Working for pleasure or cash
Posted on 28. Aug, 2008
I have been quite lucky (and very hard working as well) when it comes to work and work experience. Since a few years back I was in Pakistan doing my studies in Fine Arts and now I am working as a Project Manager for an IT company in Norway.
I have gone through lots of various roles in the past just to make the ends meet. From working as a door-to -door sales agent to applying my skills to major music networks like Dotmusic, which is now known as Yahoo Music and then further on working for the largest recruitment company as the only Pakistani designer among the 400+ people dealing with the most amazing projects.
Years later I sometime wonder what is it that drives us to work. For some it’s to get rid of the boredom they will be surrounded with if they sit home all the time, for others money is a reason enough to wake up every morning to do something that they enjoy.
BUT when that is said, there are so many people who do not enjoy the work they do and even while working they have lots of things in mind.. such as:-
- I am just doing my job because I need the money
- I will do something else when I have enough cash in my hands
- I am doing this job because I won’t get any other job
Since the past few years I have developed this thing in mind that was injected within me from my elders, mainly my mother. That “No work is bad if we are doing it with our honest intentions and for a good cause”
So keeping that in mind, I have gone through various roles from standing at the cash register at a till to working part time in a warehouse when I couldn’t find the job I was looking for in Norway. Since it’s already too tough being a Pakistani in Norway let alone get a good job even when you have the desired knowledge and experience.
While we are at it, here are a few tips on how to stay happy at work
- Develop you skills further
- Look at those that don’t have what you have!
- Appreciate other’s work
- Don’t be a sour face, as no one likes them..
- Be confident in what you do!
- Communicate with others at work!
- Never be the last one to greet someone!
What is the driving force behind you waking up everyday if you do work at this moment? Are working for cash or are you working for pleasure? So do you enjoy your work or you are just trying to make the ends meet?
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6 Comments
masood
28. Aug, 2008
Awesome, bro. Like it very much, I remember I was frustrated in this job around 3 years back coz some of my friends are frustrated in their job’s and I was taking tht into me literally…well tht was a bad idea in fact. I also had a heated argument with my manager during this period and there was a time like am gona loose my job in few seconds but then I called my uncle and explained to him everything about my frustration and its consequences. He made me understand that “No work is bad if we are doing it with our honest intentions and for a good cause” though he was harsh in tone but he was right. Alhmdulillah everything is all set now
The moral of my story is just to be happy with the blessings from Almighty and never should compare the frustrations with others………wht says??
Wakas
28. Aug, 2008
Exactly bro
I believe its the being unthankful that puts us in trouble doesn’t it. I mean every morning when I walk past the job center next to my work place, I see a few hundred people sitting there with amazing skills, lot more talented in all possible ways but with no job. And I thank God that he granted me with a role I enjoy, and ofcourse what could we have done if we were in their place na.. And very nicely said, we should never compare frustrations with others.. everyone has a vision and can manage to do lots if they want..
nadia
28. Aug, 2008
So true. Job satisfaction depends on a person’s mindset. If a person makes it a habit of being pessimistic, then no job can ever bring satisfaction.
Congratulations on the new blog layout, it’s really nice
A well-written post, Wakas; keep it up!
Ghulam
28. Aug, 2008
When it comes to make a living in to-day’s material world pleasure is secondary while “money makes the mare go” is primary objective specially if one wants to fill-up his deep pockets…As a family man with a heavy financial baggae to carry, there is no love it or leave it option when it comes to a job unless you have inherited a gold mine…of course in every work environment there are pluses & minuses specially behaviour of ones superiors…If one is well compensated according to definition of his duties,he qualifies to be happy worker…Work is no longer worship during these hard days life..what matters is your bank balance…PEER ESSA PEER MUSSA BARHA PEER PAISA…
Wakas Mir
28. Aug, 2008
@ nadia
True sis. pessimistic nature truly drains out the fun in anything…
@ ghulam
That’s the thing which I am thinking of having people talk about. As to what is it that’s in their minds when working. Since I have had the chance to meet lots of people from different walks of life via the local shows as well, i see lots of people doing jobs that they do not like at all. Some do it for the money, and others just for the sake of putting bread and butter on the table no matter what they have to do. So yes in a sense, it’s not matter of choice..
JP
31. Aug, 2008
Hello Wakas.
Your a gentleman and a scholar. You definately hit the nail on the head.
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