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The joy embedded in ‘work worth doing’

by Rick Baker
On Oct 6, 2011
Now, I know the famous composer Richard Wagner said, “Joy is not in things; it is in us”.
 
However, at least from time to time…
 
When we want things and don’t get them we are disappointed. When we do ‘hard work’ and the results fall short we are disappointed. When we want things and we get them we are, at least, momentarily satisfied or happy. When we do ‘hard work’ and achieve desired results we feel satisfied or happy. When it comes to work…some of our desires are positive, normal, and healthy in nature and some of our desires are not.
 
According to Eckhart Tolle, all negative desires represent frustrations of positive desires inspired by defeat, failure, and neglect. I’m still thinking on that cause-and-effect way of looking at desires. Sometimes, when we ‘work hard’ and are defeated we wind down a bit...and the work starts to taste sour. Sometimes when we ‘work hard’ and people don’t notice we wind down a bit...and the work tastes sour. Perhaps, after more defeats and more neglect the taste gets so sour we give up. And our attitude towards life sours. Perhaps, that’s how positive intent ends up becoming negative attitude, the breeding ground for negative desires.
 
Regardless of where joy is and how desires become desires there is a piece of ancient wisdom we should keep at the front of our thinking. This wisdom has been described in writing for well over 2000 years.
 
This ancient wisdom is the key to ensuring our work does not put sour tastes in our mouths.
 
There are numerous quotes, capturing this wisdom.
 
I particularly like this one, from ‘The Old Lion’, Theodore Roosevelt:
 
“Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”
 
I bet most people want to work hard at work worth doing…to ‘make a difference’.
 
If we put our minds and hearts to it then we can create their chance to do just that.
 
Footnotes
  1. A Wagner quote, “I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought vibrating the ether everywhere and that any who can feel these vibrations is inspired”.
  2. Like Napoleon Hill, Alexander Graham Bell, Richard Wagner, and many others before him, Eckhart Tolle teaches thoughts are vibrations. Tolle says negative thoughts have shorter wavelengths than positive thoughts. He talks about the hypnotic rhythm.

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Beyond Business | Emotions & Feelings @ Work | Hero Worship

Sales Tweet #319

by Rick Baker
On Oct 6, 2011
Sales Tweet #319 At a fishing trade show, Ernest Seller bought a high-pitched whistle guaranteed to attract fish.
 
The Thinking Behind the Sales Tweet
The whistle worked! Ernest caught a lot more fish. But had to stop using that wonderful whistle because for some strange reason his dog, Commission, started to refuse to get into the car to go fishing with him.

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Ernest Seller | Thought Tweets

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