Intrinsic Aspirations
In the July/August 2008 Issue of PSYCHOLOGY TODAY:
(amusingly on page 69)
"[His] little secret is that he is actually not lazy.... 'It looks like laziness, because it's rejection of conventional ways of working, but it's more about finding work that is creative, self-directed, under your own control,' he says.
This philosophy of life is closely related to the concept of 'intrinsic motivation,' or an internal drive. Researchers who study happiness have found that organizing your life around intrinsic aspirations---often goals such as fostering community, connecting to family, or creative engagement---tends to make people happier. Extrinsic goals such as professional success, wealth, and fame do not."
Fabulously, that explains my mentality... it explains a lot of why I shifted from being an overachiever, driven by career success and dreams of a Madison Avenue NY, advertising Art Director career.... To dreams of counter-culture, community, arts, creative catharsis, a job as an ARTIST first and foremost.... and seeking creative expression, or a purpose that drives me to work for a company, instead of material things or power.