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for the security of a paycheck.</p><p id="69dc">We take it for granted that our jobs won’t matter, our boss will always be an a$$hole, and our friends and family won’t drown in our soul-crushing disappointment.</p><h1 id="4557">What causes this misery?</h1><p id="904c">The common theme in the stories of the Great Resignation isn’t salary, PTO, benefits, or work-from-home opportunities. It’s managers forgetting that their employees are humans first and employees second. Humans whose hopes, dreams, desires, and needs aren’t fulfilled.</p><h1 id="e13b">What if there was a better way?</h1><p id="1369">Stop and ask

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yourself, is my work:</p><ul><li>Engaging others?</li><li>Intrinsic?</li><li>Active?</li><li>Creative?</li><li>Communal?</li><li>Constructive?</li><li>Redemptive?</li><li>Challenging?</li><li>Purposeful?</li><li>Immersive?</li><li>Fun?</li></ul><p id="b2ce">I want the world to join our mission to restore joy and purpose to the workplace.</p><p id="e866">(Inspired by Jordan Epperson)</p><p id="5c1d"><a href="https://readmedium.com/what-is-your-message-the-unfair-challenge-13f93f9c9049">The UnFair Challenge</a> <a href="undefined">Daniel Mesa</a> & <a href="undefined">Claudia Caraulan</a></p></article></body>

WorkPlay

Life’s Too Short for Work to Suck

What I want the world to know.

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We were made for lives of meaning and beauty,

but years of cultural influence, exploitation, and human greed have distorted our relationship with work. We believe the lie that we can live a purely transactional existence or that it’s necessary to lose our sanity and souls for the security of a paycheck.

We take it for granted that our jobs won’t matter, our boss will always be an a$$hole, and our friends and family won’t drown in our soul-crushing disappointment.

What causes this misery?

The common theme in the stories of the Great Resignation isn’t salary, PTO, benefits, or work-from-home opportunities. It’s managers forgetting that their employees are humans first and employees second. Humans whose hopes, dreams, desires, and needs aren’t fulfilled.

What if there was a better way?

Stop and ask yourself, is my work:

  • Engaging others?
  • Intrinsic?
  • Active?
  • Creative?
  • Communal?
  • Constructive?
  • Redemptive?
  • Challenging?
  • Purposeful?
  • Immersive?
  • Fun?

I want the world to join our mission to restore joy and purpose to the workplace.

(Inspired by Jordan Epperson)

*The UnFair Challenge Daniel Mesa & Claudia Caraulan*

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