Akio Morita Quotes

In an ideal world, nobody's work would be just about the money. People could pursue excellence in what they do, take pride in achievement, and derive meaning from knowing that their work improved the lives of others.

No-one works for money alone and tapping into what people want from their careers and what they have to offer is essential.

Motivation, basically getting people to be happy at work, everybody - everybody benefits.

I don't believe that there is any good career move or bad career move. I believe there are only the things that make me happy.

It's not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It's whether or not our work fulfills us. Being a teacher is meaningful.

In order that people may be happy in their work, these three things are needed: They must be fit for it. They must not do too much of it. And they must have a sense of success in it.

Happiness is a critical factor for work, and work is a critical factor for happiness. In one of those life-isn't-fair results, it turns out that the happy outperform the less happy. Happy people work more hours each week - and they work more in their free time, too.

I think a lot of times it's not money that's the primary motivation factor; it's the passion for your job and the professional and personal satisfaction that you get out of doing what you do that motivates you.

Having said that, I enjoyed every minute of my time and I got a degree of job satisfaction which I am sure was far greater than the majority of my colleagues.

I want to be happy going to work. I want to do a show I'm proud of.

I want to do work that means something to me so that when I go to work at the theater eight times a week, I want to be there.

After all, a job isn't worth doing unless you enjoy it.

Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person - not just an employee - are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability.

I think it's important to love what you do and have a good time with it. I go to work every day and have a blast.

Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time.

If you've never tasted what it's like to get up in the morning and be pleased to go to work, you don't know what you're missing.

Taking a pay cut won't demotivate me, not at all. It's not about money in the first place. It's about the job.

I love working so much. For me, working equals happiness.

I hate the school of thought that says work is work and that you have to be unhappy at work because that's what work is. I totally respect the fact that not everyone has the choices that I have, and that some people have to work jobs that they don't like because they don't have any other options.

I'm happy when I'm working.

Work satisfaction is important to me.

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).

work is happiness. No one can take my work from me and therefore no one can take my happiness from me.

When work seems like a job, I don't do it anymore.

For me, work is so satisfying and it's giving me so much, it's nurturing me so much, that I think it sort of makes up for the sleep depravation.