Bet you are thinking, “Well, some jobs are definitely bad: coal mining would be too much for me.” That might be true, but the same is true with being a lawyer: Both jobs totally suck. The reason is that you need only three things to make any job good:
- Control over your work environment
- Control over your workload
- Challenging goals you can meet
If you have these three things then your job will not prevent you from being happy. Coal mining does not give you control over your environment, so you constantly fear for your safety. Lawyering does not give you control over your workload, so you have to cater at your client’s whim if you want to keep your income stream.
So why do people continue to talk about the perfect job, the best job, the most successful, and on and on? I think it’s because it’s so hard to turn inward, and to admit our limitations. Isn’t it easier just to chase a new job?
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