Many blogs, resulting in book deals, resulting in speaking careers, have been forged by taking a swing at a basic human question:
What creates a fu

Finding Fulfillment

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2023-05-30 01:30:20

Many blogs, resulting in book deals, resulting in speaking careers, have been forged by taking a swing at a basic human question: What creates a fulfilling existence? Managers desperately ask, forced by the Great Resignation to acknowledge that people are more mobile than expected when sufficiently (un)motivated1. Enlightened leaders ask proactively, because intrinsically-motivated people do great work that is just as fulfilling for themselves as it is productive for the company—capitalism on its best day. Outwardly-impenetrable leaders ask it of themselves to conquer burn-out or to decide what to do with the balance of life that follows the societal definition of “success.”

1 Your best talent are volunteers—they can always walk across the (now virtual) street for more money, because they’re worth it, and because their resume has been incrementally improved by the experience at your company. You may protest that the grass isn’t greener over there, but rather their feelings arise from the modern malaise instigated by COVID-imposed isolation from genuine relationships and the vile so-called online “relationships” fueled by toxic politics. You might even be right, but it’s too late.

What follows is my original framework I used to answer this question for myself ten years ago when I made the decision to step aside as CEO of the (now unicorn) company I founded. I still use it myself and recommend it to others.