and engagement will drive the level of supervision and mentorship that is available. The director of this program has over four decades of entrepreneurial experience in founding and developing over 15 ventures, from industry and social enterprises, and will be happy to draw on this experience to support students who actively and meaningfully engage. Indeed, it is his life's work to do so.
About the company
Discover/Re-discover what you love ...in an adventure to meet yourself. Begin life’s journey by knowing where you are going. Passion provides direction. Knowing your passion, where you are headed, supports your likelihood of achieving success. Knowing your passion helps you decide which college is best for you. It is the first step in college prep. “Education is not about the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.” W.B. Yeats.
Participation in this retreat adventure can be the chance of a lifetime. People rarely experience the chance to connect with their passion and a career that matches it. It’s a chance, maybe even the chance of a lifetime, to get off the train of life for a few days, to hit the pause button and then decide where you really want to go and why. In small discovery groups, and in moments of individual reflection, the curriculum will engage you in thoughtful, deliberate, and gentle ways.