America was founded on the Puritan work ethic, which can be roughly defined as: If you like it, stop doing it immediately.It’s this philosophy which has given rise to much of our thinking about work, including the currently popular “work-life balance” — as if the two were as polar opposite as good and evil. How many of you have heard some variation of this line from parents or teachers: “You’re not supposed to like it, that’s why they call it work.”
Nevertheless, the notion of loving what we do has not only taken hold (must be the French influence on our culture), it’s now provably linked to that Holy Grail of the U.S. economy: PRODUCTIVITY.
Dana Keith on May 7th, 2008 at 2:30 am
In this cruel world of ours, each of us has it’s own views, facts and wants in life.. We can’t force an individual to do such thing even if they doesn’t like it.. But he/she need to be opened to the fact that “love what you do, and do what you love..” that’s how it goes.. For if you have that notion, you need not to complain on whatever outcomes.