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Happier At Work: How to Love the Job You Already Have
I started my coaching practice as an internal coach in a large financial institution. Again and again, my clients would arrive at my door telling me they hated their job but, given economic pressures, leaving wasn’t an option.
Initially, this put me in a real dilemma, There was a lot of material in the coaching community regarding finding your purpose and following your dreams. It was great stuff, but for the vast majority of my clients, however, that wasn’t a reality. Certainly not in the immediate future. They needed help in the short term and in the job they already had… and I had to figure out how.
I turned my attention towards finding ways that my clients could find passion, enthusiasm and excitement in their jobs today without waiting for their dream job to come along.
Here’s the good news: YOU CAN DO THIS TOO.
Here’s the bad news: Help is not on the way! The only super-hero around here is you.
That means you’re going to have to do the work yourself. If you do, though, you’ll reap all the rewards.
In this guide, you’ll go through a step-by-step process to:
• See how staying in this job can be the best road to happiness
• Explore how taking personal accountability will lead to a long and happy career and how you can do it
• Discover the five steps you can take to bring you happiness in the job you have
• Figure out how to apply these five steps to your own situation to increase your happiness at work
Your Fears
• I could spend pages describing all the reasons people give me of why they should stay in their current job.
• Do any of these sounds familiar?
• I can’t afford to leave a well-paid job
• I won’t find another job
• I won’t find another job as well-paid/convenient/close to home
• I don’t have the right qualifications to do what I really want to do
• I’m too old/young
• I’m the wrong race/gender
• I need the experience
• It’s a small industry – leaving will damage my reputation
• I don’t want ‘them’ to win
These thoughts can feel overwhelming and all too real. They may be keeping you stuck in a job that leaves you tired, sick, frustrated and miserable. They keep you where you are.
There’s a better reason to stay.
Mounting research shows that happiness is not a destination or something you are born with. It is a product of the effort you put into it.
That’s quite a claim – I know!
Initially, this put me in a real dilemma, There was a lot of material in the coaching community regarding finding your purpose and following your dreams. It was great stuff, but for the vast majority of my clients, however, that wasn’t a reality. Certainly not in the immediate future. They needed help in the short term and in the job they already had… and I had to figure out how.
I turned my attention towards finding ways that my clients could find passion, enthusiasm and excitement in their jobs today without waiting for their dream job to come along.
Here’s the good news: YOU CAN DO THIS TOO.
Here’s the bad news: Help is not on the way! The only super-hero around here is you.
That means you’re going to have to do the work yourself. If you do, though, you’ll reap all the rewards.
In this guide, you’ll go through a step-by-step process to:
• See how staying in this job can be the best road to happiness
• Explore how taking personal accountability will lead to a long and happy career and how you can do it
• Discover the five steps you can take to bring you happiness in the job you have
• Figure out how to apply these five steps to your own situation to increase your happiness at work
Your Fears
• I could spend pages describing all the reasons people give me of why they should stay in their current job.
• Do any of these sounds familiar?
• I can’t afford to leave a well-paid job
• I won’t find another job
• I won’t find another job as well-paid/convenient/close to home
• I don’t have the right qualifications to do what I really want to do
• I’m too old/young
• I’m the wrong race/gender
• I need the experience
• It’s a small industry – leaving will damage my reputation
• I don’t want ‘them’ to win
These thoughts can feel overwhelming and all too real. They may be keeping you stuck in a job that leaves you tired, sick, frustrated and miserable. They keep you where you are.
There’s a better reason to stay.
Mounting research shows that happiness is not a destination or something you are born with. It is a product of the effort you put into it.
That’s quite a claim – I know!
- GenresSelf Help
58 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 11, 2019
17 people are currently reading
25 people want to read
About the author
Penny Castle
4 books9 followersIn 2017 Penny Castle gave up her career as an executive coach and happiness consultant to care for her terminally ill son, Josh.
Shortly before his death, Joshua, outlined the plot of a time travel adventure book he wanted to write. He didn't get the chance to complete his manuscript before his death in January 2018. Penny completed his story posthumously and Cure is planned to be released in August 2018.
Penny is the author of the popular blog, http://www.mygardencrush.co.za.
Her humorous, self-help memoir, Cultivating Happiness, is due for publication in late 2018.
Shortly before his death, Joshua, outlined the plot of a time travel adventure book he wanted to write. He didn't get the chance to complete his manuscript before his death in January 2018. Penny completed his story posthumously and Cure is planned to be released in August 2018.
Penny is the author of the popular blog, http://www.mygardencrush.co.za.
Her humorous, self-help memoir, Cultivating Happiness, is due for publication in late 2018.
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September 19, 2021
The author encourages you to change your state of mind and find a state of flow in the current job. How? By and large, by setting goals, measuring the progress you make, raising your skills' level and soliciting feedback on your performance.
However, whereas I liked the idea of finding a state of flow in my current job, I haven't found any other advice particularly helpful. I guess, if you're stuck in your current job (for some reason) and you don't like it (for some reason), all you can do about it is accept it as it is: especially appreciate all the benefits it gives you and brace yourself to endure and survive another day, and repeat it every day, until the hard time passes. When you don't like the place you're in and you can't change the people around you, the only thing you can do, is change yourself - figure out what you can do to make your time spent there worthwhile.
However, whereas I liked the idea of finding a state of flow in my current job, I haven't found any other advice particularly helpful. I guess, if you're stuck in your current job (for some reason) and you don't like it (for some reason), all you can do about it is accept it as it is: especially appreciate all the benefits it gives you and brace yourself to endure and survive another day, and repeat it every day, until the hard time passes. When you don't like the place you're in and you can't change the people around you, the only thing you can do, is change yourself - figure out what you can do to make your time spent there worthwhile.
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