It's practically a cliché about how work is "meant" to feel:
Staring down a mountain of tasks that feel repetitive, uninspiring, or worse — pointless. Counting the hours until the end of the day, only to feel that frustrating cycle of burnout and boredom creep in as soon as we sit back down at our desk the next morning.
Here’s the problem: This perspective doesn’t just make us miserable — it actually holds us back from doing our best work. It holds us back from being successful.
We want to enjoy our work. But "having fun" might be overrated. It turns out...