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Work Hard Get Less

Guest post by: Sylvia Lafair

Article Overview: Are we really working harder for less? Before you shake your heads....

Work Hard Get Less

One of the themes of these tough economic times has a tired, sad, almost "victim" flavor. We can hear the complaints standing in the supermarket lines, we can hear the frustration waiting for a bus, and we can listen to the annoyances walking into business offices in the bright light of morning. And maybe we hear the upsets coming out of our own mouths.

Before we shake our heads and agree it's a mean world out there we need to really peel back the concept of what it is we are working for and what does it mean to work hard.

Are we really working harder for less?

Perhaps it is more to the point to read the commentary by Arianna Huffington that challenges us to look past working for possessions, mortgage payments, saving for our children's educations or even our old age. It's about what is enough and where can we put our energies. Maybe we are all searching for something that has less to do with hours of work, less to do with salaries and bonuses, and more to do with a deeper purpose.

The search for meaning is a personal one. It is also a lifelong search that changes as we change. This time between the end of longer summer days and the readying chill of autumn gives us a great opportunity to think about how we can make our work experience more rewarding, make our work relationships more compatible, and make our contribution to our communities more helpful.

Maybe then we can see our hard work in a new perspective and not see that work only creating scarcity.

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Article Tags: Creating change, Perspective, Victim, Working Hard



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