“Things won are done, joy’s soul lies in the doing.”
– William Shakespeare
What’s the best job you ever had? Was it the highest paying? If so, that’s a bonus. Odds are it was the one where you could literally feel that what you were doing made a difference.
Study after study shows that if people believe their work is meaningful, and if there are clear measures for them to see their progress, they tend to like what they do a lot.
In business, it’s easy to get so focused on the scoreboard that sometimes we lose sight of the “doing.” What is it that you do in the course of the day that brings you joy? Are there things that sidetrack you and make you lose sight of how good it feels to move the bar, to make progress?
What is it that you’re doing today, that will matter most tomorrow?
While you’re doing it, you’re making a difference! Take a moment, when it happens, to capture that feeling, and then look for more of it, every day.
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