Perspectives That Serve # 17 - Passion For Your Work

While writing this I am going through an extended rough patch at work. I think a lot about putting my resume together and finding something else. Almost daily I hallucinate how much better things could be if I was in charge along with a group of friends affectionately known as “the anarchists”. Something as simple as getting a good product sample is like pulling teeth. The problem has been raised for several years now.

The challenges are intense and most days I am bone tired at the end. But still I am passionate about what I do. I like most of the processes and tasks. I like the people I work with. I like that I get to travel. I like that I don’t have to go to the same place everyday. I like the variety. I like the product I represent and I like what it does for people and organizations. We are clearly the best in our industry.

On my worst days I wish I could push a button and get off. But for the most part I like what I do and truly feel sorry for all the others that have to work at the kind of jobs they do. One way or the other most of us get paid to solve some kind of problem. Sometimes those problems are brutal. Ultimately you have to ask yourself if over all you are well suited to the process. If you are, crank up the passion. Turn on the gas. Set yourself on fire. If not, tune up your resume. Don’t hang around being miserable and making everyone else miserable.