Some days these emails just reassure me that either I'm not completely insane...or there are at least other people out there as crazy as me. Today's blog post from Escape the City referenced a short article by a guy named Daniel H. Pink. Essentially, he wanted to point out the shift in what motivates work enjoyment and productivity in the 21st century, and urge employers to upgrade. Here's how my email "read and response" sequence went:
Read: Autonomy - the desire to direct our own lives
Response: Yes
Read: Mastery - the urge to get continuously better at something that matters
Response: YES
Read: Purpose - the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves
Response: YES!!!
My final consensus: this is precisely the must-have list that guides my job search. I'm going to have to pull out the needle in a haystack metaphor here. Already pretty convinced that this combo is a rare find, this article confirms that others are seeking and not finding it. Instead of letting this scarcity discourage me, I prefer to appreciate the fact that I'm not alone in seeking these elements as the building blocks of my work life.
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