How engaged and satisfied are you on the job? Many people hate their jobs or are seriously bored with what they do at work on a daily basis. This is a serious issue that needs to be addressed. In this article, I offer tips for becoming more engaged at work.
Are you fully engaged at work? I want to say right up front that a lack of engagement at work is bad for you. Yes, it is bad for your employer too, but the negative effect it is having on you is my main concern. So, let’s take a look at this and see what we can do about it.
Are you an amateur or a professional? This is a crucial question to answer. It defines your behavior and your behavior defines your success (or failure). If success is what you desire, then you need to understand the differences between an amateur and a professional and choose which you will be.
Sometimes the decisions we have to make are not the easiest nor the most comfortable ones. However, if they are aligned with your ultimate goals, and not so much with what you’d like to do today, then the final outcome will allow you to get back to your original comfort zone and beyond.
Do you want the work in your life to be rich and rewarding? I believe most of us want this more than we are willing to admit, but fail to do what it takes to make it a reality. I think most regular people have all but given up on finding true satisfaction in their jobs. In fact, I’d say that we’ve sort of resigned ourselves to just being cogs in the machine.
Suppose you love baking pies and you’re really good at it. People are always saying that your pies are the best in town and that you should go into business for yourself. One day you get bitten by the entrepreneurial bug and you decide to open a pie-baking business as a solo-entrepreneur.
Want to get noticed at work? People that please their boss are the ones that get raises, promotions and other perks. Why? Because the boss wants them to stay.
Does your employer ask too much of you? Recognition, raises and promotions are highly overrated. People that get these things are suck-ups and have sold their soul to the man.
“Where will you be in 5 years?” I’ve always hated this interview question. The truth is none of us has a clue where we’ll be in 5 years. We may be in Phoenix, Antarctica, or Bali. We may be healthy or sick, single or married. Yet, so many classic self improvement books instruct us to create 5 year plans and to set SMART goals to reach them.
We should fully apply ourselves and our resources to completing every task we take on with excellence. If a job is worth doing, it is worth doing right! Other people are always watching us and making judgements about our character. The majority of what they conclude about us comes from the actions they observe. [...]
