Enjoy what you do, and do what you enjoy
A career means different things to different people. To some, it is an end point: It is a statement of ambition, for instance, I must become the CEO of this company. To others, it means the landmarks on the way: I must become regional manager in two years and GM in three years thereafter. To most, it is a combination. But, these are all ‘destinations’ and not the ‘journey’.
You enjoy doing things that challenge you sufficiently, yet are instructive to you, that engage you. For instance, selling to a difficult customer, debugging a production issue, configuring a least costly solution to a problem, etc. It is engaging to you for your own reason, some others may hate the same tasks.
To the wise, it means the enjoyment and experiences of work. A career is not a destination, it is the journey. So what kind of a journey must you have? The answer is, ‘a journey which you enjoy’. You can excel with consistency only at tasks that you enjoy. Conversely, you cannot excel with consistency at tasks that you do not enjoy. Enjoyment does not mean that the task is easy, or that you know how to do it, quite the reverse.
One of the greatest lessons you can ever learn is that you shouldn’t be doing anything you don’t enjoy. In fact, your job and your entire life should be one big bowl of monkeys full of excitement and enjoyment. You should enjoy getting up for your job each day. You should like the work you do and be so interested in it you think about it at night.
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