Happiness and Work
Human beings need to work in order to fulfill their basic survival needs. We have to pay our rent, utility bills, grocery and all our basic necessities of life. In order to fulfill these needs, we need hard currency. This can be achieved from work or doing a job. It is also important that we are happy in our work in order to increase our satisfaction. So, hard currency and ultimate currency which go hand in hand are important for our survival. Now, how can we derive happiness in work?
If we are interested in our work and if it matches our skills, then we will definitely derive satisfaction, which will lead to the ultimate currency, but some individuals work only for the hard currency. They look at their jobs, which will give them financial gains rather than personal satisfaction.
Tal Ben-Shahar in his article named “Happiness in the Workplace” mentions, “Finding the right work, work that corresponds to both our passions and our strengths can be challenging.” I agree with him because I feel that it is very challenging to find a job in this bad economy which matches our passions and skills. For instance, I don’t have a job experience, but I have a friend named Jane who is a computer engineer. Due to the bad economy, she received a lay-off before a year. At present, she works in Dunkin Donuts. She goes to work because she feels that she has to, rather than she wants to. Jane has no other expectations from her job besides her paycheck at the end of the week and looks forward to Friday for it. She is not happy at all because her skills are not matching her job. She has to pay her utility bills, rent, etc, so she is doing this job just for the sake of money.
Hence, a career-minded person is primarily motivated by money as well as progress, so I think that thinking about meaning pleasure and our strengths can lead us towards more happiness and success in the workplace.
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