I was browsing through my timeline on Facebook a while ago and happened to see a couple of adverts (share by my friend) of the company I used to work with a few months back. Don't quote me, but the blurb went something like this: "Are you content and satisfied? Worry! Stay restless. Join us for a restless life."
Sound similar to Steve Jobs' "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."?
Of course, contrary to what many people think, that is not an original quote by Steve Jobs. The catch-line was the last words printed behind the cover of the last issue of Whole Earth Catalog which Mr. Jobs happened to read. But that's besides the point.
The point is what these taglines wish to convey or infuse into the minds of people who read them.
If you take the literal meaning, is it wrong or mundane for someone to be content and satisfied? If you ask around on what people want in life, some may say adventure. Others may want some sort of thrill. Most would, however, want to lead a content and satisfied life.
What is content and satisfaction?
Nothing but a state of mind, just what the ad is all about.
Of course for the companies themselves, this is an attempt to showcase that they are one of the best places to be working at and by working there you somehow set yourself apart from the crowd (!).
I, for one, would apply the punchline to life in itself.
Why limit satisfaction to a 9-5 job with a decent pay and simple home with a happy family to return to? Or to being content by downing a couple of beers with a few friends on a Friday night?
In fact, if you are working your 9-5 job only for the pay so that you can survive and satisfy some of your and your family's materialistic needs, then you are fooling yourself if you think only that is satisfaction and being content.
Push the boundaries. Do things that you love doing. Try different things, you never know what you will fall in love with next.
Content, satisfaction and happiness are about living life and not about existing.
They cannot be a destination, the journey and the exploration takes precedence.
Sound similar to Steve Jobs' "Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."?
Of course, contrary to what many people think, that is not an original quote by Steve Jobs. The catch-line was the last words printed behind the cover of the last issue of Whole Earth Catalog which Mr. Jobs happened to read. But that's besides the point.
The point is what these taglines wish to convey or infuse into the minds of people who read them.
If you take the literal meaning, is it wrong or mundane for someone to be content and satisfied? If you ask around on what people want in life, some may say adventure. Others may want some sort of thrill. Most would, however, want to lead a content and satisfied life.
What is content and satisfaction?
Nothing but a state of mind, just what the ad is all about.
Of course for the companies themselves, this is an attempt to showcase that they are one of the best places to be working at and by working there you somehow set yourself apart from the crowd (!).
I, for one, would apply the punchline to life in itself.
Why limit satisfaction to a 9-5 job with a decent pay and simple home with a happy family to return to? Or to being content by downing a couple of beers with a few friends on a Friday night?
In fact, if you are working your 9-5 job only for the pay so that you can survive and satisfy some of your and your family's materialistic needs, then you are fooling yourself if you think only that is satisfaction and being content.
Push the boundaries. Do things that you love doing. Try different things, you never know what you will fall in love with next.
Content, satisfaction and happiness are about living life and not about existing.
They cannot be a destination, the journey and the exploration takes precedence.
