Sam Keen Quotes

There are times that everyone hates his or her job. Were they freed from the economic consequences of having these jobs, they'd drop out of the workforce. There are only two problems with this strategy: First, someone has to pay for it; second, it is not the recipe for human fulfillment.

It shouldn't just be about money. It should be about loving what you do.

I don't see the point in working just to be working.

Basically, people in other countries don't want to have to work quite as flat-out as they do in Japan.

There was a Gallup poll that said something like 70 percent of people in the United States do not enjoy their job - they work to put food on the table and get insurance to survive. So, what happens when technology can do all that work for us and allow us to actually do what we enjoy with our time?

When you're coming from a place of living just to work, it's never as good as you want it to be. It's never as authentic.

There's a lot of American citizens out there that do jobs that they hate, day in and day out. For me to do what I love to do, with people that I like and enjoy being around who are chasing the same dream, same passions, to have that around you day in and day out, I think it says a lot.

Many people are starting to realize that they work a lot and that working on stuff they believe in (and making things happen) is much more satisfying then just getting a paycheck and waiting to get fired (or die).

Most of us, like the assembly line worker, have jobs that are too small for our spirit. Jobs are not big enough for people.

I don't ever want to have a job where I just punch a clock.

Recruiters sometimes have their wires crossed when it comes to what Millennials really want at work. While fancy perks are great, many Millennials are more excited about growing and thriving at a company that appreciates their talent and will help them continue to learn.

The truth is that we have got to make America work for working people again.

If you're not enjoying your work, what's the point?

A lot of money with the wrong career is not going to make you happy. If you have money without happiness, it doesn't mean anything. It's all about happiness.

People want to be a part of an organization that lets them be fully alive and bring their gifts to work. People really do want to be engaged and feel proud of their contribution.

It is right and necessary that all should have work to do which shall be worth doing and be of itself pleasant to do, and which should be done under such conditions as would make it neither over-wearisome nor over-anxious.

Do you want an interesting job? Yes. Do you want a balanced life? Yes. And to make a contribution as well? Of course.

Because I'm not ambitious it's not paramount for me to find myself in a high-paid job.

Finding meaning in your work is your responsibility. Any job can be better when you actively work to find meaning in the work.

To kill yourself for earning a salary is not worth it.

My career is my whole life, so if I'm not happy with that, it affects everything else.

I went to college, got a job. Not a good job or anything but I was fully set to be an office employee for my life.

I want to destroy the old concept that a company is a place where one sacrifices time for the sake of money.

I'll work as long as I can. I'm happy with my life.

Truth be told, I decided years ago not to call it a job, because I know people who work - my mother worked, hard.