Humanizing Work
Rediscovering Work
Work is a school of life where you learn to live. Salary is a scholarship.
Working Above Money and Working Below Money
Working above money means working for a purpose greater than making money but money follows you. Working below money means following money.
Above Money Below Money
Two persons doing the same job receiving the same salary in the same restaurant have different motivations for their work. One makes meals for people who will eat the meals but the other makes meals for making money. Money follows the former but the latter follows money. The former is working above money while the latter is working below money.
Working Above Money
Your motivation for work enables you work above money or below money.
Working Above Money 2
Working for a purpose greater than making money is working above money. Working just for making money is working below money.
Working Above Money 3
When you work above money, money follows you - unless you create no value. When you work below money, you follow money.
Working Above Money 4
Cooking to benefit those who will eat adds significant value to the food, your work and society. This also makes you trustworthy and respectable rather than replaceable. Cooking to benefit those who will eat is working above money.
A Special Ingredient
There is a special ingredient that is good to add when making food. This ingredient is motivation and intention to benefit the people, who will eat it.
The special ingredient is also beneficial to add when making products or providing services at work. This ingredient is motivation and intention to benefit the people, the customers.
Adding the special ingredient to your work makes it more valuable and makes you more trustworthy and respectable.
A Special Ingredient 2
Working with motivation and intention to benefit others is working above money. This is a privilege of humans that can transform ourselves and the world for the better.
From a Servant to a Master of Money
Working just for making money is following money and is becoming its servant. Working for a purpose greater than making money but money follows you is becoming a master of money.
Money
Money, the smart make, the elite keep, the wise use.
Money Should Follow You
If money does not follow you, it is wiser to solve the cause that prevents money from following you than to just follow money.
Earning Money
The true value of earning money lies in the lessons it teaches.
Earning Money 2
The lessons you gain from earning money can be more valuable than the money itself.
Earning Money 3
You can benefit more from the lessons you learn through earning money than the money you earn.
Humanizing Work
Working with motivation and intention to benefit others makes money follow you instead of following money and is working as a human rather than a resource.
Humanizing Work 2
Working with the motivation and intention to benefit others makes you trustworthy and respectable rather than replaceable.
Humanizing Work 3
Working with motivation and intention to benefit others makes your work more valuable and creates more value for the society than just working for money.
Humanizing Work 4
Working with motivation and intention to benefit others empowers you to learn and grow to live your life as the owner.
Humanizing Work 5
Working with the genuine motivation and intention to benefit others is a privilege of humans, not animals or machines.
Humanizing Work 6
The more you use the privilege of working with the genuine motivation and intention to benefit others, the more you grow.
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Working with motivation and intention to benefit others or the world humanizes work and creates a better world for all.
What Humans Can Do Better Than AI
Acting with genuine motivation and intention to benefit others is a human privilege and one of the things that humans can do better than AI.
source: New Direction Archive