mpruet
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lenny flank said:
I should have brought up that later in "Your Money or Your Life" that Robin and Dominguez make a distinction between "work" and "paid employment". Work is defined the jobs that we might do because it gives us pleasure. That might include things such as charity work, coaching a little league base ball team, or being a boy scout leader. But it could also be things such as yard work or gardening. Paid employment is the job that we do simply to get money. For most people there is a clear delineation between "work" and "paid employment", but for a lucky few there is no distinction.
When I was employed as a software engineer, I thoroughly enjoyed my job. I found it to be highly creative and I felt that I could create new functionality very quickly. This gave me pleasure. Because I enjoyed it so much I constantly was getting promotions and pay raises, but truth be told I didn't care about that. I really think I would have done my best because I enjoyed it so much. I remember once I told a senior vice president that once you reached a certain point (where you were able to cover your needs) that getting a pay raise really didn't mean all that much. At the time I had just increased my earning to about $50K. About two years later I was interviewing for a new job in California. I was asked how much I should be paid and I replied $100K. My future boss just laughed and said "Yea sure, don't we all!!!". But two years later, I was making the $100K. My point being that your attitude towards your "paid employment" has a lot to do with turning your "paid employment" into "work". And if you truly enjoy your "work", then there is a high probability that you will also see monetary increases. But this won't mean as much because you are doing your "work" with gusto because you enjoy it.
Lucky indeed is the person who has a passion for their job and views it as a pleasure and not just a "paid employment".
