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Ephraim Radner wrote a book on the way humans from each other in our daily interactions. Here’s what he says about work:
“Work is a central aspect of learning wisdom. Not only is work something done for the life of others, it is something done with others, in the sense on engagement and relationship in an immediate and ongoing way. After our infancy and childhood and beyond our immediate family, our work is the place we learn.”
Is your workplace a school for true life wisdom or is it a place where you bury your head and try not to get in an argument:
- A place to get a paycheck
- A place to pad your resume
- A place that will be a lot better once ______ finally gets the guts to fire _____
I don’t know about you but the people I talk to have a more ‘realistic’ view of work. It’s just a thing you have to do unless you’re one of the lucky few who has the resources to land something more ‘meaningful’ or with more understanding management but it’s almost hard to sympathise with them.
I work with highly-motivated, incredibly encouraging folks who have each other’s backs. We traded best practices and work on growing our commissions. Again, is your workplace an arena of wisdom or a mud pit?