{"id":1060,"date":"2005-04-19T11:34:45","date_gmt":"2005-04-19T15:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/example.org\/satisfying_work"},"modified":"2005-04-19T11:34:45","modified_gmt":"2005-04-19T15:34:45","slug":"satisfying_work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1060","title":{"rendered":"Satisfying work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got only a few minutes to highlight a topic that has filled many books, so I&#8217;ll try to write succinctly. <\/p>\n<p>Here is what I have discovered for myself. You may have reached different conclusions. Starting at the top, here are some fundamental factors affecting your perception of work as pleasure or pain:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Almost any work is satisfying if you can do it at your own pace.<\/p>\n<p>The most interesting work in the world can be made unbearable, if you are forced to do it in a sequence and at a pace that is not of your own choosing.<\/p>\n<p>Job satisfaction is actually more important than the money you take home. That is why acknowledgement from your peers and managers can easily make up for a lower salary.<\/p>\n<p>Any job that requires you to lie for others will eat you out from the inside until you are no longer able to look at yourself in the mirror.<\/p>\n<p>People will work unbelievable hours for little or no pay if they know they are helping to make the world a better place.<\/p>\n<p>People will perform miracles working for a manager they trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>You might want to look at your current work scene and see if you can make some adjustments that will let you take advantage of these factors. I will discuss how you might do that in future posts, if there is any interest. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve got only a few minutes to highlight a topic that has filled many books, so I&#8217;ll try to write succinctly. Here is what I have discovered for myself. You may have reached different conclusions. Starting at the top, here &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=1060\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1804,1797,1830],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-h6","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}