In the book GiG Americans Talk About Their Jobs, include 100’s of interviews of different people with different jobs that provide personal achievements, and goals that give these individuals the strive to work. These reasonings of why we should work point out much more than money being the outcome. Each individual interviewee has a different reason for why they work, what makes them strive to work, what makes their job’s worth going to each day. From selected interviews “Wal-Mart Greeter”, “Clutter Consultant”, “Lobbyist”, and “Orthopedic Surgeon” each represented different reasons of work;the four that stood out most to me included: Self-worth, appreciation from clients, political belief goals, and mental fulfillment.
We cannot let our work and living conditions limit our success, we must take control of the situations in our lives. As much as we have all heard it, we need to keep a positive attitude and mindset, or at least try to. This is probably the easiest way to take control of the situations you are in; keeping a positive attitude has been known to increase your physical and mental health, which can really only benefit you. In a study performed by the University of California, Riverside, in which productivity, happiness, and overall physical and mental well-being were analyzed in working individuals, it was concluded that a positive attitude and outlook has a great effect on one’s life. Generally positive, or “happy people,” were found to be more satisfied with their jobs, to perform tasks better, and less likely to be unemployed and more likely to be physically healthier and live longer than their less happy peers (Joy). Positive people being less likely to be unemployed allows these individuals to accumulate more money, which makes the general public happier nowadays, and this ultimately makes the dream of having success more easily attainable. Happy individuals being found to be healthier and to therefore live longer than less happy individuals gives these happy individuals more time to attain the “American Dream” as well. Keeping
I have come to realize that in life, its not how much money someone makes at there job that makes them truly happy, its when they love there job 110% and wouldn't trade it for the world, then you know they are truly
In a job an individual does the same task over and over again and gets bored over time. Doing the same job a lot gets a person good orientated but there’s no progress and that what many want. The more a person gets paid, the more they will start to change their attitude. It will make a person want to go to work more often and be happy most of the time. While in a career there’s progress over time. There is so much attitude in a career because if an individual is not progressing they get discouraged or confused but most of the time that person will be happy to complete a long-term goal. Many people are persistent even in the toughest of times, but the outcome is generally always
Income Inequality in the Workplace The American economy has been in a constant rise since the economic decline earlier this decade and keeps on being the vigorous beast it was amid the twentieth century. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and the Economic Policy Institute concluded that the income wage
Happiness on the job is closely related to contentment of values. In fact, happiness could just be
The importance of finding a career that satisfies you is the key to becoming successful. A job that meets your basic needs, like well-paying and good hours, is obviously reasonably beneficial towards you. Although, a job that meets your requirements of a “dream job” will not only make you a better worker, but also a happier individual. People who find their jobs meaningful to themselves tend to enjoy it a lot more than a basic job that fits their basic needs.
Money is something everyone is pursuing and some people exhaust themselves to get it. People work countless hours in jobs they hate, waking up everyday going to their same cubicle working from 9 to 5 and going home feeling miserable and stressed. It’s not about finding a job that makes you a lot of money, it's about doing something that makes you feel good about your work and passionate about what you do. Finding a job that is not only meaningful to you but also helping someone else, nothing will make you feel better than that. Having a job that is bettering someone else’s life and bettering your own financially is the best job you can have.
The Odyssey of Achievement “Happiness is not in the mere possession of money; it lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt
In the excerpt taken from his book “The Price of Everything” Eduardo Porter talks about the idea of happiness and where true happiness comes from. He argues that one can witness happiness in what people strive to do, which, in his opinion, is working and making money. He utilizes quotes
Happiness Means Matching Your Job to Your Lifestyle Why do some people love their jobs and some people dread going to work every day? If you think it because of the pay, you will be surprised. Not only is pay not the main factor in workplace satisfaction, it is not even one of the top five reasons people are happy in their jobs according to a recent survey by JobDig. So, if it isn't money that makes people happy at their jobs, what is it? Would you believe that the secret is "lifestyle"? When your job is in alignment with who you are, there is happiness. When your job conflicts with the things you find important, the result is stress and workplace displeasure.
In Conclusion Whether you work for money or not, in our society so much emphasis is placed on how much money you earn, that your pay (or lack thereof) is bound to affect your feelings of self-worth.
This will help you achieve happiness because if you do what you want you will never be let down. You will feel like you have a purpose and that you were meant for something, as if it was calling you. If you love what you do the there is no possible way to be sad or upset. Your life will be filled with joy and love because every day you get to wake up and do something that truly makes you happy.
When working, how much do you value what you do? For me, a part time worker in college just trying to have some extra cash on hand, I don’t seem to value my job that much. Now as I pursue my career and obtain my end goal, I will value
1 INTRODUCTION There are a few factors that determine an individual’s well-being as essential as income. Income is paramount to live a sufficient lifestyle for self and those who are dependent on us. Income is a stable aspect of job to the workers, organizations and the society in general. Income has huge role to play in determining the behaviors, attitude and perceptions of individuals in an organization and this can be a major driver of organization behavior. Using utility theory, in particular the concepts of marginal utility and marginal rate of substitution the author analyzes how the job satisfaction and wages of family employees differ from those of regular employees. The objective is to infer that the family employees have more job satisfaction than regular employees while receiving lower wages. Income can cause both positive and negative affect work and family balance. The effects of income has not been widely discussed as one of the major contributor to organizational behavior topic and instead topics such as monetary incentives and pay-for-performance schemes have been documented exhaustively. Finally, some (e.g. Lea & Webley, 2006) have argued that the psychology of money is a visceral one, exhibiting similarities to the effects of other visceral influences on human behavior such as hunger and thirst and, as Loewenstein (1996) notes, visceral influences are often underestimated by individuals, partly because people tend to forget how important they were in