Have you considered what your direct impact is on coworkers, customers, or citizens? People in such positions as police offcers, frefghters, or school-
teachers can easily connect their jobs and their impact, but what about the rest of us?
What about sewer workers or garbage collec-tors? Well, we gotta have clean water. What would happen if the garbage was never collected? Finance and accounting types? We all expect our paychecks
in a timely and accurate way and this is probably the number-one reason you work. Any copy machine sales reps out there, wondering about your purpose?
I defy any of us to go one day, much less a week, without making a copy of something.
I often hear people say things like, “At least I’m not fippin’ burgers.” What’s wrong with fippin’burgers? I go through a drive-thru at least once a week to feed myself or my family.
I consider that important and I hope the guy on the grill that week does his job well.
Getting the point? Dig deep today and see where you contribute to the larger whole, the larger good.
Don’t resist this because it seems too pie-in-the-sky. It’s critical that you fnd your calling and not just work to get paid—that you see your impact on your organization and how this carries over into impacting the city you work in, and then your state…and maybe even the world. (Okay—did I go overboard?)
If you don’t feel lucky to have your job and get a sense of satisfaction regularly from contributing to making others lives work better…then my advice is to start digging. (Hey—don’t forget ditch diggers—where would we be without them?)