Comments on: What To Do When You Don’t Love Your Job

By: Adam Rico

Adam Rico — Fri, 02 May 2014 03:47:00 +0000

In reply to Joe Lalonde. What a great point Joe. Yes, focusing on the people who are being served can make a job much more meaningful. I'm glad that was helpful for you.

By: Joe Lalonde

Joe Lalonde — Thu, 01 May 2014 01:38:00 +0000

One thing that has helped me persevere through a difficult job was focusing on the customers and building relationships with them. It was crazy how easy it could be to chat it up with a customer and see their loyalty grow. That was a great feeling in what seemed like a dead-end job.

By: Adam Rico

Adam Rico — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:36:00 +0000

In reply to Ann Musico. Yes, absolutely Ann. Shifting our thinking to what we're grateful for can change how we view our current circumstances. We don't have to stay where we are forever, but gratitude can help us get through the difficult times.

By: Adam Rico

Adam Rico — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:35:00 +0000

In reply to Bernard Haynes. I remember that story Bernard. I liked how he reminded her that she was getting paid and could eat. Sometimes we forget about the basics when we're deeply unhappy with our situation. We don't have to stay where we are but hopefully we can avoid some misery in the meantime.

By: Adam Rico

Adam Rico — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:34:00 +0000

In reply to Joe_Stickel. Yes, Joe sometimes we can change our thinking to identify the positive aspects of our current situation. Typically, no situation is completely bad or completely good. We get to choose what we focus on.

By: Ann Musico

Ann Musico — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 14:13:00 +0000

It’s all in the perspective. I found gratitude for having a job I needed at the time, appreciating all I was learning and enjoying some of the wonderful people I got to meet, work with and interact with made it much better than it would’ve been if I’d just focused on how much I would’ve rather been doing something else.

By: Bernard Haynes

Bernard Haynes — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 13:29:00 +0000

I liked the story Zig Ziglar gives of the woman who told him how much she hated her job. He told her instead of talking about how much she hated her job to sit down and make a list of things she liked about her job. After she wrote her list she had over 20 things she liked about her job. Making a list similar to this have helped me persevere during difficult times in my job.

By: Joe_Stickel

Joe_Stickel — Wed, 30 Apr 2014 11:27:00 +0000

Adam,

Your right. For some of us, it’s just not the right time to change jobs. Loving the opportunity really goes back to changing the way we think about the job. If we decide to dwell on the aspects of the job that make us miserable, we will stay miserable. If we decide to make the best of our current state of affairs, we open ourselves up to the possibility of actually seeing aspects of our job that we can enjoy if we let ourselves think that way.

Henry Ford’s quote can be applied here, “Whether you think you can (love the opportunity or other aspects of your job) or think you can’t (love the opportunity or other aspects of your job), you’re right.”