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Happiness is About Doing Work That You Love
You may have heard this:
It is not about doing what you love,
it is about loving what you do.
Good advice, but is it the best mindset?
It is wonderful to love what we do, provided we can do that.
Love is a big word. It is hard to force ourself to love a job if we don’t naturally like it. (Can we love accounting if we are not comfortable with numbers?).
We can oblige ourselves to duty, care, commitment, ethics, professionalism...but to force ourselves to “love” is perhaps asking too much.
In addition, such a scenario is not sustainable. Sooner or later one will get bored or fed up. Even if it was sustainable, it is not the best formula for happiness.
Surely, work must be performed to the highest standards, regardless of personal preferences. However, it is preferred to live a life where people are actually doing what they love. This way, creativity, art, excellence, innovation, genius is more likely to happen and we get a win win scenario: the work is amazing and the worker is happy doing it.
In conclusion: If you can, and you often do, spend your life doing what you love rather than trying to “love” what you do. It is more authentic and the work will be better and happier. You deserve it.
Finding Your Hummus: Discover your personal and organizational purpose
It is not about doing what you love,
it is about loving what you do.
Good advice, but is it the best mindset?
It is wonderful to love what we do, provided we can do that.
Love is a big word. It is hard to force ourself to love a job if we don’t naturally like it. (Can we love accounting if we are not comfortable with numbers?).
We can oblige ourselves to duty, care, commitment, ethics, professionalism...but to force ourselves to “love” is perhaps asking too much.
In addition, such a scenario is not sustainable. Sooner or later one will get bored or fed up. Even if it was sustainable, it is not the best formula for happiness.
Surely, work must be performed to the highest standards, regardless of personal preferences. However, it is preferred to live a life where people are actually doing what they love. This way, creativity, art, excellence, innovation, genius is more likely to happen and we get a win win scenario: the work is amazing and the worker is happy doing it.
In conclusion: If you can, and you often do, spend your life doing what you love rather than trying to “love” what you do. It is more authentic and the work will be better and happier. You deserve it.
Finding Your Hummus: Discover your personal and organizational purpose
