Career Quote by Fernando Flores
““Thirteen Recurrent Domains of Human Concerns: Possible Breakdowns 1. BODY: health, sickness, injury, availability and unavailability for meetings and appointments. 2. PLAY or AESTHETICS: entertainment, recreation, art, and appreciation of art. 3. SOCIABILITY: opening new conversations, making new friends, maintaining friendships, breaking friendships, trusting what others say, establishing trust for yourself. 4. FAMILY: having children, education of children, marriage. 5. WORK: completing actions you have committed to take, doing your job. 6. EDUCATION: gaining competence, skill in some area. 7. CAREER: choosing a direction to take in life, choosing a career or profession to prepare for and follow. 8. MONEY or PRUDENCE: having sufficient money to support yourself, your salary, reputation among others you deal with. 9. MEMBERSHIP: participation in club, professional, organizational, or government institutions; gaining membership in societies, clubs, or other organizations; becoming a citizen. 10. WORLD: politics, the environment, other countries or cultures. 11. DIGNITY: self-respect, self-esteem, lack of self-esteem, conflicts between your standards of action and your actions. 12. SITUATION: disposition, temperament, outlook, emotions, judgments about “how things are going.” 13. SPIRITUALITY: philosophy, poetry, religion, humor (laughing about our nonacceptance of the facticity of life, not being burdened by it).””
About This Quote
Source Article: “Thirteen Recurrent Domains of Human Concerns” by Fernando Flores, 2020
A taxonomy of the major life areas that shape human experience, from physical health to spiritual meaning, highlighting where breakdowns occur.
In simple terms: Key life domains that affect wellbeing.
Identify which domain needs attention now.
Themes
Mood
Type
When to use this quote
- personal planning
- relationship counseling
- career coaching
- financial budgeting
- environmental activism
Key Concepts
Questions to Reflect On
- Which domain feels most out of balance?
- How can you address multiple domains together?
Each domain interacts, so focusing on one may neglect others.