The Happiness Advant, By Catherine Baab-Muguira Summary
According to, “Don’t do what you love for a career—do what makes you money,” Catherine Baab-Muguira concerns about what do we live for and how do we live for, to understand what the most important in life is, especially about career. She told that we must do the work that will make much money, to make life’s work out. The author knows that it’s easier to do your work to pursue your dreams that we usually called passion. It opens our minds to make us realize that a success is not accomplished by a minimum effort, but more than that. I agree with the author’s opinions that we must be rational, for career, money is crucial. But I believe that there are answers to the problem she mentions. In that article, Ms. Baab-Muguira explains that what someone
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Baab-Muguira explain such things about benefits from working for money first, such as you could solve unusual problem or the goal is obvious. But, try to think it differently, from another perspective. What about the happiness problem? Could it be solved by money? I just thought one solution that could solve this problem, do what you love. Of course, I mean to do it as a career. Because with that solution, you could reach both of happiness and money.
Besides, there are advantages if you work with passion, just like what Shawn Anchor, author of The Happiness Advantage, founded. “The brain works much better when a person is feeling positive. At those times, individuals tend to be more creative and better at solving problems.” (Shawn Anchor, 2011). Talking about work with happiness, Ms. Baab-Muguira states that the most important is working with a certain goal, in this problem, the money. Working with a clear objective, could make you know what you must do to accomplish it. But, what if we change the goal to be the happiness? This would make your performance’s work more productive and efficient, you would be happy and have the money for live. In fact, “only 30 percent of American employees feel engaged or inspired at their jobs and the clear majority of U.S. workers -- 70 percent -- are not reaching their full potential, a Gallup study concluded.” (CBS News, 2013, para. 1). So, that means doing a work about something that you understand, love, could make you reach your full potential at a career. That would make you realize the most important in career
Baab-Muguira explain such things about benefits from working for money first, such as you could solve unusual problem or the goal is obvious. But, try to think it differently, from another perspective. What about the happiness problem? Could it be solved by money? I just thought one solution that could solve this problem, do what you love. Of course, I mean to do it as a career. Because with that solution, you could reach both of happiness and money.
Besides, there are advantages if you work with passion, just like what Shawn Anchor, author of The Happiness Advantage, founded. “The brain works much better when a person is feeling positive. At those times, individuals tend to be more creative and better at solving problems.” (Shawn Anchor, 2011). Talking about work with happiness, Ms. Baab-Muguira states that the most important is working with a certain goal, in this problem, the money. Working with a clear objective, could make you know what you must do to accomplish it. But, what if we change the goal to be the happiness? This would make your performance’s work more productive and efficient, you would be happy and have the money for live. In fact, “only 30 percent of American employees feel engaged or inspired at their jobs and the clear majority of U.S. workers -- 70 percent -- are not reaching their full potential, a Gallup study concluded.” (CBS News, 2013, para. 1). So, that means doing a work about something that you understand, love, could make you reach your full potential at a career. That would make you realize the most important in career