Legwork.
Homework.
Paperwork.
Housework.
Busywork.
The word “work” tends to get a bad rap. For those of us who have children attending the drudgery that is middle school, we know how homework can impact the family dynamic. At that age, it’s difficult to see the value in anything difficult as it relates to work – especially homework. I certainly know that I had that perspective during my formative educational years.
However, as I have grown older – and hopefully, wiser – I now realize that work is a privilege. Too often we allow ourselves to get sidetracked by meetings, conference calls, and handling the crisis of the moment to really understand that the work we do can impact others in a positive way. From where I sit, the real privilege of work is achieving individual success by helping others reach their goals and dreams.
Many will tell you that if you “love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.” To me, it goes beyond this because that adage doesn’t take into account other words relating to work like pride, satisfaction, accomplishment, and service. Sure, loving what you do has a tremendous impact, but there are aspects of any job (or life) that require “work” we don’t enjoy. It’s the privilege of work that allows you to power through the drudgery and focus on the positive results your efforts have on others.
Have you ever met anyone you consider to be successful who continually grumbles and groans about their work? I haven’t and I doubt I ever will. To work – to produce – is truly a privilege. People who can revel in the process and deliver exceptional results in service to others will always achieve the highest levels of happiness and prosperity.
Bill is president of PromoCorner, the leading digital marketing service provider to the promotional products industry, and has over 17 years working in executive leadership positions at leading promotional products distributorships. In 2014, he launched brandivate – the first executive outsourcing company solely focused on helping small and medium sized-promotional products enterprises responsibly grow their business. A featured speaker at numerous industry events, a serial creator of content marketing, president of the Promotional Products Association of the Mid-South (PPAMS), and PromoKitchen chef, Bill has extensive experience coaching sales teams, creating successful marketing campaigns, developing operational policies and procedures, creating and developing winning RFP responses, and presenting winning promotional products solutions to Fortune 500 clients. He can be reached at bill@PromoCorner.com.