I’m tired of working.

And I don’t mean “working at a job.”  I hardly consider most jobs “work.”  You basically just show up, do what you’re told, and clock out at the end of the day.  There’s time and effort involved, but it’s not real work.  Not in my definition.

Real work takes a different kind of effort.  Emotional, intellectual, spiritual.  Pushing past your limitations, facing your deepest fears, striving to grow into someone more than who you were yesterday … now that’s work.  Solving problems, seeking solutions, when the answers aren’t readily available or easy to find … that also requires real work.

Anyone can memorize an answer or learn a procedure … but what do you do when there is no answer, or at least, none that you can immediately find?  What do you do when you face a tough challenge, and must face it now, but have no idea how to even begin?

Henry Ford once said, “Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is why so few people engage in it.”  Henry Ford wasn’t known for being the smartest man in town.  In fact, the local people at the time thought he was too stupid to be making so much money.

So one day he challenged them.  Got the press and local townspeople all together.  “Ask me anything you want, and I’ll give you the correct answer,” he said, just to prove just how intelligent he was.

So one man asked him a tough question.  Henry Ford listened, told the man to wait one moment, and then picked up the phone.  Mr. Ford called one of his advisers, asked the question, and got the correct answer.

“You can’t do that!” replied the man.  “That’s cheating!”

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Engineering Students

An engineer was crossing a road one day when a frog called out to him and said, “If you kiss me, I’ll turn into a beautiful princess”.

He bent over, picked up the frog and put it in his pocket.

The frog spoke up again and said, “If you kiss me and turn me back into a beautiful princess, I will stay with you for one week.”

The engineer took the frog out of his pocket, smiled at it and returned it to the pocket.

The frog then cried out, “If you kiss me and turn me back into a princess, I’ll stay with you and do ANYTHING you want.”

Again the engineer took the frog out, smiled at it and put it back into his pocket.

Finally, the frog asked, “What is the matter? I’ve told you I’m a beautiful princess, that I’ll stay with you for a week and do anything you want. Why won’t you kiss me?”

The engineer said, “Look I’m an engineer. I don’t have time for a girlfriend, but a talking frog, now that’s cool.”

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