WHY WORK?


Albert Isaacs,
Write-to-the-Point (Professional Writing Service).

Human beings are one of a small group of animals that has an instinctive desire to be active and useful. Beavers and ants are also amongst this minority of beings that actually have to work. Most animals do work when they have to, particularly to obtain food, but they can also spend considerable amounts of time doing nothing - just look at cows, sheep and horses nonchalantly grazing in their fields. Dogs that have contact with humans are interesting because they will work in many diverse ways for the rewards that they will receive, but overriding all of this is the instinct to be able to do nothing - for example, retired seeing eye dogs are happy to lie about all day and don't feel the desire to be doing something.

In the case of humanity, our brains actually need to be active for a sizeable portion of each day. Therefore, we have devised an intriguing system whereby we fulfill this need (for most of our lives) by contributing to society in an infinite number of ways, and being rewarded for our contributions - in most cases, our reward is a wage. However, those doing volunteer work receive their reward in the form of satisfaction in its many forms.

There may occasionally be exceptions to this rule but they are few and far between and, in reality, quite aberationary. That is why the long-term unemployed are susceptible to a range of illnesses, including depression.

Many decades ago, I went on a school excursion to an automotive factory that was producing its product by utilising the classic conveyer belt. We saw a gentleman hand-tightening identical screws on engine after engine as they passed before his eyes. We were told that this particular guy had been sitting in the same spot on the conveyer belt and tightening identical screws for over 20 years. The image of this bloke doing the same mind-numbing job for so long, has always stuck with me! (Nevertheless, today, conveyer belt production has changed and no-one would be expected to do the same thing year in and year out.)

Even so, this anecdote highlights our basic need for job satisfaction. Therefore, the ideal job is one that accomplishes our need to be active, our desire for a good wage and our requirement to do be doing something that we find fulfilling.

We should all keep these three requisites in mind when we're going out job hunting. My wish to you is that you're able to realise all three!



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