Sunday, June 17, 2012

Advantage 64 – High quality of work and life

Excerpt from the book »Gradido – Natural Economy of Life«


»When you do what you love and are ready to take money for it,
you cannot avoid being successful!«
– Samuel Woitinski
German author and coach

According to statistics, 75% of employees have emotionally detached themselves from their jobs. They only still go to work because they have to earn money. They are compelled to do a job they dislike because they first of all have to earn their living. Without this pressure they would stop today. You do not need much imagination to realise how much their well-being and the quality of their work suffers from this attitude.

Once again, it will be quite different with the gradido. Gradido means »thanks« and a basic income of a thousand gradidos means as much as »A thousand thanks for being with us!«. With the basic income the community thanks each of its members for being a full member of the community. Everybody is welcome with the very personal talents life has given them. As a full member of the community everybody can contribute with their inclinations and abilities.

When people do what they love, they do it especially well. They do it with love, joy and enthusiasm. They are »intrinsically« motivated from within. This inner motivation is of much more value than all the money in the world; money is only one among many means of motivation.

During the transition from the old system to the gradido it could be an interesting task to work out each person’s inclinations and abilities together with them and develop their full potential. Many people have forgotten how to feel and articulate their true needs. However, there are good methods of doing this, which have proved themselves a thousand times.

When people have relearnt to sense themselves with all their wishes, dreams, likes, talents and abilities they will become »their real selves« again. They begin to shine and blossom. The gradido system gives them the right to unconditional participation – the right to contribute to the community with their individual potential and in return receive their active basic income.

Everybody is blessed with a hitherto unknown quality of work and life, which previously was reserved for just a few privileged people. Those who had already achieved this are among the winners in this society. They are more than averagely successful in their professional and private lives. In the gradido system the majority of people will be several times more successful, more motivated, more productive and happier than before. Their quality of life is considerably enhanced and with it the quality of their work. 

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