"A meaningful life must, in some sense then, feel worthwhile. The person living the life must be engaged by it. A life of commitment to causes that are generally defined as worthy — like feeding and clothing the poor or ministering to the ill — but that do not move the person participating in them will lack meaningfulness in this sense. However, for a life to be meaningful, it must also be worthwhile. Engagement in a life of tiddlywinks does not rise to the level of a meaningful life, no matter how gripped one might be by the game." This is what underlies the difference between the happiest jobs and the most hated jobs.

“富有意義的生活必須在一定意義上讓人感到值得。過這種生活的人必須全身心投入其中。如果一個人的生活奉獻給了普遍被認為有價值的事業，比方說給貧苦人提供衣食或照顧病患，但是這并不能驅使這個人參與到其中，那么在這一意義上，生活就失去了意義。然而，要富有意義的人生必須也是值得擁有的。充斥著挑圓片游戲的人生并沒有上升到有意義的人生的高度，不管一個人因這個游戲可能會變得多么有影響力?！边@就是最幸福的工作與最令人厭惡的工作的根本區別。

1. Clergy

Clergy:The least worldly are reported to be the happiest of all.

神職人員：最不世俗的工作據說是最幸福的工作。

2. Firefighter

Firefighters:80 per cent of firefighters are "very satisfied" with their jobs, which involve helping people.

消防員：80%的消防員對自己的工作“非常滿意”，這份工作是在給予人們幫助。