Creating a New Normal (A 6-Part Series, Part 2-Work)

This week I am writing about creating a new normal in your life in the six core areas of human performance.Today we will discuss work and business.

Work is how many people define their lives and themselves. We’ve learned that this is unhealthy; your life should be about more than work. However, it’s still essential that we are productive and do things that fulfill us. It’d be nice if we liked what we did too.

The average person spends more working than any other activity, whether a traditional 9–5 job or a business. Work is the number one time investment of the modern human being.

The pandemic shifted the view of work that we’ve never seen. For the first time in my life, jobs struggled to hire people. There was (and is) plenty of money and opportunities and not enough people to fill them. Workers finally had a choice of what they will do for a career.

The Generation Z and Millenial age groups have heroically said, “Take this job and shove it,” forever shifting the work landscape.

But I want to ask you, no matter how old you are.

Are you happy doing what you do for work?
If the answer is no, why are you unhappy?
What are you doing about it?