There are people who enjoy their work and those who don’t. Are you one of those people who go to work Monday through to Friday and you are not happy at all with your job and the work you do? Why would you spend a third of your day in a job, doing something that makes you unhappy? If you are unhappy at your job, the poison of that dissatisfaction can and will spread into every area of your life.
Regardless of the nature of work you are involved in, if you really want to be happy and satisfied, you can be; if you look for ways to create happiness and figure out ways to do so. Here is some help:-
1. The first thing you will need to do is to amplify the good in your work. Quit looking for things to complain about: You will find plenty of them.
2. Then look inwardly and ask yourself, ‘Can I improve?’ Acquire skills and try to learn more about your work world to be more proficient.
3. See beyond the routine: You will find satisfaction in routine chores only when you see them as stepping stones leading you onwards to your desired destination. No matter how dull, uninteresting or tiresome your job may be, if at the end of it all you are able to see a goal that you desire, that job can bring satisfaction to you. Even if the job does not offer you any mental challenge or stimulation, it serves you because it is the means towards a worthy end result-your work is leading you somewhere. This is true whether you are washing cars, digging ditches or the MD of an organization.
4. Try to make others happy: Make each day a little brighter for every person you interact with. Bring enthusiasm into your job-you will make your work fun and your job satisfying. If you are going to do it anyway, why not do it with smile?
5. When you work, engage in activities that come naturally to you. The characteristics, abilities and capacities that make you happy and successful in one environment may produce an exact opposite result in another. Change your position and place yourself in an environment that is pleasing to you. If it is not practical to change your position, then try to make adjustments in your environment to leverage on your characteristics, abilities and capacities for you to be happy. You are more apt to find satisfaction in your job if you do what comes naturally to you. When you take a job that does not come naturally, you may experience mental and emotional conflicts and frustrations. What are your natural aptitudes or liking?