Have you asked this question to yourself? In today’s busy life where we are running to meet two ends, when we are spending 10-12 hours at office, what we discuss at times with friends and family is work and office, it really helps to know the reason why we work.
According to me people work for WORK:
W – Wealth
O – Opportune
R – Responsibility
K – Kindness
Wealth
Money is necessary for living, we can not buy the basic necessities of life without money, but money shouldn’t be everything for you. There are people who are so crazy after money that they forget enjoying their life and they are running only after gaining wealth.
If you have seen “Up in the Air” movie, they show lead protagonist George Clooney is crazy about collecting miles to get a platinum status, and that takes him away from enjoying his normal family life. But, finally when he gets that status, he doesn’t react as he had dreamt he would, because by that time he had realized what he is losing out on. Similarly, while running after money we may not realize that we are sacrificing good family time, but when we grow old we realize what we missed out on.
Opportune
You like what you do. There are many people who sacrifice high paying jobs to get in to jobs which they like to do, even at a lower pay. We become mechanical after a period of time doing a job that we don’t like to do. We should ask ourselves that questions when we wake up in the morning, whether we would really like to do the work, if money is the only motivation, then we might start looking out for another job that interests us.
The other job can be a full day job, a part time job or a home business, but it should be something you enjoy doing. If you are happy, you will be able to spread the joy around and that makes everyone in the family and friends happy.
Responsibility
We have obligations to fulfill. We have family who is dependent on us, we have to pay installments of home/car loan, we have to plan for higher education of kid and we have to plan for good vacation for family. There could be many other responsibilities you have that makes you work like clock. Putting in extra time at work, working on weekends, taking extra load may be things you do to meet the need.
Have you ever tired sharing your responsibility? Sometimes, we feel we are the only who has to do it and no one else can do it, but it’s good to check out for a possibility. This is not to run away from our responsibilities, but to try and find a balance in life. The way we consider outsourcing when we want to get a task done quickly and we are the only doing it; we might want to look out for the possibilities of responsibility sharing in the family, say your spouse may be able to help you.
Kindness
There are some people who just work out of kindness. They just want to help others; they get happiness by helping others. Either they have achieved the financial status or they are philanthropic by nature and hence basic salary for survival is what they need.
People working at NGOs and charitable trusts have those philanthropic qualities; they get happiness by helping others. And then there are those rich people who have achieved good amount of wealth in life and they want to give to the needy. Many celebrities in different fields support or endorse a NGO or a charitable trust, this helps to give a boost to the NGO or the trust in collecting more funds.
Whatever your reason may be for work, or even if you have multiple reasons for work; you want to ensure that you have a work and life balance and enjoy the moment you are living in. It’s not always possible for all of us to be that way, but we can at least try to work towards being happy about working! J
http://www.homebusinessroundtable.com Karen Wilson Wehrle
I'm working for money mostly, not that I'm getting all that much. It's time I sequed out of a couple old jobs into something far more exciting. Getting out when you're self-employed isn't always as easy as you'd think. Some long-time customers don't want to let go!
What Do You WORK for?
Have you asked this question to yourself? In today’s busy life where we are running to meet two ends, when we are spending 10-12 hours at office, what we discuss at times with friends and family is work and office, it really helps to know the reason why we work.
According to me people work for WORK:
W – Wealth
O – Opportune
R – Responsibility
K – Kindness
Wealth
Money is necessary for living, we can not buy the basic necessities of life without money, but money shouldn’t be everything for you. There are people who are so crazy after money that they forget enjoying their life and they are running only after gaining wealth.
If you have seen “Up in the Air” movie, they show lead protagonist George Clooney is crazy about collecting miles to get a platinum status, and that takes him away from enjoying his normal family life. But, finally when he gets that status, he doesn’t react as he had dreamt he would, because by that time he had realized what he is losing out on. Similarly, while running after money we may not realize that we are sacrificing good family time, but when we grow old we realize what we missed out on.
Opportune
You like what you do. There are many people who sacrifice high paying jobs to get in to jobs which they like to do, even at a lower pay. We become mechanical after a period of time doing a job that we don’t like to do. We should ask ourselves that questions when we wake up in the morning, whether we would really like to do the work, if money is the only motivation, then we might start looking out for another job that interests us.
The other job can be a full day job, a part time job or a home business, but it should be something you enjoy doing. If you are happy, you will be able to spread the joy around and that makes everyone in the family and friends happy.
Responsibility
We have obligations to fulfill. We have family who is dependent on us, we have to pay installments of home/car loan, we have to plan for higher education of kid and we have to plan for good vacation for family. There could be many other responsibilities you have that makes you work like clock. Putting in extra time at work, working on weekends, taking extra load may be things you do to meet the need.
Have you ever tired sharing your responsibility? Sometimes, we feel we are the only who has to do it and no one else can do it, but it’s good to check out for a possibility. This is not to run away from our responsibilities, but to try and find a balance in life. The way we consider outsourcing when we want to get a task done quickly and we are the only doing it; we might want to look out for the possibilities of responsibility sharing in the family, say your spouse may be able to help you.
Kindness
There are some people who just work out of kindness. They just want to help others; they get happiness by helping others. Either they have achieved the financial status or they are philanthropic by nature and hence basic salary for survival is what they need.
People working at NGOs and charitable trusts have those philanthropic qualities; they get happiness by helping others. And then there are those rich people who have achieved good amount of wealth in life and they want to give to the needy. Many celebrities in different fields support or endorse a NGO or a charitable trust, this helps to give a boost to the NGO or the trust in collecting more funds.
Whatever your reason may be for work, or even if you have multiple reasons for work; you want to ensure that you have a work and life balance and enjoy the moment you are living in. It’s not always possible for all of us to be that way, but we can at least try to work towards being happy about working! J
What are your reasons for working? Are you happy?
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