Companies Need Passionate Workers

What will make difference for companies and take them to the success aren't workaholics, who work their butts off driven by some kind of fear of facing the life, so they fill out their time with work. The employees that will make a difference are passionate workers. People who love their jobs.

"The passionate worker doesn't show up because she's afraid of getting in trouble, she shows up because it's a hobby that pays. The passionate worker is busy blogging on vacation... because posting that thought and seeing the feedback it generates is actually more fun than sitting on the beach for another hour. The passionate worker tweaks a site design after dinner because, hey, it's a lot more fun than watching TV." Seth Godin

The undeniable truth is that we work increasingly in 24/7 style, surrounded by blackberries, mobile phones and instant access to mail. We have hardly time to take a break to breath in. Work becomes habit, worker becomes the slave. And slaves aren't creative. Slaves suffer. Slaves fulfil their duties decently driven by fear of being punished (fired, no bonus, etc.). Slaves don't make a difference. Only passionate workers make a difference. In a world where work is the most time consuming activity after sleeping (for some work takes more time than sleeping), job needs to be some kind of hobby to deliver on to levels - duties and leisure. This is the area where work becomes your passion and as Seth says you'd rather do something exciting connected to your work than watch another silly TV show. The people who dedicate themselves to the job, by loving what they do are the most precious workers. They have incredible engagement that can be infectious and creativity that ignites ideas and new possibilities for companies to develop.


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