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Well paid, and dreading Monday

Foundation Regret·All ages

The day he won the salary negotiation, he sat alone for a long time. Three years later, at the same desk, he said: "The money arrived every month, and I felt like I disappeared a little every month." When Cornell researchers asked 1,200 older Americans about work, what they stressed was not pay but why the work mattered. Salary stays in the account; meaning stays in the person.

Choose a career for the intrinsic rewards, not the financial ones… A sense of purpose and passion for one's work beats a bigger paycheck any day.

— Karl Pillemer, Cornell gerontologist

TODAY’S PRACTICE

Write one sentence: what does this job leave you with besides money?

#Meaning#BeyondPay#CareerChoice

SOURCE

Karl Pillemer, 30 Lessons for Living · Cornell Legacy Project

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