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Why Doesn’t Your Job Keep You Motivated?
Most people typically get hired for one of three reasons:
- To make a button
- To push the button several times an hour
- To watch other people and make sure they don’t push the button incorrectly
A job — that is, a series of tasks to be completed in a given time — will never motivate you to stay. You will master whatever assignments you are given and soon become disinterested. Actually “job” is probably the wrong term for what most people have. Jobs end. They are supposed to.
The proper word might be “agreement.” You “agree” to do whatever someone tells you to for a certain amount of money until further notice.
Does that sound very motivational to you? Me neither.
Challenge can motivate you to stay. Growth can motivate you to stay. People can motivate you to stay. All of these reasons can be found within a job.
But will the job itself motivate you?
No chance.
Not now. Not ever.
Todd Brison
Author of THE CREATIVE’S CURSE. Featured on CNBC, Inc. Magazine, Apple News, and in my kitchen doing dishes.
I am obsessed with the highs that come with creating great art – Like when my teacher looked me straight in the eye and said “You’re a great writer, just like your dad.” Or when I wrote a post in college that had random classmates telling me how it made them feel. Or when I wrote a post which reached the TOP TEN in the WORLD on MEDIUM. Or when I was featured in some of the top publications around the world.
These highs are so powerful, I can’t keep them all to myself. I’m on a MISSION to HELP artists find their peak moments. I hope you JOIN ME.
