"Great" might be overselling it. The author wanders in the opening as some method of setting up the HBR article to then finally offer up that meditation and mindfulness is the path to happiness (it works for the Buddhists!!). There are benefits to being really excited about what you do, I feel that excited or engaged people are capable of achieving higher levels of technical proficiency than those that are less engaged. That said, other than the satisfaction from doing your job well, I don't think you will find happiness in your work; Buddhist or not.
"Great" might be overselling it. The author wanders in the opening as some method of setting up the HBR article to then finally offer up that meditation and mindfulness is the path to happiness (it works for the Buddhists!!). There are benefits to being really excited about what you do, I feel that excited or engaged people are capable of achieving higher levels of technical proficiency than those that are less engaged. That said, other than the satisfaction from doing your job well, I don't think you will find happiness in your work; Buddhist or not.
ReplyDeleteagree. "great" was an oversell -- it really wasn't written that well!
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