WORKER INSTINCT

in a nutshell:

Our Worker Instinct desires predictability
and fears change.
It makes us reliable and dependable.
It makes us not want to own the business
or be responsible for other people’s security.
It drives us to simply put in our time,
and then go home.

Our Worker Instinct is satisfied when:
We feel appreciated, or at least noticed.

When it isn’t satisfied:
It may make us complain,
but we will usually just shrug it off.

Given unlimited resources:
We would probably not know what to do with ourselves.
We may go fishing, play with our kids,
plant flowers in our gardens, or lie on the sofa
and sleep all afternoon.

 

 

 

As Providers
It makes us get up every day and go to work
at some crappy job just to provide for our family.
We may grumble a little, but we are dependable.

As Partners
It makes us dedicated, loyal, faithful.
We take no risks. We are predictable and safe.

As Friends
It makes us best friends for life.
We will never leave you, and see you through thick and thin.
We may not know what to say or do, but there's
always a couch for you to sleep on at our house if you need it,
and a plate of food on the table.
We will actually give you the shirt off our back.

In Bed
It makes us boring and predictable.
Since Worker Instinct doesn’t like change,
it makes us un creative and dull.
If a position is working for us, why change it?