Don't work, its all fun...

I read on a cover page of a book "I never did a day's work in my life, it was all fun" - Edison

Well, that quote definitely pushed me to think what it meant and this quote is so relevant today. I mean we all live in a fast paced life, work round the clock and still end up missing deadlines and miss our targets.

But while on the other hand we observe certain people who are right on time to complete all things on time and reach their targets. Why does that happen? The answer is in the quote.

We don't miss deadlines because we are not experts or skilled to do the work we are assigned, we all have the capabilities to do whatever is assigned to us (that is the reason its assigned to us), but what gets us into the trouble is our own lack of interest in that work. We tend to treat it as work and psychologically we start associating it to stress. For all of us, we have started taking that work means stress and meeting deadlines. But that is not the case, it means fun, learning and a sense of accomplishment that comes out of that work. And if we observe further, the people who win and actually meet deadlines are the ones that treat the work as it should be. I mean for them, the primary goal is fun, learning and a sense of accomplishment while the other materialistic result is a by-product by itself. Its like "Chase the excellence, success will follow" and for them Excellence is fun, learning and a sense of accomplishment.

We see many people who are at wrong places and at wrong times but then i can bet that if these people make this attitude change towards work, they will be the right people at the right time and in the right place. Struggle is a part and parcel of our life, take it as a step to success then to consider it as a hurdle.

So, as per me, what all of us should do is, to love the work we do. I know there are times where the work may not be as fun as the other things we do, but then the challenge lies in making that work also an exciting one as other things. As we all know "Winners don't do different things, they do things differently" and that makes them winners.

I have observed that this phenomenon works and believe me friends, when this works there is nothing stopping you to achieve what you want.

Friends, we all are at that phase of our where our entire life depends on what actions we take now and if we misunderstand or misinterpret it, we are royally screwed up. Remember one thing, don't think this decision of your life as just another thing that has come up with a deadline, treat it as the decision which you will take now to enjoy rest of your life. Treat it as the work that you will do now whose results will benefit you for all your life.

So, no need to work friends, its all fun....