| People who like to study will be successful in their studies. People
who like to work will learn their jobs quickly and be successful. Whenever you do something you enjoy, you can get absorbed in it to the extent that you forget the passing of time. You become concentrated on a job, using all your curiosity to try to understand and master it. You don't consider it difficult even if it is. You even start to enjoy the challenge and difficulty of the work. For example, when you practice a sport, or take up the study of a fine art or music, these will seem difficult if you think of them as difficult undertakings. Yet, if you think of them as fun, then they will be highly enjoyable. It's a question of your attitude. If you pursue endeavors enthusiastically you can enjoy them as much as you like. That is the way things are. There is no such thing as easy work. Work is always difficult. After all, that's why people pay others to do it. Yet, for people who like their job, work can be fun. There is no better life than getting paid for something you enjoy doing. We usually spend half the day working, so if we can enjoy our work, our day will be filled with pleasure. So, how can we make work fun? Easy! If you work hard, trying always to do your best, anything can be fun. This is because having fun depends largely on the mental desire to pursue achievements. How can we generate such an attitude? By setting targets for ourselves. |
| If we take a real interest in the things we do, we can get two or three times more pleasure out of doing them. And, we can boost the enjoyment we get four or five times if we do these things with others. Joy is amplified when we share common objectives with others. |