This is going to be my new question to ask people right after they ask me what I do for a living. I’m going to ask them what they do and then I’m going to ask them how long they’ve been doing that. And then I’m going to ask them if they like what they do for a living.
I read somewhere that people will often ask you what you do for a living to determine how much respect to give you. If they find out I’m a waitress or elementary school teacher, they might not give me the same kind of respect as an attorney or doctor. I can’t help people asking me what I do.
But I’ve become more curious not so much about what they do (or who they work for), but if they’re really happy doing that. If you’ve ever done this, you might get some surprising reactions. Some people get a little angry that you would even think to ask them that. And that usually tells me that they aren’t happy doing what they do. Maybe they went that way out of obligation. It was a family business and they were next in line to run it. Or maybe they did that because that big company or corporation hires a lot of people in that area so that’s where they started out of college and they just stayed. Maybe they do what they do because a parent pushed them to do that. Or they just feel stuck.
The idea here is that you don’t want to be one of these people. When someone asks you what you do for a living or where you work, you want to answer (truthfully) and be genuinely excited about it. You want to be excited to talk about it, how you got there, what you do, how it’s going, what your new plans or goals are for yourself.
Life is too short to be doing anything short of what you are put on this earth to do. It’s time to get excited about it.
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