Work not Job

Work has always been associated with a job. However, work is not the same as a job. Too many people today are waiting around for someone to give them a job. What they really should be doing is seeking out the work. When they find it, perhaps they can find someone to pay them to do the work. That’s called getting a job. On the otherhand, they may find the work and just decide to do it themselves. This is called entreprenuership or starting a business. In both cases it starts with finding the work.
In “Lead the Field”, the classic motivational work by Earl Nightingale, he tells the story of a young couple vacationing in Hawaii. Earl was sitting next to them in a restaurant and overheard them talking about their desire to stay in Hawaii. They had apparently applied for jobs but as their vacation was coming to an end they were lamenting the fact that no one would give them a job. As Earl watched this sad couple leave the restaurant he recounts how everywhere he looked there was opportunity for work; it was just that this young couple did not know how to see it. And here is the key. We have become so acustomed to seeing work packaged as a job we don’t see it even when it is right in front of us.