Sabbatical - Enjoyng is being able to reflect, create and grow

Sabbatical is the interruption of routine work to create opportunities of self-growth. It's a period of study, of artistic creation or of any other thing dictated by the individual dream.
For it to keep on reverberating in one's life years after it has come true, the sabbatical must, in first place, answer to a deep intimate aspiration. It's also essential to have a favorable format for reflection, so necessary for those who finished university or an MBA, who left a job or are preparing a big change in life. Another basic matter is that it is a source of pleasure. In order to answer to these requirements it's necessary to create the most adequate conditions to the project under the real circumstances. It's necessary to elaborate a plan and write it down, with its purposes, its means, its predicted time and the description of the activity chosen. This plan will be a valuable mark out on the next steps.
When the sabbatical is really rich, it creates a positive impact on one's life and on the life of the company, as the professional returns better than when he left. He knows better what he wants and he is more commited to what he does. He confirmed or redirectioned the courses on a higher level of life quality.

Herbert Steinberg

Text published on the Career Guide, Folha de São Paulo newspaper, 26/05/2002.

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