to "love your work, every single day." I’ve never forgotten
that.
Jim was wise enough to make the distinction about liking
your work every day. Very few of us are fortunate enough to
enjoy every moment of every day on the job. Things go wrong.
People get cranky. Sometimes, stress and tension and anxiety
are life's way of telling us we are in the wrong line of
work, or it’s time to make some changes.
But those daily ups and downs are not the same thing as
loving your work.
I recently got an email from a friend who noted that his 13-
year old son can be "a handful, but we don’t love him
because it’s easy, we love him because we do." Your
relationship with your career should be something like that.
Ultimately, your financial success is the result of loving
your work--nurturing it over time, going the extra mile,
doing it right whether anyone is watching or not. Love means
taking care of the details. Loving your work means investing
in your customers, investing in tools and skills and
resources. Ultimately, loving your work means investing in
your own future.
Whatever your job, profession, or business, love and sustain
it. Care for it and give it every chance to grow. There is
no other path to ultimate, long-term success.
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