I know this sounds cliché and obvious, but let’s drill down…
1. Reduce Stress
Stress is a killer. If you are working a job that is stressing you out and making you unhealthy – ask yourself: “Is this job worth my life?” If you answer yes to this question, then you obviously need to do something about.
2. You Spend A Lot Of Your Non-Sleeping Life At Work
For most people, work is their life. So if you are wasting your life at some place you hate or with people you hate, you should probably change your situation. Again, it’s not healthy.
On the other hand if you are spending your time working at a place where you enjoy your relationship with your co-workers, and you love what you are doing every day, then keep at it!
3. It Makes The World More Efficient
Think about this way: If you work at a job you love, you’ll probably put in 100% effort into your work. Which is the best result for your employer, the customers and your co-workers.
If you just get a job to collect a pay check and you really don’t care about your work product – chances are the company will suffer, the customers will suffer and you’re making it more difficult for your co-workers. Resulting in greater inefficiency all around.
I say companies should focus more on hiring people who are obviously passionate about working for them. And for people seeking jobs, you shouldn’t just pick the first job that comes your way. Now I know, during these times it’s hard to do that, but make a serious effort to seek out what you really want to do.
4. The Reason Why You Were Born Was Not To Make Money
It seems like everyone just wants to make money. Everyone wants to win the lottery and call it quits.
BORING!
The way I see it, you don’t really get true satisfaction without knowing a bit of hardship first. Besides that, we were born to love, laugh, reproduce and experience. Currency is just a system to buy goods and services. It’s not why your exist.
I think if you remove the desire to amass as much currency as you can out of the picture, and you reflect on why you are really alive, it’s much easier to find a job that you really want to do. And who knows, you might end up making more money as a result of it!
The only reason why I see a need to make as much money as you can is to be able to afford skyrocketing healthcare when you are old. But if that’s the case, then everyone is pretty much screwed anyway. Because only a handful of people are really going to be able to afford it, while the rest of us will rot on the streets.
And…to really put it into perspective…..you might get hit by a bus tomorrow.
5. Because Steve Jobs Said So
You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. – Steve Jobs
Watch this playlist called “You Never Work A Day In Your Life…” to see’s Steve Jobs commencement speech about doing what you love. This playlist is packed with motivational goodness 
About the Author: Chalk writes from the sewers. He sees everything from the ground up!
