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Workplace Strategy (40) : Take heed of the trap of business

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Speaker:Angelie | Producer:Chloe Chen
12 Aug 2021

How time flies! In the blink of an eye, a few months have passed. Dear friends, how many of your New Year resolutions have been fulfilled? How many have not? Maybe there are some goals that have yet to be accomplished because of inadequate time.

And even as I say this, I hope that our friends here will protest loudly: “No, Angelie, you are wrong! I have achieved my targets exceedingly.”

If you’re successful, do remember to share with us your experiences which can bless many lives. Nowadays, we see a lot of people falling into the trap of busyness. In the hustle and bustle of city life, people are busy climbing up the corporate ladder. Worse still, people aren’t satisfied with their ‘success’. On the contrary, we feel the increasing pressure of work, the deterioration of physical health, debilitating emotions and more feeble spiritual lives.

The word ‘busyness’ is derived from the phrase ‘working poor’. The phrase ‘working poor’ originally meant those poor people who strove hard from morning till night yet could not get out of the poverty cycle. Later, another meaning became associated with this phrase. It referred to the attitude of ‘busyness’ in which people turned to consumerism in order to fill the void in their lives. In other words, after spending their money, people are left empty again, so they slogged hard once more to earn money to spend......

 

Critical Thinking Questions:

  1. “Working Poor” is a vicious circle. Have you ever been trapped by “Working Poor”? What do you think you should do to break this vicious circle?
  2.  What do you think you should do to balance your career, family and you spiritual life?
  3. How can you simplify your life so that you can have more time and space for God?
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