Labor Day/Labor Life

What would it take?

How much money would you need to walk away from your job–

N          O          W ?

$5000.00?

$50,000.00?

1 Million dollars?

How much money would it take for you to quit your job?

You know,

it’s   not   a   fantasy   question.

AMAZON CEO, Jeff Bezos actually instituted such a program a little over a year ago.

It’s called:   P A Y    T O    Q U I T    P O L I C Y 

under their heading of

 “Employee Empowerment.”

Now, Mr. Bezos, doesn’t actually want to have people quit, in fact, the headline on the offer is is:

PLEASE DON’T TAKE THIS OFFER

So why the offer. . .

w h y    t h e    t e a s e ?

The goal is supposedly to encourage folks to take a moment and think about what they really want.

Amazon feels that in the long run,

someone staying where they don’t want to be isn’t healthy for the employee or the company,

h     e     n     c     e,

here’s   $5000.00   to leave.

So.        .        .

what would it cost to get you out of your job?

Wait.        .        .

hold onto   that   anchor

before you pull it up and set sails to some other sunset.

There’s a study with Wells Fargo

that 22% of the middle class would

 rather  die  early  than  not  have  enough  money  to  live  comfortably  in  retirement?

Holy Conundrums, Batman.

In a way,

every day is some sort of a   Labor Life,   isn’t it?

Not just the First Monday in September.      .      .

Not just a couple of days ago to end a perfect weather weekend.       .       .

Maybe the real question is,

WHAT   REALLY   KEEPS   YOU   DOING   WHAT   YOU’RE   DOING?

How about a 30 hour work week?

Amazon just pitched that out to their employees, too.       .       .

I      N      T      E      R      E      S      T      E       D ?

Pssssssssssssst:

IF  Money  and Benefits are the answer,

maybe we’re not living to our fullest capabilities

and  we’d  be  better  off  cashing  it  all  in?

It doesn’t matter much what your real Passion is. . .

WHAT   DO   YOU   DO   BEST?

It’s amazing when I have had countless conversations with hospice patients

and it eventually gets to the part of

r        e        g        r        e        t        s

and has life been

 m       e       a       n       i       n       g       f       u       l, 

just how often the extreme existential pain centers around

what  was  done  instead  of  what  was  

W    A    N   T   E   D  

to    be    done.

I’ve been told,

“I hated every day of that job for 40 years.”

“WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE RATHER DONE,” I’d ask?

“I wanted to be a Teacher.”

“I wanted to be a Musician.”

“I wanted to be an Artist.”

“I wanted to be a Writer.”

“I wanted to be______________________________.”

Hmmmmmm.         .         .

the pain of the never-to-be-filled-in-blank is intense,

sometimes unbearable.

I usually ask Leadership groups that I facilitate,

“WHO HAS THE BEST JOB IN THIS ROOM?”

HINT:

If the answer isn’t,

“I      D O !”

maybe it would make this next question even more relevant?

What   would   it   take   for   you   to   walk   away   from   your   job?

A certain amount of money?

Severely generous benefits?

Full paid tuition for further education?

Unboundless Security?

N    O    T    H    I    N    G ?

I wonder.    .    .

which answer would completely assure you were in the absolutely,

100% perfect-for-you-job?

.      .      .a true Labor of Love

.      .      .a true Labor of Living?

Pssssssssssssst:

If you’re going to bet your life on something

.     .     .bet it something you’re willing to die for

while  you’re

l          i          v          i          n          g !

Go     All     IN

Bet  The  Farm

BURN     THE     BRIDGE

and use the

L          I          G          H          T

to    go

Y  O  U  R       W  A  Y