Comments on: Job / Career / Calling

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 19:39:34 +0000

Not yet, but it’s on my Kindle.

By: Andrew Grumet

Andrew Grumet — Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:39:05 +0000

Thanks for the tip! Have you taken a look at Tony Hsieh’s book Delivering Happiness? I didn’t see it on Sivers’ page. Picked it up earlier this week and am tearing through it. Inspiring.

By: Christine

Christine — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 22:05:44 +0000

This is *so* true. I’m so happy to be at a point of “calling” — and always creating. Makes life so much better.

Hope to see you when you’re in Houston again. (I can’t be at WordCamp though – photographing a wedding + White Linen Night in the Heights at my studio.) If you have a spare hour or so, maybe you could be a part of my photo project? That would be awesome!

By: RalfLippold

RalfLippold — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 09:17:24 +0000

Pretty much my credo: work is out, dedication will make the day

By: Rohit

Rohit — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 19:12:03 +0000

So True !!!
I am a technology blogger, I love what I do

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Work, Career or Calling | Dominate Your Local Market! — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 12:46:38 +0000

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By: Becca

Becca — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 18:19:25 +0000

Can’t it be all three at once? My job is really stressful so I often daydream of the weekend (paradoxically I do this during the summer more, because there is LESS work to occupy my time), but I also am promotion-oriented and proud of my job, and finally, sometimes I do get into flow states and I find my work really fulfilling.

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 10:01:46 +0000

Life and work is far more complicated than the hypothesis suggests. The distinction between ‘job’, ‘career’ and ‘calling’ is more likely to be that of a continuum than it being simply a set of three discrete possibilities as the hypothesis suggests. Viki’s, Rick’s and Eric’s comments all support this view – as do my own experiences. Time to accept the null hypothesis I think!

By: Focus on the details of life (avoiding the stress) » The Working Mom

Focus on the details of life (avoiding the stress) » The Working Mom — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:21:44 +0000

[...] him together, keep him focused on the goal(s) : 1) Get a career, not just a job (or better yet, find a calling) 2) Get out of [...]

By: GRAQ

GRAQ — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 04:58:50 +0000

I don’t think life is that simple. I have chosen to go with the flow of the society that I am in. I am not rich, and so I must work. This does not leave me with the choice of having my work as a ‘calling’.

If I were rich, I would do many things I do at work, for free. But I spend every week longing for the weekend to spend with my loved ones.

I hate it when job interviews question you, alluding to put you in one of those 3 categories. I clock in, and I clock out. My employer gets the time they pay for. During that time I am passionate.

By: elissa

elissa — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 02:20:39 +0000

This, exactly.

By: mark ghosh

mark ghosh — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:11:01 +0000

Drive is indeed a wonderful read, almost revolutionary to the traditional corporation setting. I have read it once, and will probably go back and read it again.

By: Job / Career / Calling | Bring Your Own Terms Of Service

Job / Career / Calling | Bring Your Own Terms Of Service — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 23:06:40 +0000

[...] copied from Matt Mullenweg’s blog, from Jonathan Haidt in The Happiness Hypothesis: Most people approach their work in one of three [...]

By: Jennifer Nelson

Jennifer Nelson — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:26:02 +0000

Great thoughts from a guy that created for everyone, the possibility to go for what’s behind door #3. It’s a scary but worthwhile ride!

By: Tal Galili

Tal Galili — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 19:00:44 +0000

Great subject, and fascination comments.

Reading through the comments, I am glad (for me and the other WordPress users), to see how AUTOMATTIC has become such a desirable place to work.

Good luck people

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:22:13 +0000

It still is.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:18:35 +0000

Same here.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:17:12 +0000

Thank you! We added it just for this post.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:14:32 +0000

I read that one a few months ago and enjoyed it, though I wasn’t crazy about the attempt to create new vocabulary around the issue.

By: Viki

Viki — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:59:22 +0000

Beautiful thoughts as usual Matt.

I see myself as a guy who is in a transition phase. What I thought was the “Career” phase has started to emerge as the “Calling”.

I believe WordPress for you initially was a calling too?

By: gamer

gamer — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:14:02 +0000

Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do to pay bills. People forget that sometimes when they are very comfortable.

By: Rick Beckman

Rick Beckman — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:29:38 +0000

After repeated inquiries to jobs@automattic regarding the Happiness Engineer, I fear I may never get to answer my calling.

That said, though, I like those three descriptions, and I can think of examples of all three in the attitudes of my coworkers.

What do you call the work if elements of all three are present? I find it difficult to choose between any of the three regarding my own attitude, although it does lean noticeably toward job or career.

By: Dominik

Dominik — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:57:11 +0000

My work is a calling, as web development is creative, often exciting, challenging and much more. There are only few times with boring things to do (PSD 2 HTML) and I love this job so much that I can’t even stop workin’ @home. There are so many ideas and visions in my mind that it would take more than one life to get all these things done.

People all over the world are doing a great job creating new websites with sometimes incredibly ideas in mind, so there’s something new to explore and to learn day after day.

By: Molly

Molly — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 07:16:34 +0000

Matt – thanks for posting this! I suppose sometimes you don’t have a choice…but having a job that is also your “calling” is just a really fun way to work!!

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 04:59:35 +0000

I am currently seeking a calling with your company. Have you had a chance to look at my resume yet?