{"id":4460,"date":"2013-10-17T11:43:20","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T03:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/?p=4460"},"modified":"2019-11-06T15:04:40","modified_gmt":"2019-11-06T07:04:40","slug":"joyofwork","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/joyofwork\/","title":{"rendered":"The Joy Of Work."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Rxrunajxd80\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This is not a word-for-word transcript, but is the same in essence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-relationship-between-hours-worked-and-productivity-2013-10?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider%2Fwarroom+%28War+Room%29#!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4440\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/joyofwork\/relationship-hours-worked-and-productivity\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Relationship-Hours-worked-and-productivity.jpg?fit=1202%2C473&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1202,473\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Relationship Hours worked and productivity\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Relationship-Hours-worked-and-productivity.jpg?fit=300%2C118&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Relationship-Hours-worked-and-productivity.jpg?fit=1024%2C402&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-4440\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Relationship-Hours-worked-and-productivity.jpg?resize=604%2C237&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Relationship Hours worked and productivity\" width=\"604\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Relationship-Hours-worked-and-productivity.jpg?resize=1024%2C402&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Relationship-Hours-worked-and-productivity.jpg?resize=300%2C118&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Relationship-Hours-worked-and-productivity.jpg?resize=600%2C236&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Relationship-Hours-worked-and-productivity.jpg?w=1202&amp;ssl=1 1202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 604px) 100vw, 604px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\">Business Insider ran an article called \u201c<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/the-relationship-between-hours-worked-and-productivity-2013-10?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+businessinsider%2Fwarroom+%28War+Room%29#!\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">This Chart Shows The Relationship Between Hours Worked And Productivity<\/a>\u201d on 06 Oct 2013. It purports to show that productivity goes up when people spend less time at work. It\u2019s probably so. I\u2019m just not sure if there is a direct correlation. I don\u2019t know how the survey was constructed and what it was designed to measure, but I do know that there is a relationship between how much you love your work and how productive you are at work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Work-boredom.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4452\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/joyofwork\/students-in-computer-lab\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Work-boredom.jpg?fit=1280%2C853&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1280,853\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Royalty-Free\\\/Corbis&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Students in Computer Lab --- Image by \\u00a9 Royalty-Free\\\/Corbis&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;\\u00a9 Corbis.  All Rights Reserved.&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Students in Computer Lab&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Students in Computer Lab\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Students in Computer Lab &#8212; Image by \u00a9 Royalty-Free\/Corbis&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Work-boredom.jpg?fit=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Work-boredom.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-4452\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Work-boredom.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Students in Computer Lab\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Work-boredom.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Work-boredom.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Work-boredom.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>How do you see your work? Do you have a work life and a personal life, and find a need to balance the two? Or do you see work as a part of your life? Do you see work as something you need to do in order to get remunerated, or do you see work as something through which you express a part of yourself? Do you see work as part of what contributes to your growth as a person? Do you love what you do? If you haven\u2019t found what you love, are you able to learn to love what you are currently doing?<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5; color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Love-work.jpg?ssl=1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4441\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/elijahconsulting.com\/joyofwork\/love-work\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Love-work.jpg?fit=193%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"193,163\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Love work\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Love-work.jpg?fit=193%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Love-work.jpg?fit=193%2C163&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4441\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/elijahconsulting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Love-work.jpg?resize=150%2C150&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Love work\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>If we love what we do, time passes without us noticing. Also, if we determine to focus our full attention to getting something done, we are often surprised when we raise our heads to see that four hours have passed by, for example. Have you ever had such experiences? I believe that it is not the number of hours we work that stifles our productivity. It is rather the fact that most people either hate their work or dislike their work environment. Having a dislike for the Boss is of course another major factor. Of course, I am not suggesting that we should find people who love their work, or who are able to be very focused in what they do, and work them for sixteen hours at a stretch, the way we work medical housemen. What I do say is that instead of simply looking at surface indicators like number of hours worked, and who knows whether they are actually productive hours, we examine the roots of why people excel at their work. I dare say you will find much in the way of deciding to love our work, and deciding to care about the people at our workplace. Including the Boss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14pt; font-family: 'trebuchet ms', geneva, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Is that something you\u2019d be interested in? Contact me at <\/span><a style=\"line-height: 1.5; color: #000000;\" href=\"mailto:elijah@elijahconsulting.com\">elijah@elijahconsulting.com<\/a><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> or 65-97119005 today!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is not a word-for-word transcript, but is the same in essence. Business Insider ran an article called \u201cThis Chart Shows The Relationship Between Hours Worked And Productivity\u201d on 06 Oct 2013. It purports to show that productivity goes up when people spend less time at work. It\u2019s probably so. 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