How I want my work to bring not only money, but also pleasure! And this is not a lonely opinion, almost every person thinks so. The work you love is easier to do, even if it takes a lot more physical and mental energy, brings in pennies, exhausts you to the point of losing sleep, takes up all your free time and deprives you of regular weekends and everyday life with family or friends.
If you like the work, then all its disadvantages turn into advantages at the wave of the magical whim of your own “I”.
But what about those who are unlucky in finding what they love, if the work does not bring any advantages other than salary, and that is unstable?
Causes and consequences of dislike for your business
There can be a lot of reasons why you don’t like your business, ranging from improper upbringing in childhood to the whims of fate. How to avoid this is another question. Here are some simple options.
- Never rely on or listen to other people's opinions when searching for a job. Only you yourself know what you expect from your employer and place of work, so be guided by this.
- There is no such thing as bad upbringing, there is only reluctance to change anything. If you grew up in soft conditions and now laziness is your middle name, you are unlikely to find a job you love. Change your life from yourself, not from work. Perhaps you want too much from life.
- Set your priorities. If money is important to you, focus on salary, and not on conditions; if comfort, then on the place of work, on the availability of a break, an office and similar amenities.
However, all this may not lead to the desired goal. For example, you get a new job, you really like it, ideal prospects, a good salary, a normal team, and there are many applicants for your place, but after a couple of months everything changes, and secret cabinets are opened with all sorts of shortcomings in your workplace and positions. The first thing that comes to mind is to quit, but this is easier said than done.
How to love your job? Practical guide
Positive motivation
1. Gratitude. You quickly get used to good things, and what you recently enjoyed in your work can become a source of irritation today. Don't allow yourself to become ungrateful - take a piece of paper and write down 15-20 reasons to be grateful for your work. Perhaps it allows you to maintain important connections, allows you to spend time with your loved one, provides the opportunity to communicate with interesting people, work on a flexible schedule, or something else. You can be grateful even for a boss with a bad character, because every day he helps you develop tolerance towards people.
2. Higher goal. Remember why you got into what you do in the first place. The feeling of meaninglessness at work sometimes comes over everyone, but you are different in that you can not succumb to it. Think about the people who benefit from your work, remember all the times you were thanked for what you do, how sincere people were, and how nice it was for you. All this has not gone away, you can still experience these feelings. Just always remember about the highest goal for which you are working here, about the good that you bring to the world.
3. Change focus. Since it is naturally easier for a person to succumb to negative emotions, they, accordingly, attract our attention. Try to focus (and do this every workday) on the aspects of your job that you enjoy. They are the ones that bring you satisfaction, and the negative ones reduce it to nothing. What to do with those items that you don’t like in your work? If you can't change them, change your attitude. Think of them as little things that go along with the process of getting satisfaction and achieving your goals. Like having to carry an oxygen tank and eat poorly while mountaineers reach the top, the little things shouldn't stop you from going. On the contrary, they strengthen your character.
4. In your favor. If you are really worried about any aspect of your work, turn it to your advantage. While stuck in traffic jams, you can engage in self-development - read, write a book, repeat affirmations. You can always be angry, but only you make that choice. Call someone you haven't heard from for a long time, enjoy a pleasant conversation - change your usual train of thought to a positive one.
5. Make the most of it. Are you getting everything from your job that it can give you? We're not talking about health insurance and vacation pay, but about hundreds of opportunities that we often forget about. For example, work always gives you the opportunity to learn - from senior colleagues, from competitors, to improve your skills at the expense of your employer, to learn business English via Skype, to attend interesting seminars, and to master new areas of your activity. Always see your job as a limitless field of opportunity. Working in our usual rut, we often don’t do half of what we could do. Overcome the fear of trying new things, bringing in your own ideas, and taking on scary, serious projects. Take initiative, develop creative thinking - if this is not appreciated at work, you will still know that you are becoming better every day. In the end, other companies will be happy to compete for an employee who is not afraid and loves to work.
Motivation with a “-” sign
A negative incentive is also an incentive and cannot be written off when it comes to how to love your job. Use reverse motivation along with positive attitudes:
1. Think back to your last job search. Did you enjoy sending out resumes, going to interviews, being uncertain about your future? Were there many job openings similar to the one you ultimately chose? It’s always good where we are not, and the mind tends to idealize places of work where you have not yet been. In fact, in any other place after some time the same problems will begin. Learn to overcome difficulties instead of jumping from place to place.
