5 Ways To Be Happy At Work When You Hate It
Professional life isn’t rosy every day. But with a little willpower, it is possible to (re)find the pleasure of getting up in the morning. Without giving a miracle solution, here are 5 recommendations to help you wake-up and have the excitement to go to work everyday.
Learn to love your job
There are bound to be tasks in your daily professional life that do not ignite your enthusiasm. But, contrary to what you may think, this is not irrevocable. If doing what we like sometimes depends on others, liking what we do depends totally on us.
Rather than seeing assignments that bore you as constraints, see them as “opportunities to learn or have fun. If you don’t like one of your tasks, consider it as an extra challenge. An employee who doesn’t enjoy leading meetings can challenge himself or herself to make an invigorating introduction that captures the attention of team mates. An employee who has to write a report can look for clever formulas or base his or her presentation solely on facts.
Multiply the sources of satisfaction
Work well done is an inexhaustible source of pleasure. To optimize your chances of being happy, the best thing to do is to cultivate your talents. If you excel in a particular assignment, make your manager understand that he or she can count on you for these tasks, so he or she will ask you to do them as a matter of priority.
Many experts recommend writing down the five things you enjoyed during the day each evening. For example: an effective meeting, a conclusive client meeting, a successful evaluation interview…”. This ritual not only gives you a better self-image but also allows you to be more generous with those around you, especially with your colleagues.
Release the pressure
There are many obstacles that can prevent employees from being happy at work: fear of failure, the quest for eternal perfection, loss of meaning…There are solutions to unlock these blockages. The first is to associate, for each project to be carried out, its hidden expectations. For example: prove that you are capable of taking up challenges, show that you know how to be creative, get recognition from your loved ones… After writing your expectations, then ask yourself how you could respond to them other than through this mission. Because it’s by relaxing the pressure on this task that you can then focus fully on your workload and get through the day.
Congratulating yourself
Did you just give your manager a hard problem? Rather than focusing on the negative aspects of the job, in this case what you could have done better, concentrate on the positive elements: file closed on time, instructions respected… You have to be able to be proud of yourself and talk to each other as if you were your best friend.
And for your satisfaction to show through, adopt this attitude from the moment you hand your work over to your superior. It’s all about mental posture. Addressing your boss by pointing out all the weak points in your work is like reaching out for a beating.If the employee is satisfied with his work, his satisfaction will be reflected in his words and his behaviour towards his team.
Cultivating good humour
Good humour is one of the secrets of happiness. Rather than letting sadness settle in your teams, get involved in fostering a happy working atmosphere. To brighten up their daily lives, some company employees of a start-up company have got their hands dirty: they ring a big cow bell whenever one of them wants to announce good news. A strategy that allows employees to rejoice.
In order to create a good understanding, some companies took care of the decoration of their working environment that would be adapted by their employees needs. An initiative that allowed the teams to get closer together and develop harmonies in the workplace.
