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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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