Loving Work
“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. “ (Confucius)
“Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up because they’re looking for ideas.” (Paula Poundstone) Are we really unhappy at work? For many of us that answer is a resounding “YES!” For others, they do love their job.
“Find a job you like and you add five days to every week.” (H. Jackson Browne) I remember reading Studs Terkel’s book, “Working” when I was in school and it seemed to me then that it was a rare case that people loved their jobs and it didn’t matter if they were in blue or white collar jobs. Some people see the glass half full, others half empty.
“Many people quit looking for work when they find a job.” (Author Unknown – found on www.quotegarden.com) If we are lucky enough to find a job that stimulates us and a boss that inspires us, then we might just love our job and work hard. But of course the following might be true: “Today’s Parenting Tip: Treat a difficult child the way you would your boss at work. Praise his achievements, ignore his tantrums and resist the urge to sit him down and explain to him how his brain is not yet fully developed.” (Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com)
“The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play.” (Arnold Toynbee) My daughter came to work with me one time and while she was sitting there she made the comment, “I thought you said this was work. Everyone here is your friend.” Being around people you respect helps make work…play.
”Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.” (Howard Aiken) It also helps if people respect your ideas and ask for your advice and participation. Management wonders why people are apathetic when the only time they talk to them is to tell them not to go on Facebook or watch videos. “A Mission Statement is a dense slab of words that a large organization produces when it needs to establish that its workers are not just sitting around downloading Internet porn.” (Dave Barry)
“I’ve met a few people in my time who were enthusiastic about hard work. And it was just my luck that all of them happened to be men I was working for at the time.” (Bill Gold) So I hope you love your job and that you are surrounded by people you like and that you are having fun working hard. But if not, just remember: “Time is an illusion, lunchtime doubly so.” (Douglas Adams)