Chapter 7 Blog 1
The concept I chose to discuss for this chapter is authenticity. According to the text, authenticity means being real and honest in how we live and work with others. The text supports a motto closely related to this concept which is commonly expressed as “Do what you love”. In my opinion, you can only be truly successful if you are doing what you love. Passion is a vital aspect of giving you the competitive edge necessary in making organizational communication a success. If you do not like what you are doing, it can be difficult to do it day in and day out and furthermore be s success as it. Authenticity may be a form of self fulfillment. In my experience at my organization, being true to myself and being honest and real gives me a sense of calmness in the professional environment I am immersed in. I feel that as long as I know what I am doing and why I am doing I can trust my own intuition and remain my own valid sense of authenticity.
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I completely agree with you in that doing what you love brings you success. A lot of business gurus will say the same thing. They say that instead of choosing a career for money, choose a career that makes you happy and the money will follow in abundance. I've seen many people stick with their jobs because they need the paycheck. This is true in any type of economy. A lot of us though, don't have the luxury of forgoing paychecks to pursue our passions. This leads to a lot of unhappy employees that are miserable in their jobs because they are not doing what they love. Or maybe they are doing what they love but their colleagues are not, which also leads to an unhappy workplace environment.
ReplyDeleteHello, Mia De Carlo! I definitely agree with you because I have some good examples to prove how authenticity is important to fulfill myself. Actually, I've experienced both sides, "Do what I love" and "Do not like what you are doing." When I was working for a company in Tokyo, I was in "Do not like what I was doing" side, so it was difficult for me to fulfill myself. However, working for a college here, I'm in "Do what you love" side, so I'm passionate and can be honest and calm, so I am immersed in the work environment as you described. Sometimes people cannot implement "Do what I love" things because of their political, economical, and religious restrictions, but I also think that we should keep in mind that maintaining the sense of authenticity help self fulfillment.
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