Is your enjoyment better than your effort or is
your effort more than the joy you derive?
Ask this question at the end of each activity and you will discover
what gives you joy and what you are having to struggle with. Just this simple
realization is liberating. It does not immediately mean that you can do away
with or that you must stop doing all things that you struggle with. But with
some review, introspection and iteration you may be able get out of doing or
delegate stuff that you struggle with.
This simple question on what gives you joy can change your Life
forever. Aristotle (384 BC ~ 322 BC), way back, had simultaneously simplified
the definition of a career and offered a perspective on excellence. He said,
"All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind. Pleasure in the job puts
perfection in the work." In the absence of joy, any activity__whether it
is mowing your lawn or doing the dishes to drawing up strategy to dentistry to
leading an organization__will be a drag, a burden, and will eventually peter
down to becoming a chore. But when you derive joy even the most arduous task
will be light, easy and you will be able to accomplish it with amazing quality.
Joy, therefore, is more than a sentiment. It is a catalyst that
makes living easy, wholesome, enriching, fulfilling and, simply, worth it. So,
make an important choice today. To choose work that has you immersed in it,
soaked in joy, drenched in bliss! Choose work such
that in going out for or about doing it, you don't ever have to leave your
heart behind!
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