Thoughts on:
Work By Chuck Morris
“Work is a mysterious thing; many of us claim to hate it, but it takes a grip on us that is so fierce that it captures emotions and loyalties we never knew were there.” ~Bob Greene How do you feel about the work you are doing right now? I don’t mean the current task, working outside in pouring rain and cold wind or suffering through political melodrama with the board of education. What about your overall position, the work you drive to in the morning and leave at quitting time or after? How do you feel about that? We all have had the experience of being stuck somewhere, wishing we could move on; wishing we could put this behind us and start another task, get into something that was a little more exciting or challenging. It’s all a mindset, my friend. By far most of us strive to do a good job in whatever it is our job is. Remember, EVERY job is an important job otherwise it would not exist. The thing to remember is you will move on, you will move forward and put that nasty bit behind you. However, it behooves all of us to remember that another nasty bit of work lingers around the corner. They never completely go away and when you least expect it, Wham! How you deal with that will determine your success.
Getting right to it is the best way to
The feeling you get upon completion
start. Do not procrastinate because all
of a large job – gathering all the infor-
that does is hide the work that is waiting
mation you needed, speaking to others
for you and allows your mind to develop
involved and seeing it produced into
further excuses why you hate it and who-
something tangible – is a good feeling,
ever gave it to you. Deal with the task
one of satisfaction and certainly being
at hand. Get all the facts together. Play
proud of what you have accomplished.
it out; what is the next step, what is a
One secret to keep these feelings of sat-
potential remedy? Or, is it one of those
isfaction is to continually challenge yourself. If you are uncertain about what lies
“Work is like tennis; if you play with someone better than you, the challenge and stimulation will stretch your game.” ~Franz Metcalf and BJ Hateley
ahead of you, ask someone for guidance or assistance. If you cannot get that from your immediate peers, go outside of the environs you work in and ask again. Others in your trade or peer groups will readily respond. Hand-in-hand with this is your POSITIVE mindset. We all know that being positive about things in life, and work
jobs that you need to put your mind in
will enable you to see opportunities.
a place that allows you to complete the
Think about this: being positive creates
work, such as standing in a large septic
endless opportunities for you. A nega-
tank after it was pumped out, so you
tive mindset, depending on how severe,
could disconnect a sewage pump? Not
causes you to focus solely on the prob-
the most pleasant job, but someone has
lem at hand, blocking everything else.
to do it. Right?
Years ago when asking a successful brother of mine how he was doing (at work), his response caused me to pause. “Chuck, every day when I’m at work it’s
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like I’m playing this big Nintendo game! I love what it does for me!” Which would you rather deal with? Creating opportunities for yourself? Basking in doing a job you enjoy? You enjoy it because you make it that way through having a positive mindset and also one of continual learning and challenges. b
