Guest guest Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 [...] > I found that things that I called my > " professional " " work " often lacked this > " empowering " " purpose " ! > > My boss and colleagues here and > elsewhere tried to teach me that only > reason I am with the company is because > I want to earn money, only reason > company keeps me because they think I > can help them make more money and only > reason that company is in business is > for 'profits'! > > I realized that this 'vision', this > 'purpose' didn't really " empower " me! > It reduced my " work " to simply a means > of getting " money " and the " idea of > money " didn't seem very empowering to > me. It seemed more like'slavery' and > 'bondage' and less like a peaceful, > liberating, " good " , " right " , " just " , > " fair " ... " compassionate " , " kind " idea > to which I can find a total Inner yes to! > I saw that I found my work empowering when I saw it directly benefiting... good, noble, needy, worthy. I saw that I found the " work " draining when I saw it only/mostly benefiting only " evil " and " greedy " and not creating any real value for the society. I realized that to feel really empowered I needed to see my work as really enriching lives of [noble] people, help them grow, give them more pleasure than pain and create new products, new survives, new conveniences, new resources for the society. To feel my work as " empowering " ; I need to see it as an effort towards greater good. I felt disheartened, disillusioned and disempowered when I was told by the executives and board that that only purpose of the company and its efforts was to make money even it involved cheating, fooling or tricking customers! I often wondered why executives, board, management will chose to talk this way in meeting after the meetings... Work in that context, got reduced to something that I " had to " do rather than something that I would love to do, something that I feel " good " about, something that I find match my 'integrity', something that I could I find an inner yes for. And, working this way often created a feeling [at sub- conscious level] of being kind of 'slave', 'victim', 'trapped' in the system rather than a willing co-creator of growth, value, goods, resources, services... I felt working this way could become and remain " stressful " ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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