2. If it seems to you that somewhere they pay more and treat employees better, think carefully - are these thoughts justified? If yes, then take the risk of moving to a new place. But first, study the labor market, check out vacancies and salaries, read reviews of hiring companies. Most likely, moving to the same position with a slight increase in salary is an exchange of sewing for soap. In a new place, you will again have to prove that you are worth something, be a newcomer, and adapt to the team. On the other hand, at your current place of work, sooner or later they will appreciate your loyalty to the employer; here the prospect of promotion is closer than in any new place.
3. If you are really fed up with work and you can’t find anything positive in it, this is the time to take risks and tickle your nerves. Just wait, don't quit right away. Since you have nothing to lose, you can go to your boss and say that competitors are trying to lure you away and are offering a salary 20% higher. You, they say, would be happy to stay, because you love your company, but your child goes to school and expenses increase... If the management does not respond with action, you can safely leave. But there is always a chance that the trick will pass, and you will be warmed up in your previous place not only by an increase in income, but also by a sense of your own superiority.
You can take a risk and start proposing bold and even crazy ideas at planning meetings - you have nothing to lose. Voice everything that you considered inappropriate for the company’s strategy earlier, that you thought no one would approve of. You may be asked to remain silent. Or perhaps they will admire your creativity and give you more freedom in action. (c) https://improve-me.ru/author
Job change
Are you an optimist or a pessimist? How do you see a glass of water? When changing jobs, it is your worldview that plays a key role, because only an inveterate optimist would agree to change jobs during a crisis if, in addition to everything else, he has a wife and children. After all, in fact, there are at least three main reasons why quitting your job is not so easy.
- Fear of not finding a new job. If you are alone, then you can still get out somehow, but if you have a wife and child, what will they eat?
- Uncertainty that you will find something better and not end up in an even more difficult situation, in a more difficult job.
- Lack of experience for the job you want.
In this case, there is nothing left to do but learn to love what you have.
How to love your job?
There are only a few people who work by profession, and those who, in addition to their salary, also enjoy their work, are even fewer. What should the unfortunate people do, literally serving their allotted time at work and becoming completely despondent at the thought that tomorrow will be absolutely the same as the past? In order not to live in the “from weekend to weekend” mode, you should try to master several auto-training methods and fall in love with your job .
Method “I am a woman and I like myself”
Agree that appearance sets the mood. Women have long understood this and often use their wardrobe to create the right mood. When you know you look good, boring work becomes easier. Most likely, receiving a compliment from your colleagues regarding your appearance will make your work day go a little faster and more pleasantly.
Method "Physiological"
What brings us emotional and physical pleasure automatically becomes our favorite thing. You can train yourself with endorphins.
Try to find something that makes you happy every day at work. For example, having tea parties with cookies with colleagues, going to the gym during a lunch break or at the end of the day, exchanging a few jokes or funny stories from life. This will help release endorphins and reinforce a positive attitude towards work. By noticing only the good in your work, office, and colleagues, you will stop seeing what upsets you.
"Importance" method
When you don’t know why and who needs what you do, and consider your work to be “monkey work,” it won’t take long for you to become angry with the whole world or fall into deep depression.
When you see the importance of your work and know that something significant depends on you for others, everyday work becomes more meaningful.
Be sure that you are an irreplaceable part in the complex mechanism of your enterprise, and the final result of the entire team depends on how you do your part of the work.
Find what is important in your work and don't forget about it, and then your work will become satisfying.
Method "Comfortable"
As a rule, a modern person has to spend five days a week for 8 hours each (and sometimes more) at his workplace. The first thing to do with it is to make it cozy and comfortable.
Organize your table so that everything is exactly as you need it: put a photo of your loved ones, arrange or hang souvenirs, toys and other little things brought from home. Find the most comfortable chair for you, buy a beautiful pen and organizer. Print and hang various motivational pictures and sayings on the wall. Finally, take your favorite mug from home. In other words, “light a nest” in the workplace (within reason, of course) and enjoy the comfort, but don’t forget about work.
"Advantages" method
Sometimes, while spending time with relatives or friends, someone will start complaining about their work, colleagues or bosses. At such moments, you need to listen carefully, not only because of common decency, but also for another reason.
You'll likely find that things aren't so bad for you. Everything is learned by comparison, right? Having heard enough “horror stories” about a nasty chief accountant, a tyrant boss who doesn’t give a day off, an office that is too hot or too cold, drafts, and so on, you will come to the conclusion that your chief accountant is just a darling, the boss is an understanding person, and in The office conditions are simply heavenly. Having understood this, smile to yourself, and sympathize with your friend or relative.
If you still haven’t found your dream job and you have to work wherever you have to or where they pay better, then use the indicated auto-training methods and thereby change your attitude towards work. After all, living in constant stress, you will drive yourself into depression, God forbid, and you will get sick. Love your job or change your occupation, but don't let yourself suffer.
What methods do you use to make your work more enjoyable?
