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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 start. Do not procrastinate because all that does is hide the work that is waiting for you and allows your mind to develop further excuses why you hate it and whoever gave it to you. Deal with the task at hand. Get all the facts together. Play it out; what is the next step, what is a potential remedy? Or, is it one of those
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jobs that you need to put your mind in a place that allows you to complete the work, such as standing in a large septic tank after it was pumped out, so you could disconnect a sewage pump? Not the most pleasant job, but someone has to do it. Right?
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The feeling you get upon completion of a large job – gathering all the information you needed, speaking to others involved and seeing it produced into something tangible – is a good feeling, one of satisfaction and certainly being proud of what you have accomplished. One secret to keep these feelings of satisfaction is to continually challenge yourself. If you are uncertain about what lies 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 will enable you to see opportunities. Think about this: being positive creates endless opportunities for you. A negative mindset, depending on how severe, causes you to focus solely on the problem at hand, blocking everything else.
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 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
