Comments on: Your job! Are You Doing What You LOVE To Do? https://peterstark.com/your-job-are-you-doing-what-you-love-to-do/ Management Consulting Tue, 07 Dec 2021 23:12:54 +0000 hourly 1 By: PETER HAMER https://peterstark.com/your-job-are-you-doing-what-you-love-to-do/#comment-36720 Tue, 07 Dec 2021 23:12:54 +0000 https://peterstark.com/?p=14885#comment-36720 I think the Herzberg Two-Part Theory covers this topic well. The jist of it is that satisfaction and motivation are on two completley separate scales. You need to be paid well enough and feel safe to be satisfied. You need a sense of purpose, direction and belonging to be motivated.

While finding a job you love is great, if it doesn’t pay well and you do not have security (satisfiers) then it’s not worth it. But if you have a job where you are paid well, aren’t worried about getting your hours cut and you’re trated with respect but you don’t love it (motivators) , that might be the better option.

One reason that people might leave a job where they are satisfied and motivated is lack of opportunity/upward mobility.

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