Thought 06JUL2009

LIKE WHAT YOU ARE DOING
One of my favourite questions to ask applicants I'm interviewing is : "What prompted you to apply here?" Over and over again, I've heard, "I thought you might have something available I would like." Our organization doesn't have positions people automatically like. However, we have committed people who love what they do. I'm baffled by the number of people who spend five-sevenths of their week doing something they don't like so they can spend the other two-sevenths doing what they enjoy.

"Whether we find pleasure in work or whether we find it a bore," said BC Forbes, "depends entirely on our mental attitude." Sister Mary Lauretta adds, " To be successful, the first thing to do is fall in love with your work." In other words, the secret to happiness, success, satisfaction and fulfillment in our work is not doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.

When all else fails, listen to the advice of the seven dwarfs : "Whistle while you work."
extracted from 'Speaker's Sourcebook II, Glen Van Ekeren, Prentice Hall, 1994
Il-mara taf tghallik fis-sema u taf twaddbek fl-infern / A woman can raise you to heaven and can dump you in hell - Maltese Proverb