Why do you work as hard as you do?
- Do you feel angry? – Are you “proving yourself” to all of those that doubted you early in your career?
- Do you feel compelled? – Do you feel a responsibility to the world at large?
- Do you feel obligated? – Does your family require you to work to maintain your standard of living?
Clearly, you are motivated to do great things. Your motivations took you back to school to pursue professional advancement. But does your motivation come from the right place? Are you fueled by negative or positive ambitions?
Do you work because you want to or do you work because you have to? Do you work solely for the money or is there another benefit to the amount of time you spend at work?
I’m sure you have heard the point of work/life balance. There is nothing original about that. We all nod our heads when someone talks about it, but do you have it? Did you invest in an MBA degree just to get another “job”? Did you choose that “job” because you wanted it or because you felt like you had to have it?
Why did you go back to MBA school? Did you want to:
- Have a greater effect on a certain cause?
- Expand your network?
- Make over 100K/year?
What was the impact you were looking to have? Is that impact happening? Or are you allowing something else to impact you? What drives you to work the way you do? Are you driven by positive or negative ambitions?
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