Robert Frost
20th century American poet
I appreciate Mr. Frost's tongue-in-cheek humor while at the same time seeing the underlying truth for so many who hate what they do.
How bad must it be to spend your working life wishing you were doing just about anything other than your job.
and its even worse today with so many just happy to hve a job
ReplyDeleteFrost and Gilbert - quite a combo with my morning coffee! While I get the point "so many hate what they do" and yes I see that in businesses and in discussions with friends and acquaintances; I don't see it as prevalent - but maybe just worsening - driven by macro economic blues. At the job, if its that bad at least a path to change needs to be on the table. If one can't commit to that and just sits "wishing doing anything other than your job" seems obvious it time to look inward... These days many "just need the job", have taken positions at drastically lower pay, changed industries they don't know, like or care. Clearly to me a trend I see in many orgs is a lack of "passion" of desire and willingness to engage and change - from both workers and management. Few in the ranks care to do what's right, "be shot like a lion" and few managers / execs seem to genuinely committed to invest time to mentor, develop staff and spend time with them. If "the brain stops working" its time for change. Other thoughts I've had from this post focused on how much we've become office robots, swimming in email - unable to manage or control it consistently; power points with no points and pressure from all areas that block out many opportunities for risk taking and creativity that would for sure nurture and fire up that wonderful organ - the brain :)
ReplyDeleteI agree GRB, no way to say with certainty if the situation is prevalent or getting worse. Also I can think back to "good" times (lower unemployment) and recall a lot of people who "hated" their jobs then as well.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many of those whose "brain has stopped working" realize that it has, and of that group, how many are or soon will attempt a change? The option is to live with it and I can think of a lot of folks who do just that.