Why did the ideal job fall into the worst job?

Never take interest as a job, because it will ruin your favorite song like an alarm clock.

Many people have advised others in this way.

Once upon a time, we dreamed of taking interest as our career, so that we could do what we like without delaying making money. Why not? However, the ideal is always full, but the reality is very skinny. Doing what I once liked best, I began to dislike it more and more.

Why is this? Why did the ideal job fall into the worst job?

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Before finding out the reason, let me tell a joke.

Once there was an old man who sat in front of the door happily every day, but once the bell rang in primary school, he couldn't be at leisure. Because the children nearby always stop to ridicule him when they pass by his house.

Finally, the old man came up with a clever plan: he told the children that if they insulted him again tomorrow, he would reward each of them with $65,438 +0.

The child was so happy that he arrived as scheduled the next day and took 1 dollar from the old man.

So, the old man told them that if they could come tomorrow, there would still be a reward, but it would be less, 25 cents each. But the children came as promised, abused the old man and took 25 cents.

Before the children left, the old man told them that if they came back on the third day, they would only give everyone 1 cent. Hearing this, the children quickly replied: forget it, we are not running errands enough!

Since then, they have never bothered the old man again.

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Do you understand the joke above? In fact, it is the same as taking interest as a job-once people care about the reward of doing things, they will lose interest in things themselves from the heart.

First of all, we must understand that there are two kinds of motivations: external motivation and internal motivation. External motivation means that the original intention of doing things is to have other plans; Intrinsic motivation means that the original intention of doing things is from the heart.

At first, when children abused the elderly spontaneously, they didn't think of other rewards because they wanted to do so. But later, the old man offered to give money, and the shining "reward" took over the nest and became a new interest point for children. The original interest was long gone.

Therefore, the reason why the ideal job will be reduced to the worst job is because the external motivation overrides the internal motivation, and the purpose of doing things no longer comes from the individual. three

Harvard Brands University, known as the Jew, once did an experiment, and asked each group to make some simple collages and make up some stories according to these pictures. Among them, some people were told that they were rewarded, while others were not.

Finally, according to the judgment of the independent judges, the most creative works come from those students who are told that they will be rewarded.

Based on this, the researchers come to the conclusion that, generally speaking, work purely out of interest is often more creative than entrusted work.

Indeed, if the purpose of work does not come from individuals, how can we talk about Excellence?

When you think you are not competing with others, you are competing with yourself. If there is any way to keep the ideal job unchanged, there is only one sentence:

Everything starts from the individual. four

Mr. Xu Yuanchong, a great translator well known to readers, still insisted on his translation work at the age of 96. For him, translation is not only a profession, but also his passion.

As long as he talks about his beloved translation, he is full of enthusiasm and enjoys it. Translation is a pleasure that others cannot steal. Every day of his life is integrated with translation.

Today, the elderly still insist on working until three or four in the morning every day. He said that if I live to be a hundred years old, I intend to complete the translation of Shakespeare.

I think the old gentleman has achieved great success and won numerous honors for his works, but he is still working hard at the front line of translation. For him, the influence of intrinsic motivation on him has already far exceeded that of extrinsic motivation.

The life of an old man is really to do one thing best. That is, as we said above, everything starts with the individual, your heart and your soul. Don't think too much, be simple, as the old gentleman said: translate every day, I will feel uncomfortable if I don't do it.

We can think about it. Do we really love the work of "taking passion as our career"?

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