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5 Reasons to LOVE your Job!

Posted by Stephanie Robertson on February 22nd, 2010

So, you hate your job. Everyone knows it. You complain on the job to your job about your job. Then you leave the job and before you get in the car you are on your cell phone talking about your bad day at work. You go home to complain to your family until bedtime about your job. Everyone gets it but you?

Your outlook on your job is the reason why you are still in the same position. Dedicate the next 30 days to viewing your job through rose colored glasses. If you don’t have any glasses handy, I will let you borrow a pair of mine (or you can use your recycled Avatar 3-D glasses).

Paycheck – You are getting paid. Whether it is a $10,000 job or a $100,000 job you have a job that pays you for your time. If you did not get paid then you would be considered a volunteer. Your job provides for your current needs. Although your wants may at times be neglected, you will create opportunities that will allow for improvement. Once you appreciate the value of your paycheck, you will be able to attract a job with more than you have now. Still not convinced? Next time, when you get paid, tell HR they made a mistake and give the money back……Right! My point exactly.
Relationships – Many people have a strong dislike for their job yet love their office buddies. Your job can be a bore, but your office buddies rejuvenate your workload. They make the day go quicker and lessen the stress of your office environment. Relationships with people of interest and good conversation are essential during your corporate tenure. Building quality relationships is a key element in your next step up. Once developed, these relationships form a lifetime bond that would not have existed without your job.
Experience – You are gaining valuable experience. How will you gain skills to strengthen your talents if not for the experience? Often times your suitability for a job is trial and error. Even if you are not thrilled about your job, it is offering an invaluable experience to help elevate you to a higher plateau. Absorb the experience so you can carry it with you to your next level.
Opportunity – Right where you are you can create opportunities for yourself. You don’t have to delay in order to capture great opportunities, do it now. If you devote equal time in creating new opportunities you will be twice as successful. The mistake of many is procrastination. They want to make a change, but they assume that an opportunity is going to knock on their invisible office cubicle door and carry them away. Focus on what you need to do to change your situation and work on it daily.
Employment – With the words “unemployment,” “layoff” and “recession” headlining each major U.S. newspaper in 2009, one must wonder the reason. Maybe it is because the economy was so unstable that everyone automatically thought every employee should be grateful to our Fairy employer to have a job. I would not take the fairy dust that far, but I do believe that the attitude of your circumstance is in direct reflection with what you are capable of receiving. Indeed there are many of the unemployed who would love to trade places you. No matter your trade or pay, share gratitude that you are in a position that many desire to be in. Gratitude means something. Never fail a test to be grateful.