Does integrating green mean that you cannot go back to an orange career?

[UDT]

Because thats what I feel like. Looks like change is necessary, leaving a lot of money is the price, but thats what following your heart is about isnt it Master  @Leo Gura?

[Zizzero]

"Does integrating green mean that you cannot go back to an orange career?"

No, it does not. You can do what you want. Spiral Dynamics is not a moral theory; it's not a map on how to live life the right way. Don't let a psychological theory prevent you from doing what you want.

[Rilles]

Transcend and include. Bring the good parts of Orange into your Green business. 

[Wyze]

@Shiva Start your own business.

[zunnyman]

@Shiva If you focus on service based businesses, there are many models out there you can try that almost cost nothing if you have a laptop and internet connection. 

[Nahm]

@UDT

If you’re making a lot of money doing something, you can start your own business doing it. 

You can grow it and replace yourself. 

Then, you can do the work.

Caves are nice too. 

[Forestluv]

23 hours ago, UDT said:

Because thats what I feel like. Looks like change is necessary, leaving a lot of money is the price, but thats what following your heart is about isnt it Master  @Leo Gura?

For me it depends on the degree and intensity of Orange. There is a lot of orange where I work, yet there is flexibility and space for me to express green and yellow. I could not work in a hardcore orange environment in which green/yellow was repressed, attacked and not tolerated. 

Some of my favorite parts of green is the warmth, love, communication, teamwork, mutual support etc. I need at least some level of this at a workplace.

[Raphael]

10 hours ago, Shiva said:

@Wyze Don't know what kind of business to start yet.

Also all this bureaucracy, especially here in Spain, and finding and managing employees don't really appeal to me right now.

I resonate a lot with this. I also find all this bureaucracy in my stage blue/orange work environment completely useless and ridiculous  

[Joseph Maynor]

It's hard.  Green really needs a Big Picture Life Purpose: this means a career that is aligned with your values, passion, strengths, and life's calling.  Otherwise Green tends to feel very compromised and miserable at work.  Leo's Life Purpose Course is like a godsend for Green people looking to create a career that is aligned in this way.  Green does not work for mere money alone.  Green works for a greater purpose -- including but not limited to contributing to something they care about, helping people, and making a positive difference with their work.

Edited April 2, 2019 by Joseph Maynor