Doing what?
When we choose which job to apply for, what career to commit to, which business to start, it might be worth a moment (or a few moments) to get at the heart of what a day well spent produces. What’s it for?
Here are a few to get you started:
- Doing good
- Doing well
- Participating
- Teaching
- Leading
- Showing your skill
- Staying consistent
- Solving problems
- Finding security
- Finding status
- Filling your day
- Pleasing your boss
- Thriving
- Maximizing profit
- Surviving
- Building an asset
- Changing the culture
- Exploring the frontier
- Growing
- Hiding
- Righting wrongs
- Seeking revenge
- Solving an interesting problem
- Playing it safe
- Following a model
- Living an unexamined day
- Raising the stakes
- Sharing smiles
- Smiling
It’s hard to have all of them.