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A job is how you make money. A career is how you make your mark. A calling is how you acknowledge a higher vision, whatever it may be.

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Best Advice: Match Your Job, Career, and Calling

2015년 2월 5일

In this series, professionals share the words of wisdom that made all the difference in their lives. Follow the stories here and write your own (please include the hashtag #BestAdvice in the body of your post).

In the mid-80s, I was faced with a shift in my career that felt both dramatic and traumatic. After 15 years as an endocrinologist in Boston, I was strongly pulled toward mind-body medicine instead. Could I give up a thriving practice for a field that was, at the time, still marginal? I knew many highly respected physicians who didn’t believe the mind-body connection even existed.

In the midst of my quandary, I met Dr. Triguna, the most prominent Ayurvedic physician in India, and it’s he who gave me the piece of advice that reshaped my career.