Ashish Kothari shares research from Amy Wrisniewski and Jane Dutton on three ways people see work: paycheck, career ladder, or calling. Three shifts help: connect your company's products to real impact, align daily tasks with your values, and track the skills you're actually building.
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Professor Amy Wrisniewski and Jane Dutton conducted eye popping research on the role of work and found that people think about work in three distinct ways. For many, the work is nothing much than as a way to earn a paycheck. Then there are others who see their work as a way to go up in their professional ladder. Then there is a third set of individuals who really see their work as their calling. Now, knowing what we know about the power of meaning in flourishing, here are three ways in which you can harness the power of purpose to increase flourishing for your teams. Number one, reflect on the ways in which the products of your company is impacting positively the world at large. Second, reflect on how your work connects with your own personal values and passions and see how you can live more into those every day. And number three, reflect on how you are growing and the skills that you are developing as part of your job.