Lee Holmer wrote:
>
> On Wed, 23 Jul 1997, Winfried Dressler wrote:
>
> > Yet, I like the picture of a "button of intrinsic motivation". My question
> > is: How can I find my button? - Did anyone of you found your button? How
> > did you find it? Where was it? ...snip...
>
> Winifried's questions remind me of a great book I once read, "Do what you
> love and the money will follow" by Marsha Sinetar.
I have used the concepts from Sinetar's book as well in my work in career
management workshops and just mentioning the title to folks gets a few
chuckles. Most folks who don't "get it" in terms of the books premise
hate their work, which by the way found them by accident rather than by
choice. Most folks don't take much responsibility for choosing their
work, and after they have made some life decisions such as homes and cars
feel trapped into their occupations because they have to have the money to
pay for such "necessities". And they have been there so long they really
can't go anywhere else and make what they are making now.
Finally, since they don't see they have a "choice" in choosing work they
truly could love, the only true "motivator" they can see is money. If it
wasn't for the money they would not be doing what they are doing now. The
flip side is that if they were doing what they could love doing, the money
would not be such an issue.
My two cents for a Friday in Florida.
Have a great weekend all.
Bill
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