The Meaning of Work

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In another thread I promised <a href="http://www.irvinehousingblog.com/forums/viewthread/3485/#77024"><strong>here </strong></a>to pass on a particular message from one of my former MBA classes that I found valuable. It took several email requests and a phone call, but I finally got a positive response. Each link is about 50 minutes long. Whether you work as an owner, a manager, or a line worker, I think the presentation could be worth your time invested and might prod you to consider some very good questions.



<strong>I have hope that this message will find the ears that need to hear it.</strong>



<blockquote><a href="http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/dunnweb/msproducer.meaningofwork1/meaningofwork1_files/Default.htm">http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/dunnweb/msproducer.meaningofwork1/meaningofwork1_files/Default.htm</a>



<a href="http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/dunnweb/msproducer.meaningofwork2/meaningofwork2_files/Default.htm">http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/dunnweb/msproducer.meaningofwork2/meaningofwork2_files/Default.htm</a>



<a href="http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/dunnweb/msproducer.meaningofwork3/meaningofwork3_files/Default.htm">http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/faculty/dunnweb/msproducer.meaningofwork3/meaningofwork3_files/Default.htm</a>



Persistence pays off. I'll get you other information later, but these are the three links to the streaming videos. Let me know if you have any difficulty with them...CD</blockquote>


Good luck, and enjoy.

-IR2
 
Deuce, Thanks so much for sharing. Just finished watching the first vid, and will catch the other 2 tomorrow. It's a good framework for some thoughts I've had for a few years now, and fills in some gaps. Wish all profs were that good!
 
[quote author="Astute Observer" date=1226329928]I have problem running the MicroSoft software in the link, will try to do it again later in a differently computer. They better be good, or I will send you a bill for this! ;)</blockquote>


<em>How about if we trade bills and call it even?</em>



Some more background on this - it was a business ethics course (a realtor espousing ethics posts - the irony, yes, I understand)



<strong>What is it?</strong>



It is a three-part lecture on the nature of finding/recognizing fulfilling work. Not quite Tony Robbins, and not quite "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ya9BXClRw">The Last Lecture</a>" but something in the same vein.



The presentation has taken bits from Hume, Kant, and even Alice in Wonderland. I found it a good context to think about not only how to help myself but also specifically, and more importantly, to help create an environment for others to do the same. I was spurred to post this in response to some other postings of dwellers here questioning their pay raises, asking whether they are in the right career path, and similar self-reflections.



Thanks to those that have responded. I'm glad you've found it valuable, too.
 
[quote author="SoCal78" date=1226366301]Thanks for posting that. I am interested in hearing it. But at 150 minutes... does it come with Cliff Notes??</blockquote>


<em>Emperor Joseph II: Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect.

Mozart: Which few did you have in mind, Majesty? </em>

- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086879/">Amadeus</a>



:smirk:
 
[quote author="IrvineRealtor" date=1226366666][quote author="SoCal78" date=1226366301]Thanks for posting that. I am interested in hearing it. But at 150 minutes... does it come with Cliff Notes??</blockquote>


<em>Emperor Joseph II: Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect.

Mozart: Which few did you have in mind, Majesty? </em>

- <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086879/">Amadeus</a>



:smirk:</blockquote>




Done! Watched it all... and took notes.
 
Humm... I'm good with machines, I like to build machines, I have a gift with weapons and people will pay me for it... er... its that normal?



-bix
 
[quote author="biscuitninja" date=1226387516]Humm... I'm good with machines, I like to build machines, I have a gift with weapons and people will pay me for it... er... its that normal?



-bix</blockquote>


The only people who are "normal" are the ones you don't know well-enough (yet). - IR2
 
IR..thanks for posting that, I watched 20 mins of the first one..looking forward to having time to watch the rest...
 
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