Working is a laborious task, especially when you consider that on average a person will work for one-third of their life. In response, we asked various business leaders and working professionals how they feel about their work and their “why.” Some love the opportunity to create solutions, while others were able to fulfill their passion. Whatever the reason, these nine explanations on why people feel the way they do about work will inspire you to reevaluate your “why.”
- Impact Of Making A Difference
- I Love The Challenge Of Small Business
- Helping Animals’ Health And Wellness
- Making The Best Quality American Flags
- Building A Brand And Passionate Team
- Best Of Both Worlds
- Have The Flexibility I Want
- Content Marketing Makes My Day
- Best Of Both Worlds
Impact Of Making A Difference
If you love what you do, it will never feel like “work.” Being in a leadership and operations role, I get to impact both our internal and external stakeholders every day. The fulfillment I get from coaching and growing our team allows me to fill up my contribution bucket. At the same time, the detail from running a business satisfies my analytical brain that needs process and order. After many “jobs” and unfulfilling work early in my career, I am very protective of my time and energy and choose opportunities that allow me to be in my zone of genius, make an impact, and create joy in my life.
Jenn Christie, Markitors
I Love The Challenge Of Small Business
As a small business owner, my time is balanced between client work, administrative tasks, and marketing. This variety of roles keeps things fresh and challenging, and I find myself continually learning new skills. Plus, since all of my transactions are conducted online, I get to work from home, which is perfect for me as an introvert. I have to say, I love what I do all day for work!
Chloe Brittain, Opal Transcription Services
Helping Animals’ Health And Wellness
Growing up with a veterinarian father allowed me to see the concern pet owners have when it comes to their pet’s health. From this experience, I developed a desire to help pet owners streamline the medical assistance needed for their pets at any moment, within seconds, no matter the time of day. It was missing in the field, and I wanted to fill that void. In creating an app that serves people nationwide, I feel a great sense of satisfaction from contributing to animals’ health and wellness throughout the country. My work continues to motivate me daily, as I get inspired by the fact that our company impacts the welfare of the animals and the families that shelter them.
Brandon Werber, Airvet
Making The Best Quality American Flags
I am so grateful for the creative freedom my job offers. Starting and running a business takes your brain’s left and right sides, and I love that balance. Although it’s necessary to have structure for success, there is room to step outside the box and brainstorm on new ideas creating better ways to improve production. In search of a better flag, we set out to make one ourselves. In doing so, I firmly believe we have made the best quality American flag available today, and that in itself provides me lasting satisfaction. It is extremely rewarding to see our customer’s emotional responses when they share images proudly displaying our product. I feel humbled and honored every day to be a part of this great tradition.
Katie Lyon, Allegiance Flag Supply
Building A Brand And Passionate Team
I love what I do, and I would advise anyone who wants any quality of life to pursue work that can provide them just that. Pay will only take you so far. The passion behind something is what motivates you to be your better self. I love building brands. I have started many, and now, with CRAFTD, I see the fruits of my labor. Our brand embodies a culture that expresses self-confidence in a strong yet subtle way. I learn more and more each day on which marketing strategies will return our highest ROI, which techniques will increase our brand awareness, and most importantly, what not to do. Along with the fact that I work with a great partner and have established an incredible team of like-minded individuals, I feel blessed to do what I do and look forward to our young company’s growth each day.
Dan Potter, CRAFTD
Best Of Both Worlds
When it comes to working, I have the best of both worlds: I am a full-time teacher and a pro-blogger. I run my blogging business with my husband, giving us more time together since I’m away from home when school is in session. After I wake, I work on our blogging business; then, I get ready for my school day, which continues until 3:00 pm. While I’m at school, my husband runs our business. On my breaks, I work on our blogging business and take care of my teaching responsibilities. I come home and work on our blogging business until dinner, when we relax for the evening.
Janice Wald, Mostly Blogging Academy
Have The Flexibility I Want
I used to work in a 9-to-5 office job, and it just wasn’t for me. It wasn’t my dream job, and as an introvert, it was hard to be around people 40 hours a week. Since I started working for myself as a freelancer and blogger, I’m having the time of my life! Yes, I need to work really hard to make it work, but I wouldn’t change it for the world. I love what I’m doing!
Angie Makljenovic, She Can Blog
Content Marketing Makes My Day
I’m a content marketer for a B2B eCommerce company, and I love the work that I spend my time doing. I’ve always loved writing and felt that words could have power when used right, and working as a content marketer gives me a chance to prove it every day. The company I work for provides payment processing services to other businesses, so I need to figure out why a business would use our services and then figure out and craft the content that will communicate to them that we are the solution they need. Content marketing isn’t just writing words. I need to figure out where the content needs to go to be seen by the most potential customers and how to present it so our audience will respond. Knowing that content decisions I make can change people’s minds is a big motivation for me.
Francesca Nicasio, Payment Depot
Best Of Both Worlds
As CEO of an ergonomic company, I feel deeply rewarded. Our products and services help both the company with their bottom line while also helping employee’s overall health and well-being. This is rare. So many business services and products tend to either help the company or the employee—not both. For example, if you sell outsourcing services, you help the executives at companies make more money. Sadly, employees get fired—a win/lose. I love being in a business where everyone wins. Our ergonomic prevention solutions reduce costly worker’s comp claims and injuries while increasing productivity and morale. We help facilities teams save time, and we help HR teams enrich their health and wellness programs to attract the best talent. While at the same time, our services also help each individual employee prevent discomfort and feel great working and living. Our services improve an employee’s total quality of life in how they feel at home and work. That is satisfying.
Annie Berzanski, Pacific Ergonomics
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