Sometimes the spark just isn\u2019t there.\u00a0 Hopefully you are not saying that about your love life.\u00a0 Rekindling the dying embers of a relationship can be tough.\u00a0 What if those dying embers are related to your career?\u00a0 What if you have lost the vigor that you once brought to your work life?<\/p>\n
Before you try to cash in on your insight by starting the next million dollar blog or invent that next great gadget that everyone must have, take some time to re-energize your existing career.<\/p>\n
Here are a few things to try when you just have no more enjoyment at work:<\/p>\n
Examine your perspective.<\/strong> What makes you happy?\u00a0 Not just work related but your whole life.\u00a0 Leave out things like entertainment.\u00a0 SO don\u2019t think about movies or sports or dining out.\u00a0 Think about what really gives you personal satisfaction.\u00a0 Helping others?\u00a0 Fixing broken things?\u00a0 Organizing chaos?\u00a0 Leading change?\u00a0 Making thing simple to use?\u00a0 \u00a0List out some times when you felt real satisfaction and write them down.\u00a0 Now add \u201cwhy\u201d you felt such satisfaction.\u00a0 In another column list out the things that sap your joy.\u00a0 It may be cleaning up after others or talking on the phone.\u00a0 Add why that sucks the life out of you also.<\/p>\n Examine your job. <\/strong>Find out what you like about your job. There must be something you like about it.\u00a0 Write it down.\u00a0 List the things that really make you feel good like accomplishing this or that, creating this or that, fixing this or that.\u00a0 You get the idea.\u00a0 Now list what you don\u2019t like.\u00a0 Or better yet \u2013 what you hate.\u00a0 Check the list to see what is on it and now add \u201cwhy\u201d you do or do not like it.<\/p>\n Compare the lists. <\/strong> Match up the things on the personal list to the work list.\u00a0 Are their similarities?\u00a0 Do the things at work that you have to do match the things that you enjoy doing?\u00a0 Let\u2019s take an example.\u00a0 If I like fixing things and my job includes working with files or processes or equipment that is broken and I have to fix it, then I will enjoy that aspect of the job.\u00a0 If I hate talking on the phone and my job requires that I be on the phone for a good deal of time, then my job will be a drain.<\/p>\n This sounds pretty basic but it will frame your next step\u2026<\/p>\n Change your job or change your attitude. <\/strong> If you cannot find anything redeeming in your work \u2013 then start looking for something else to do.\u00a0 But if there are redeeming qualities in your work, then make a commitment to refocusing your thoughts on the positives.\u00a0 Without settling into psychological melodrama it really can be a choice that you make.\u00a0 If your job is truly intolerable, it won\u2019t work, but most of us have tolerable jobs and we like most of what we do.\u00a0 So make up your mind to like it more.<\/p>\n Focus on the positive<\/strong> aspects of the job and tolerate the negative aspects.\u00a0 Look at your \u201chappy list\u201d and make sure that each day has some time doing those kinds of things.\u00a0 It is not like you can eliminate all of the negatives, but you can focus on the positives and make the day a little brighter.\u00a0 Even if you have to squeeze some functions into your lunch hour it may make the day go a little easier. Set your mind to dwell on the best in your job and not the worst.<\/p>\n By focusing your mind on the good things in your job, you can begin to outweigh the bad things.\u00a0 If this effort does not work, then maybe it is time to polish up your resume.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sometimes the spark just isn\u2019t there.\u00a0 Hopefully you are not saying that about your love life.\u00a0 Rekindling the dying embers of a relationship can be tough.\u00a0 What if those dying embers are related to your career?\u00a0 What if you have lost the vigor that you once brought to your work life? 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