Nobility in Every Profession

Are you proud of your job? By Del Jones lists the professions with the top prestige. How one feels about one's own work also matters. As the article says,

...the most satisfied workers were those who felt they had a positive impact on others, to the point that many firefighters wished they could fight more fires.

Marcus Buckingham is author of The One Thing You Need to Know and an expert on employee satisfaction and productivity, known as employee "engagement." He says there are plenty of engaged workers doing the most menial work. He learned that years ago when he studied the best hotel maids at the Walt Disney resorts. Likewise, some of the most disengaged people he has encountered are those at the very top of companies.

There is nobility in every profession....