"Your goal in life is you find give target and your whole heart and soul."
The statistics about the work in America to tell an interesting story. On the one hand we hate work. On the other hand seem we can get enough of.
For the most part, Americans are dissatisfied with their work:
- 70% of employed Americans are switched off from their work.
- 18% of employees are actively switched- i.e., they are not only unhappy; You are so busy, live out her grief.
- 74% of employees would a new job opportunity, when it was presented.
- The 4-Hour Workweek spent 7 years at the New York Times bestseller list.
- Americans countdown defines early retirement the years in retirement at the age of 65 years and CNN as the ultimate "American dream".
Americans are not satisfied with their work and not enjoy it. But we refuse to slow us down and any break from it:
- In comparison with other industrialized nations, workers worked US rank 1 in (1,800 hours per year).
- The typical American middle-income family works 11 on average more hours a week in 2006 than in the year 1979.
- 53% adult check work messages at least once a day over the weekend.
- Americans leave a half billion vacation days unused each year.
- We are fighting to find even a rest day per week.
These statistics paint an interesting picture of our love/hate relationship to work: we like none of our jobs; but spend less time with them. Why this is the case?
Probably, there are a number of reasons. Sometimes our require legitimate financial need to work long hours. Sometimes require our jobs on-demand and in a moment will be available. Other times, our employer simply offer us this kind of flexibility does not.
But I think it's something deeper going on. Because all of this happens in one of the richest and most productive Nations in the history of the world. Why then, given our great opportunity, so long hours jobs working on we we hate?
If we could discover the deeper reason for this dissatisfaction, we could find relief in two areas: both a greater appreciation for our work , and more space for rest.
The reason that we have such a love-hate with work in our society is because our motivation for everything is wrong. We do our work for the wrong reward.
Usually, we just do our jobs for the purpose to earn a salary transfer at the end of the day. Work is what, we do that we make money, so we can all the other things that we really want to do.
But money as a means to the fulfilment is always short. It is never quite satisfy the longing of our hearts - in their own right, makes and see and glory never meet either.
When money is the reward, we can never earn enough. It is always just a little more desire.
This is a problem with our modern understanding of the work. If we are only reasons the paycheck every two weeks in, it will be never enough. We will always be there, for more - holiday put the search in a few hours, even a day, way back skip in the Office on other Saturday morning.
We work because we love our work and find fulfillment in it? No. We do it because we believe that the payroll is worth - or at least a little bigger paycheck makes it worthwhile.
But it never does.
We were designed to work for little more than money and possessions and property. (tweet, the)
Instead, you see work as a contribution to others - that is the reward. Our work contributes to the benefit of society. It took us forward. It makes us better than people. They enriched our lives.
Whether we are food, packing, delivery, Road sweeping or our work, can consider managing others, as an act of love to the people we serve.
And when we change our motivation, we discover the work is not somewhat avoided are - this is important.
See not your work than to endure something or be avoided. Look at it not only as a means to a paycheck. Change your focus. Develop a deeper understanding for the contribution you make, or a job, he will find.
This is always a new love/relationship.
