“The devil finds work for idle hands.”
Work, we know, is both a burden and a need, both a curse and a blessing. Unemployment we long ago learned creates severe psychological disturbances, not because of economic deprivation, but primarily because it undermines self-respect. Work is an extension of personality. It is achievement. It is one of the ways in which a person defines himself or herself, measures his worth, and his humanity.
ACTION POINT: Don’t let your self-respect be undermined by being unemployed. Remind yourself that there are other ways to define yourself besides work.
Management: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices
* Source: The Daily Drucker by Peter F. Drucker