The most direct answer to this question is that we love our work when it contributes to our happiness.
But this answer needs clarification and concreteness — the ideas of love and happiness are too broad, and there are too many misconceptions around them.
This is the first of a series of posts that will explore these misconceptions to give a clear, concrete answer to the question of what it really means to love our work.
Here are all the other posts in the series:
- What does it mean to love our work? It’s not about success (Part I)
- What does it mean to love our work? It’s not about success (Part II)
- If you need to have “fun” at work, you probably don’t love it
