For two groups of lifeguards at a community center in the Midwest, the answer was, a resounding “yes,” according to a study conducted by Wharton Professor Adam Grant shared in Chip and Dan Heath’s book, The Power of Moments.
This week we are exploring the power of purpose at work. A definition of purpose I like is: Above and beyond making money, what difference do we make?
Exhibit one: the … continue reading
It depends, writes Professor Amy Wrzesniewski of Yale University.
It depends on how they see their work.
Turns out we have a choice.
Do we have a job? A career? Or a calling?
We decide.
Amy has studied doctors and nurses, teachers and librarians, engineers and analysts, managers and assistants.
Across each field, roughly one-third of people see their work as a job (“a necessity that’s not a major positive in their … continue reading
