There are people who do the same job all their life and are yet so happy, and on the other hand there are some people who get bored with their jobs so fast that every couple of years they are looking at doing something new and different.
So what drives this behavior.............
I feel it is just not about the job, it is about the satisfaction that one gets on doing a particular work that motivates them or demotivates them.
In my Corporate days I remember we used to show this video in one of our motivational programs, "The Fish Philosophy". If you have not seen this video, I recommend you watch it. A very interesting piece. It is a video that shows in a Fish Market how the employees of the place are working with so much fun and in an energetic manner, they have made their work fun and enjoying every moment of their work.
Ideally if you visit a fish market, the scene will be different, it is not the scene of fun and laughter, but in this place, it is all fun and it is a real scenario and just not a made up one. People would come from far off to visit this market and see the energetic environment. One day a documentary filmmaker passed through this place and he got intrigued and made this video to inspire people to work wholeheartedly and then there were many training programs created around it. The Fish Philosophy is now a very famous training program.
So, what was so different about the jobs of these Fishmongers, actually, nothing was different. It was just the different attitude that made their work so much fun and they were enjoying what they were doing, and since they were enjoying their work, they were happy and their morale to work was high. Not only that they were all self-motivated and there was unity and cooperation between them. If you will see the video, you will understand all of this even without attending the training.
If we are happy with what we are doing then how long we do it does not matter, there is no boredom in that job, every day you will start the day with new energy and you will stay with that energy throughout the day. It is very important to enjoy the work that we are doing and if we are not then one should think if it needs to be continued or not. There is no point in doing something which does not bring happiness to the heart.
Our workplace is an important part of our life, it is our second home, because we spend lot of time in that place, so what we are doing in that place, how we are doing, with who we are doing, all of this matters and if the environment, people, work anything is toxic it brings the same energy into our personal life as well.
I have been an HR and Training professional for 25 years now, and I can say that Training is one job that brings ultimate satisfaction to me. I enjoy it to the fullest and I can do this all my life. Though I am planning to quit Corporate training completely, now I do training programs on healing work and teach yoga. At the end of the day, it is about teaching, right?
Do what your heart feels is right and be happy and satisfied, something where you do not drag yourself to on a Monday morning, but you are rather waiting for the Monday morning.
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