A lot of our standards for working are holdovers from a more industrial age. You can have a satisficer approach to work and still hope to make a change in the world or create beautiful things. People that have more passions and interests outside of the office tend to be more innovative, Michael Kavnett says.
Many of us have internalized the message that there’s one dream job for us and we shouldn’t stop until we find it. So we tweak our resumes and browse LinkedIn in the hopes of finding a role that helps us self-actualize. But first determining what matters and recognizing that we may already have it is a better recipe for happiness.