I’m a better person when my priorities are aligned. When I do the most important things first in a day. When I have a schedule to follow.
This is most obvious with worship: God first, then the rest.
A sneaky lesson that has come in over time is this is true about personal qualities required at work. Technically work is not the exact triggering factor, “what I do most often” is.
But for me the thing I do most often is work.
So my work ought to encourage the best behaviors from me. Ought to require me to practice skills that elevate who I am.
Because personal happiness has long been a topic here, there ought to be alignment between me doing things that make me happy and me doing things that consistently improvement.
So it’s not enough to have a job description essential read “be really smart.” It needs to primarily be focused on “exhibit compassion,” if I’m to both grow and become happy.
It’s an interesting shift. It seems promising.