ER or MR?......

We all work in our life for rewards or rather reward is one of the motivating factors why people prefer to work at a particular place or with particular organization.  But often I have seen people unhappy even if they are rewarded enough …why so?

I often pity those people who fail to understand the difference between materialistic rewards and emotional rewards.  They often make a mistake of telling themselves that they are happy because they are paid well for the job, people are good and this job gives me the status, quality life and everything one can ask for…..may be true but what about your own happiness??

We need to sit back and ask ourselves…….

Do we really enjoy the kind of work we do?

Do we really give our best to the work we do?

Am I really satisfied with my own performance?

I have a friend who is handling the additional responsibility of a particular job profile.  I have never seen this friend of mine so happy and satisfied before because now, I could gather from her talks and see that she is getting that emotional reward for her work.  The salary does not matter at all, she is not even getting anything much from the additional responsibility, in fact it is additional work and extremely hectic routine but still I can see that immense pleasure on her face.  She is looking happier than ever, this only happened because she is doing what she always wanted to do, automatically her performance is at its peak.  Human beings are very funny, they often fail to opt for things they actually don’t want, rather they fail to understand what exactly they want and there starts the whole process of dissatisfaction and heartbreaks.  

You will always find people who are engaged in the activities they are passionate about and love to do perform better in those tasks rather than their routine work.  This happens because the person when he/she gets emotional reward after doing that work.  ER--Emotional rewards should always be valued more than the MR--Materialistic rewards, if you want to remain happy and contented in your professional and personal life.