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I
believe everyone who wants to work should work
and should do work they enjoy. Doing work you love is
vital for three reasons:
- Your job will be more enjoyable;
- You will be happier;
- You will make the world a
better place.
I call this The 80/20 Job (not to be confused with
the 80/20 Rule, which means 20% of what you do provides
80% of the results). The 80/20 Job is a job that
you enjoy 80% of the time.
“Why,” you may ask, “can’t
I get a job that I enjoy 100% of the time?”
The
answer is, “There
is no such thing.”
Here are some things most people don’t like
about work:
- Time away from family, friends, and personal
interests;
- Unnecessary but mandatory paperwork;
- Malfunctioning
machinery and technology;
- Unpleasant coworkers,
supervisors, or clients;
- Making mistakes;
- Not knowing the procedures or
policies (until there’s
a problem);
- Stress;
- Traffic.
These problems are present in almost every job.
Since problems are inevitable, why not have a job
that reduces the number of problems, by doing work
you love? Having an 80/20 Job does not eliminate
all your problems but it eliminates some and reduces
the impact of many others. (Most interestingly, in
my own experience, I have seen the number of problems
with people at work greatly reduced.)
So my greatest
hope is that everyone who wants to can get work
they are good at doing and enjoy.
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