Contents

Preface

Introduction: You Are Called

Difficulties of the Call

Multiple Calls

Sources of the Call

How to Read This Book

Part I: Getting Started with a Calling

Chapter 1: What Is a Call?

Working Definitions

Responding to the Call

Calls and the Times of Our Lives

Exercise: Thinking About the Nature of Calls

Chapter 2: Common Calls

Calls Both Obvious and Subtle

The Working Quadrant of Calls

Common Calls

Giving the Role Much More Than You Thought You Had

Exercise: Reviewing Your Call History

Chapter 3: Mightily Believe You Have a Calling

Listening Past the Social Noise

Making Money and the Social Drummer

Going Beneath the Noise

Maintaining Purpose While Managing the Doldrums

The Monastery Versus the Doldrums

Focusing on the Limitless Within Your Limiting Conditions

Exercise: Heeding Your Inner Voice and Believing When the Evidence Is Sparse

Part I: Summary

Part II: Breathing Depth into Common Calls

Chapter 4: Endure the Saboteurs

High Purpose Attracts the Demonic Destroyers

Learning the Signs and Patterns of Saboteurs

An Early Lesson in Sabotage

A Master Saboteur

The Damage Saboteurs Inflict

Lessons to Learn

Fighting Your Saboteur Self: The Ultimate Battle

Exercise: Reflecting on Saboteurs and Their Impact

Chapter 5: Pass On the Evocateur’s Gift

Calling Forth Potential

The Coach and the No-Dribble, No-Shoot Point Guard

Lasting Memories, Lasting Lessons

Tapping That Which Lies Dormant

A Writer’s Evocateur

Gifts Surfaced: Passing It On

Exercise: Deepening Your Appreciation of Evocateurs’ Impact on Your Life

Chapter 6: Provoke the Stifling

Battles Fought

Mary Harris: Provocateur Extraordinaire

What Provocateurs Do

Guidelines for Everyday Provocateurs

Provoke When You Have Little Authority, Sponsor Provocateurs When You Have It

Exercise: Provoking with Skill and Courage

Part II: Summary

Part III: Keeping Focus for the Long Term

Chapter 7: Go Gently Against the Ego

Managing False Messages

The Ego in Disguise

Leaning into Fear

The Fun Factor

Cooperating with the Ego

Exercise: Reflecting on Ego Containment

Chapter 8: Work the Veil

Evocateurs Revisited

A Sandwich Dream-Weaver

A Chorus of Calls

Welcoming Your Calls with Balance

Exercise: Working the Veil

Part III: Summary

Appendix: Questions in Interviews for Answering Your Call

Notes

Index

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