A poll research in last April from Nebraska University suggested that more than seventy percent of American people in their forties work for financial reason. Indeed, no one can deny that money is the best motivation for people to work diligently. Especially in this capitalist society where fair payment for one’s hard work is guaranteed, people are never reluctant to work vigorously to obtain a great amount of stable income. However, just like the other thirty percent’s answers, money is not the most crucial stimulus for laboring. Instead, there are also some other abstract qualities such as philanthropy and dream which drive people to work.
To begin with, there are some people who are dedicated to spend their life with helping others. They do not ask for or anticipate any material returns of their works. All they want is to give help and hope to people in need. Dr. Schweitzer is a good example. As a young child, Albert Schweitzer cherished every life that he wanted to become a medical doctor and use his medical skills to people who were in need. When he was in his forties, he went over to Africa to save tens of thousands of poor Africans’ illnesses. In 1943, he was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize for his humanitarian conduct.
Furthermore, people also work to realize their own goals or dreams. Some of them feel a sense of happiness when they accomplish their life-long dream. Such mental quality encourages people to work hard. For instance, a famous Korean American model named Hye Park said in an interview last summer that whenever she felt exhausted from runway training, managing her body and even racist discrimination, she was able to withstand to realize her childhood dream of walking decently on a runway as a professional model.
In conclusion, I strongly believe that volunteer spirit and dream are the stimuli why people work besides money reasons. It is true that there exist some other cogent reasons as well. Nonetheless, a majority of people would agree with these factors without much doubt. Human beings not only work for bringing bacons. They obviously crave for more valuable qualities to make their lives fruitful. |