Comments on: Love Your Work And The People Who Give It To You

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 17:52:35 +0000

I was particularly inspired by the lawyer who took an entry level customer service job and the massage therapist who advertises outside of restaurants. They never gave up!

By: Harrison Barnes

Harrison Barnes — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:30:46 +0000

I can’t thank you enough for the service you are doing for all of us. It’s refreshing to hear such positive comments coming from our men and women in uniform!

By: Charles E. Martin

Charles E. Martin — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 22:38:12 +0000

Nice article. I love my work. What do I do? I work 7pm to 7am 7 days a week, at Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan. The food is lousy, I live in a tent. I cannot sleep, because aircraft take off 24 hours. I analyze the electronic circuits that make bombs blow up, and kill and maim our soldiers. The work I do saves lives. The work I do fights terrorism. It is a narcotic. I can’t wait to go work each day.

My work is my life. My work is a narcotic. I can’t get enough of it.

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 16:04:12 +0000

Thank you for taking the time to share you inspiring messages with the rest of us. I look forward to each new message because each provides me with hope as I go on day to day. Times are tough, for all of us. But a positive attitude can make any situation better. “This too shall pass” is my favorite motto. Things will get better, all I have to do is to continue to do my best at whatever I do.

By: Siraj

Siraj — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:36:16 +0000

I agree with the notion of this writer to give the 100% at work, my personal experience is that, when we give our 100% there is a feeling of this content and happiness after which you can have a good sleep. Tho there is stress included in any work, you have to be positive coz at the end of the day you will feel content that way. Thanks for this great article

By: Rachael

Rachael — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:12:22 +0000

Good motivational thoughts Mr. Barnes. I differ on one point. I do not believe any legal productive task is beneath me or anybody else – though it may not be the best use of your particular attributes. I supervised a special group of youth, who were the best of the best of the world. Part of their experience was to include learning about American culture and learning about volunteering. In exchange for a special program, at Nature Center, they did some volunteer work. The task was stacking wood in a wood shed. The students became very angry, because they felt they were much too smart to do “menial” labor. They believed people who worked with their hands weren’t smart. They believed anyone who held more than one job at a time must be very poor. They found out the task required much more intelligence than they had realized. It takes skill, experience, and forethought to stack wood so it won’t fall down. These students learned that you should respect anyone who works, and true masters make even the most challenging tasks look easy.

I also do not believe that income is the same measure as personal worth, and worthwhile labor doesn’t always have to be compensated with dollars. There are many different types of productive work and compensation. For example, learning is work, and the compensation is knowledge and application. Maintaining a house is work, and the quality of life is your compensation. Volunteering is work, and the good feeling you have inside for the positive difference of your contribution is pay.

When someone loses their job, or finds a major change in career or life, they have to adjust to the change. This can even affect a person’s identity. Often, they have to pass through a grieving process. This takes time. At that point, taking care of themselves emotionally is thier job.

But, you are right, we have one life, and our time is a non-renewable resource. If our time isn’t filled with paid labor, we need to fill it productively doing something. Ben Franklin summed it up when he said “Do you love life? Then, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of.”

By: shoumen

shoumen — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 16:43:42 +0000

Harrison believes that the best stories typically revolve around the employee being very motivated to do a good job and continually wanting to improve in his or her employment. If some people are living in poverty and alone, spend some time with them and you will understand why they are in their situation.

By: Tanmoy Saha

Tanmoy Saha — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:40:33 +0000

The writer has given a very nice piece of advice i.e. make the most of whatever job you have and give it your all. Those who follow this dictum can’t fail to make a favorable impact resulting in more jobs coming their way.

By: Tanmoy Saha

Tanmoy Saha — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:40:12 +0000

Your article is very inspiring. I too believe in a strong work ethic and strive to do the best that I can. I feel I am obligated to give 110% of me while at my place of employment. Since I am currently working as a paralegal for a self help center in California I find that I want to help those self-represented litigants to actually be able to see their cases to the end and hopefully their voices will be heard. The prefect scenario is when a self-represented litigant actually wins a case against a large collection firm. Sometimes it is even when they win a little squirmish.

Anyway, thank you for your inspiring article.

By: shoumen

shoumen — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:35:04 +0000

You also need to know about everything that is going on in the market and all the jobs there are. The more jobs you know about the better off you will do. Every one need a job for surviving their life.