“It’s often the case that the people we surround ourselves with (and the tasks we do) have far more to do with job satisfaction and performance than the subject of our work.” – Seth Godin in a blog post on Staples.
Being a consultant I change probably much more often than most people who I am working with. The more it goes, the more I find that: a particular topic can be exciting to discover and develop, but that is a short-lived satisfaction. Long-lived satisfaction comes from working together as a team with people you have in high esteem and with which we feel we work together to produce worthwhile outcomes.
The same goes in personal life of course, where truly the people we surround ourselves with for that major project of our lives are the key to personal satisfaction.
When you look for your new job or assignment, how exciting it looks, consider first the team you will be part of. It is much more important than the topic or the role.
