I don't quite get this "Thanks God it's Friday" stuff. OK, I thank and praise my God every single day of my life, but why on Fridays in particular?
I'm not dumber than most, and I understand it's because it marks the end of the working week for most employed workers. What I don't get is this: do they really all hate their jobs so much that they seem to be living for the weekends only? Are we expected, socially, to hate our jobs?
Now, this is one of the things that have to change in our current mindset if we want to succeed. One is bound to hate one's work if it is only a means to an end, and if this end is the monthly paycheck. I'll never say it enough: money can NOT be made the altar at which we worship, the ultimate aim of our whole lives.
Let's get back to the basics once again: if we believe we can achieve anything we set our minds to; if we have a clear idea of where we want to go and of the path we are to take (and the milestones along it, in the form of intermediary objectives) to reach there; and if we are prepared to pause and take stock of the achievements, obstacles, and errors to make them stepping stones to reach farther, there is absolutely NO reason why we should suffer through our work week to only "live" two days a week.
This is the most blatant demonstration of how wrong we are when we put money above all other considerations: we fail to identify what to study, then a career, that we can find gratifying because we'll like it, feel we are capable of doing it well, and find reward in the knowledge that we excel at what we are doing. This excellence, in turn, will be recognised by our teachers and employers and make the relationship smooth and satisfying. We'll also keep our job, and be secure financially. Isn't that what we have been aiming at all along?
Monday through Friday are days you use to display excellence in a job you enjoy and possess the necessary skills to do well. Saturday and Sunday are days when you step back, relax, meditate and ponder on how well you've been doing so far, and what steps you should be taking to make your life even more rewarding and gratifying. There is a time for all things in life, and finding this balance and rhythm is part of the overall feeling of satisfaction you want to experience.
I'm not dumber than most, and I understand it's because it marks the end of the working week for most employed workers. What I don't get is this: do they really all hate their jobs so much that they seem to be living for the weekends only? Are we expected, socially, to hate our jobs?
Now, this is one of the things that have to change in our current mindset if we want to succeed. One is bound to hate one's work if it is only a means to an end, and if this end is the monthly paycheck. I'll never say it enough: money can NOT be made the altar at which we worship, the ultimate aim of our whole lives.
Let's get back to the basics once again: if we believe we can achieve anything we set our minds to; if we have a clear idea of where we want to go and of the path we are to take (and the milestones along it, in the form of intermediary objectives) to reach there; and if we are prepared to pause and take stock of the achievements, obstacles, and errors to make them stepping stones to reach farther, there is absolutely NO reason why we should suffer through our work week to only "live" two days a week.
This is the most blatant demonstration of how wrong we are when we put money above all other considerations: we fail to identify what to study, then a career, that we can find gratifying because we'll like it, feel we are capable of doing it well, and find reward in the knowledge that we excel at what we are doing. This excellence, in turn, will be recognised by our teachers and employers and make the relationship smooth and satisfying. We'll also keep our job, and be secure financially. Isn't that what we have been aiming at all along?
Monday through Friday are days you use to display excellence in a job you enjoy and possess the necessary skills to do well. Saturday and Sunday are days when you step back, relax, meditate and ponder on how well you've been doing so far, and what steps you should be taking to make your life even more rewarding and gratifying. There is a time for all things in life, and finding this balance and rhythm is part of the overall feeling of satisfaction you want to experience.
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