{"id":9709,"date":"2020-09-17T06:30:40","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T06:30:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/?p=9709"},"modified":"2023-11-06T18:12:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T18:12:43","slug":"rethinking-success-in-the-future-of-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/future-of-work\/rethinking-success-in-the-future-of-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Rethinking Success In The Future Of Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"9709\" class=\"elementor elementor-9709\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-547245cb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"547245cb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-679e4190\" data-id=\"679e4190\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5af636b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5af636b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>People today are drawn to creating work by their own design rather than waiting for it to be created for them in terms of a job, role, product, or service. The impact of this on society forces us to rethink the idea of \u201c Rethinking Success \u201d Gone are the days when being successful was something we just fell into by keeping up with a 9\u00ad-to-5 job that promised economic stability and security. Now, being successful is measured by our autonomy, mastery, and \u201cdoing what we love.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Work can either be a commodity or a calling. When we sell our time, labor, and skills for money but no personal reward, our work is commoditized. Our jobs are another \u201cthing\u201d to own and discard when no longer useful. But when our work provides fulfillment, we call it our career, vocation, or profession. When our work is our passion, we give it our all and, in return, we find satisfaction and meaning.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a92ab3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0a92ab3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>We can understand the<\/strong> <strong>concept of \u201cwork\u201d in three ways.<\/strong><\/h2>\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-81e8ac9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"81e8ac9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b39e174\" data-id=\"b39e174\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b43691 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b43691\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Job work:<\/strong> Regular work routinely done in exchange for money, including work for oneself.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marginal work:<\/strong> Supplemental work, including \u201cside hustles\u201d or gigs performed sporadically.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gift work:<\/strong> All the work we do for free that goes unreported, such as volunteer work and \u201cunder the table\u201d agreements between friends and family, which are part of the informal \u201cgray\u201d economy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Different people need different bits of work to satisfy their different needs. Job work may provide the money, but gift work or marginal work provides the interest. Work, in one form or another, is the foundation of self-worth. Everybody needs to feel like they matter, have something to contribute, and will be missed when they are gone. If job work can no longer provide us with this sense of purpose, our humanity will find other ways to get it.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fd9c09 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fd9c09\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>Staying in the comfort zone of paying others to do or make all we need is unsatisfying and renders us dependent on shopping and managing rather than creating and performing. In our democratic society, materialist wealth has meant that while some could become rich and powerful by controlling the means of production and capital, many are bound to be poor and powerless by comparison. In a system where some are raised to unimaginable riches on the backs of others, many argue that a reevaluation of where and how we create value is overdue.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Humankind needs to express itself through work. However, without the creation of enough new jobs to meet the supply of the increasing number of humans on our planet, we are bound to witness nothing less than the mass shortening of working life. New shift agreements in the services may well be paid for in time rather than money, with one person working Monday through Wednesday and another from Thursday to Saturday. This job-sharing of the future will be celebrated as more flexible and individualized. We might call it \u201cflextime,\u201d but in reality, it will be personalized part-time work. So it\u2019s only sensible that we acknowledge the ability to define our own story of Rethinking Success through other types of work, whether domestic, charitable, or creative.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-500cece elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"500cece\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p><strong>There are many possibilities for the direction our society and economy will go in the coming decades. Below are two potential scenarios for the future of work.<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1c40dd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e1c40dd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Pessimistic Scenario<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ae0337 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0ae0337\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>In the pessimistic scenario, we see a sudden, widespread move into a non-manufacturing society in which industrial collapse is so fast and prevalent that the entire social fabric breaks down. Our worlds become smaller and more isolated, with all knowledge and information guarded by those at the top. The powerful will hole up in technological enclaves run by knowledge experts, while the vast majority of humanity exists on the outskirts in the informal economy. There will be no job market. Unemployment will be the standard, and we will define work as what we do to survive: crafts, bartering and scams, to name just a few. The notion of social status will devolve into class hierarchies reminiscent of feudalism. If left unchecked, a free-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/how-decentralised-finance-change-worlds-economy\/\">market economy<\/a> can turn into a free-for-all, leading us straight down this unfortunate path.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cc5ef2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7cc5ef2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Optimistic Scenario<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e1cfe12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e1cfe12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mckinsey.com\/industries\/public-and-social-sector\/our-insights\/an-optimistic-scenario-for-the-us-response-to-covid-19\" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"noopener\">optimistic scenario <\/a>of the future, we see the working year shorten to about half of the previous standard 100,000-hour career job. What will people do with all the extra time? Watch TV, party, travel? Perhaps, but human nature dictates that would never be enough. Work is the measure of a man \u2014 good work promotes self-expression and allows us to interact with others; good work is under our control, not in control of us. If we can no longer find this sort of good work in the job market, we will have to create it ourselves. While some will continue to work long hours, using jobs as both commodity and calling, many more will develop \u201cportfolios\u201d of work, combining job work, marginal work and gift work. Thus, our understandings of what qualifies as work will evolve. The job will no longer be our only goalpost for achieving satisfaction, fulfillment and respect. The purpose of a job will be to earn money, not status, while our gift work will be what defines us and gives our lives meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gone are the days when being successful was something we just fell into by keeping up with a 9\u00ad-to-5 job that promised economic stability and security. 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