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The Reason People Work Is Not What You Think

What your job says about you

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Gustavo Razzetti
Oct 08, 2018
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Jobs are not functional.

“Ninety percent of adults spend half of their waking lives doing things they would rather not be doing at places they would rather not be.”

— Barry Schwartz

Jobs are not functional.

That’s one of the biggest mistakes most people make. They confuse a job description with the essence of a role. A list of tasks and activities just capture the functional aspect of work — job descriptions fail to address what drives people. You wouldn’t post yours and brag about it on social media.

It’s not a surprise then that, when discussing the future of jobs, many people use that same utilitarian approach — any task humans do can easily be replaced by technology.

But what about the meaning behind a job?

Every job has a (human) purpose for both the giver and receiver — it provides social and emotional benefits.

This post is not about technology versus humans, but an invitation to balance both — they must collaborate rather than compete against each other.

However, we first need to defin…

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