It’s fantastic to get paid a lot of money at the end of the month. That you can afford some weekend luxuries.
Additionally, try to ensure your job gives you some monetary reward because it will be a stimulus for your motivation. But please, let it not be the only thing.
I had a lucrative position, the best in economic terms I could get. However, I felt I wasn’t learning and didn’t find a nuance that made me jump with vibrant joy.
Over time, I had to change. Even though that meant earning much less, because work is not just about money.
In modern times, the shape and relationship regarding employment have changed. A while ago, working for many years at a company was a sign of eternal loyalty.
Today, having gone through various roles is a sign that you possess multiple skills and that you have faced different challenges. For companies that want to be in the boom of innovation, this is pure gold.
In my particular case, I look for projects that are fascinating and make me learn something every day. It doesn’t matter if for this, i have to dedicate more hours than usual.
The best thing I learned from my jobs is that the greatest value lies in knowledge. It’s better to have a job where you learn a lot and earn a little than one where you earn a lot and learn a little.
It’s clear that a job where you earn little shouldn’t be for life. However, the issue is that where there is no learning, there is regression, and where there is regression, there is involution.
Feeling that you are important in society and that you are building something new is like a superpower.
Now, creating is not just being a great designer or a data scientist. You can create in many ways in your workplace. New techniques can be applied or new ways of making things more productive.
It’s relevant to challenge routines, knowledge, and, why not?, innovate.
But it doesn’t have to be the only rule. Pursuing your passions and dreams can also be a reason.
Robert Waldinger, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard University and a very famous scholar for having participated in the longest study in history on happiness, discovered that the happiest people were those who carried out activities that had meaning for them.
When you enjoy what you do, whether you make money or not, you simply give way to something much more pleasant.
So, as I told you at the beginning, don’t work just for money! Find that other reason that attracts you, and try to turn it into the engine you need for your work life.
