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It’s all in a day’s work… what does it mean?
What’s the invisible dynamic that makes “It’s all in a day’s work” so transformative?
I have a different relationship to work than most people.
People at large want to do what they want to do, and don’t want to do what they don’t want to do. An attitude, a behavior, a maturity level of a 3-year old.
It is the level where most people got stuck, and now they are unhappy, because the world doesn’t respect their wishes, their rules, their “right”… so they are angry, pissed, reluctant, belligerent, feel slighted, lazy, stupid, clueless… whatever it takes to avoid playing life at life’s terms.
It’s easier to see it on misbehaving 6 year olds, than on adults… but it’s there.
Most of the time you can see it in the work area. Someone gives you more work, someone doesn’t provide you with all the information you need, and you are pissed. Railing against the offense.
But you get paid for the hours, not the amount of work you do… in most jobs.
And if you get paid for the work, then tell them your conditions. Tell them that you can do the work they were supposed to do for a charge… or if you can’t, tell them that you won’t do the work that is impossible without what they are supposed to do, and yet you still need to get paid. You…