Some people are happy performing the routine day-to-day things of life. Other people yearn for more.

About those who yearn for more…

Some people yearn for new things and more success and they continuously work away at achieving greater things.

Other people yearn for more and yet continue to do the same old things…over and over…including complaining about setbacks at every opportunity. 

These people are the ‘achievers’, some with good habits and some with not-so-good habits. Their habits 'dictate' whether or not they are acting in successful or unsuccessful ways.

About those who are happy performing the routine day-to-day things in life…

I have met a few. I marvelled at their enthusiasm as they described the enjoyment they experienced working on a Ford assembly line, serving diners in restaurants, and doing other work laced with repetition.

Most people who work in roles containing a heavy dose of routine tasks are not happy about their ‘predicament’. They either yearn for more from work or they seem to have accepted their unhappy lot in life. Many people exhibit this unhappiness, sharing it regularly with others. So, the few who are truly happy with routine work really stand out.

About the extremes…

People who are happy performing routine day-to-day work are at one extreme. People who yearn for more and continuously work away at achieving more are at the other extreme. These people at the extremes accomplish excellent things at work, albeit in very different ways. And they influence the people they work with in very different ways.