Thank God I'm Famous: Are You A 'Workaholic"?

Thursday, January 17, 2008

Are You A 'Workaholic"?

A good entry to read by Seth Godin on your corporate takeover mission. Do you just go to work or are you a "workaholic"? If the blogging on vacation means you're a workaholic, then I'm guilty as charged.

Workaholics

A workaholic lives on fear. It's fear that drives him to show up all the time. The best defense, apparently, is a good attendance record.

A new class of jobs (and workers) is creating a different sort of worker, though. This is the person who works out of passion and curiosity, not fear.

The passionate worker doesn't show up because she's afraid of getting in trouble, she shows up because it's a hobby that pays. The passionate worker is busy blogging on vacation... because posting that thought and seeing the feedback it generates is actually more fun than sitting on the beach for another hour. The passionate worker tweaks a site design after dinner because, hey, it's a lot more fun than watching TV.

It was hard to imagine someone being passionate about mining coal or scrubbing dishes. But the new face of work, at least for some people, opens up the possibility that work is the thing (much of the time) that you'd most like to do. Designing jobs like that is obviously smart. Finding one is brilliant.

Labels: entrepreneursick

posted by Sickamore @ 11:50 AM

4 Comments:

At Jan 17, 2008, 10:04:00 PM, Unknown said…

its great when you love what you do. Props for the shout out!
At Jan 19, 2008, 9:50:00 PM, Anonymous said…

Seth Godin got some good theory !
Have you read his entry on the music industry?

Sick, check out his remix I did of Ne-Yo Because of you and let me remix a song for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JizxRCbM8DA
At Jan 19, 2008, 10:06:00 PM, Anonymous said…

Wow!! I love it, you're getting jacked!! Seth is so going on my myspace!!
At Jan 20, 2008, 1:53:00 PM, Anonymous said…

Hell yeah Ima workaholic I'm addicted to money