Meaning of Work
Work means transfer of energy and application of force over a distance, if considered in the context of science. As a layman, work means occupying oneself in any activity, mental or physical. Every person is busy doing something or another.
The purpose of work
The main purpose of doing all the work is getting some sort of satisfaction or earning something of monetary value, in order to further get satisfaction.
If we pause our thinking, we come to know that the purpose behind all the activities is 'getting satisfaction', directly or indirectly. Work is useful to get satisfaction, saving time and money, improving relations, improving mental capabilities and physical energy and many more benefits.
Attitude Towards Work
But, the results of work done vary in all the situations. The major determinant is the attitude towards work. A person may be busy and even over burdened with work, still he is not getting what he wants, the satisfaction, if his attitude towards his work is negative.
The attitude towards work should be positive. It can be positive only if we consider it 'dignified'. We should see a person doing work 'as worthy of praise. We should not see him as a low class, oppressed person; rather we should give him 'respect'.
The work environment can turn out to be positive. With that relations can improve, and maximum utilization of resources can be made possible. What actually is observed in our informal society is that a person who shows off his ignorance of work (especially manual work) is given respect and considered to have an esteemed status. There the roots of this problem are.
Initiative
Let us take the initiative to give honor to ‘work’ .By doing this, we can improve a positive work culture to be useful, for the society and our own self. Work should be done to add value to the things, persons, and situations to make this world a better place to live.