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Gamification of work!

Eknath Eswaran says this:

It is only after we de-hypnotized ourselves from the enticements of money and 

blandishments of pleasure that we find how good it is to Work!

when there is no paycheck coming ! 

It is so soothing to work hard for the welfare of those around us

without a mercenary motive atached, 

that we forget all our tensions and frustrations

For some of us , it may be our Time, for others Energy, Skills,
Material possessions or Expert advice
But it is incumbent upon everyone to devote his/her resources to
the welfare of others 
without any thought of personal profit or prestige! 

Tom Sterner in his book "The Practicing Mind"  - tells this: 

Work = Play + Pay ;

Then to make work as Play,
eliminate the element of Pay !!!
at least momentarily;

Pay ; rewards ; results ; eliminate them;
all these lead to future;
and Distraction into future causes issues of
Staying in the Present!

So try this exercise :
Take your work activity;
and for the next 30 minutes or so ,
just play it as if its recreational activity,
Without results tagged to activity!
Just the task in front of you.
I call this "Gamification of Work"