Personal test What does work represent for you?
The relationship we have with the work, the level of well-being or displeasure that it provides us and the way in which we interpret and consider it, according to our vocation or the salary we perceive, has a direct influence on our effectiveness and state of mind.
Do you work to live or live to work
Now is the ideal time to reflect on what work is for us, whether we work to live or live to work.
How can we improve our relationship with our livelihood? Do not wait any longer, get to know yourself a bit more and leave doubts doing this test in a couple of minutes. Picha in the following link to perform the personal test.
Personal test: What does work represent for you?
What is work for you? A task, a career or a vocation
Psychologist Amy Wrzesniewski believes that there is three ways of perceiving work in our lives: for some people it can be a task, for others it is part of their career, and others can understand their work as a vocation.
1. A task. It is the most widespread perception among most people. In this case, the objective is put in the economic compensation more than in personal satisfaction. Most people for whom work is a task feel that they "have to do it". For them, work is synonymous with collecting the salary at the end of the month and living with the illusion of vacations.
2. A career. The promotion, hierarchical promotion in positions of responsibility, the ambition of earn more money.... are some of the reasons that move people who consider work as a career. This perception is motivated mainly by extrinsic factors, and can be frustrating when they do not achieve the objectives that have been set.
3. A vocation Those who work by vocation have the advantage of enjoying their work and, therefore, perceiving work is an end in itself. Its main motivation is intrinsic, since the worker experiences a personal fulfillment while doing his work and his work goals, he also makes them his own. Although salary and career advancement are also important, the passion that these people feel for their work, they put on the first level their satisfaction and fullness. In short, they consider their work more as a privilege than as a task.
Marisol Nuevo Espín
