Article August 12, 1972 Issue

Liberating Our Motives and Acts

PETER ACKERMAN

The saying goes: If you want to get a task done, give it to a busy person. Clearly, the man who has a lot to do is often unusual in his capacity for getting things done. Assignments that others find hard, he performs more easily. Very likely he begins the job without hesitation, works at it cheerfully and confidently, and achieves good results.

Perhaps our own work habits fit this description.

Or perhaps not. We may be dissatisfied with the halting nature of our own labors and the mediocrity of our achievements. If this is the case, then it could be time for us to check our motives to see if they provide an adequate basis for heightened productivity and fulfillment.

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