How to Do Our Work So Well It Becomes Art

Mitch Joel states in a blog: “When done well, your work becomes art.” “That’s probably the only sign of success that personally excites me. Fame? Money? Likes? Shares? Follows? When the work that you’re doing is, literally, considered art, it truly transcends.”

“This is one of the exact reasons why people laud business luminaries like Steve Jobs and Elon Musk. They elevated the ordinary of business to an art form (whether you love their brands or not). You can see this type of magic in everything from business to martial arts.”

This is a great pointer towards excellence in whatever we are producing at work. Even more when one considers that art is an expression that aims at changing the way we look at the world, through the production of all sorts of emotional impact.

We should aim at work to produce stuff that changes the world. This should be the basic measuring stick of our success at work. Let’s thus have the mindset to produce art

And you, how are you measuring the impact of your work?