Harvard professor Arthur Brooks thinks to be happy, graduates don't need to find jobs that are always fun and that singlehandedly save the world.
Sean De Burca | The Image Bank | Getty ImagesBrooks teaches Harvard students how to be happy, is the author of 12 books on the topic and writes's "How to Build a Life" column. He delivered the keynote speech at the Catholic University of America's 2023 commencement on Saturday.
Brooks warned new graduates against two common but "terrible" pieces of advice: 1) "Go find a job that you love, andTo the first, he said, "Good luck with that. It's a great way to ruin your life." He explained that expecting a job to be fun all the time will set you up to hate any job — when the work inevitably becomes difficult and not fun.
Brooks scoffed at the second: "No pressure." To expect your day job to solve the world's myriad problems is another recipe for disappointment, he said. Some may guess that the actual ingredients for job satisfaction are money, prestige, power and admiration: "No, no, no," Brooks said.The first key to work happiness, according to Brooks is what he calls "earned success": producing something valuable in your own life and in the lives of others.but rather the investment you put into your day.
"Maybe you'll work in your major — probably not. Maybe you'll land your dream job — probably not, especially if you don't know what your dream job is," Brooks told the graduates. "None of this matters, as long as at the end of the day, you can say, on most days at least, 'I did my work with love and with excellence.'"
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