The more talk I hear about work-life balance in the corporate sector, I wonder whether that dichotomy denotes something deeper- a fundamental view that being at work and enjoying life are two very different things. If people are very happy on Friday evening looking forward to not being at work, doesn't that mean that they haven't been happy at work at all.
So, are we just working to pay bills?
To take the next holiday?
To earn to then enjoy the things we really like?
And when would that happen? When we retire!!!
I take the subway to work and can see a visible difference in people's attitudes on Monday morning compared to the Friday evening. The latter expression is much more chirpy than the one you see on Monday. Does that mean that for a large chunk of the population, corporate life is really a necessary drudgery to just try and make the cut in terms of living a life of comfort.
If you really do enjoy your work, wouldnt you like to do it all the time. Can't we see that with sportspeople, or with musicians or with entertainers or with artists or with anybody in pursuit of excellence? Have you heard Michael Jordan complain about playing too much basketball? Or Sachin Tendulkar playing too much cricket? But corporate executives do complain about too much work. Is it just me or I just feel that a lot of people haven't found their calling, drift into professional jobs and continue in them just to get by.
Can corporate life or even a subset of it really be a calling in and by itself?
I hope it can be, otherwise there are millions of unhappy people around waiting for their nirvana from something other than what they are engaged in 8-10 hrs everyday.
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