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Why 86% of People Are Looking for a New Job This Year
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86% of people who have a job right now will be looking for a better job, according to Inc magazine.
Why will you be looking for a new job this year?
Because you don’t feel appreciated, that of course makes you feel unhappy.
You aren’t appreciated because you don’t have enough leverage at work. You haven’t been able to carve out a niche – a place in your company where you are the “go to” person to solve certain problems. This could be because your core values and your company’s core values aren’t in sync. This happens and figuring out how to realign your needs with your company’s will help level up your career.
Becoming a “go to” person at your company isn’t easy, but when this happens you feel needed, appreciated and useful.
That’s what a great career gives you.
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The Simple 5-Step Method to Having More Energy At Work
Some people will tell you “Just have a cup of coffee” when you are feeling tired. This may help for a short while, but the coffee only masks whatever underlying issues you may be having.
You may not feel a connection to your work like you once did. You may not be getting enough sleep. There are many reasons why you may be struggling with your energy level at work.
The key is to look for the underlying issues.
Last week 3 pm struck and I had hit a wall. I literally couldn’t even see straight.
I knew something wasn’t right. Usually I can work late into the day without feeling tired at all.
Then I realized that I hadn’t taken my short walk. I was so busy trying to get stuff accomplished that I forgot my walk.
I jumped up and went for my short walk, but it was too late. My routine was thrown out of whack and I never recovered.
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How to Review Your Year to Exceed Next Year’s Goals
You look back on your year. If you are a “glass half full” type of person you probably see all the cool stuff you were able to accomplish. If you are a “glass half empty” type of person you probably see all the mistakes you’ve made over this past year.
Many people will tell you that you have to be pragmatic with how you look at your results. I feel that’s a terrible idea when trying to access a whole years worth of wins and mistakes. You can’t look back on a whole year of positives and negatives. It takes too long and it can be depressing if you focus too much on the negatives.
You need to focus on the positives.
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How to Get Your Workday Back on Track
Have you ever gotten into your workday and realized that the day was half over and you barely got anything done?
It’s a common trend with a lot of my coaching clients. They are creative types that just can’t get off to a fast start. Believe me I still have my days where the words aren’t flowing or I can’t seem to stay on task. These days are frustrating and when this happens I always turn to the greatest tool that the working man and women have turned to for decades.
Music that fits the mood of the task.
For example I love to write while listening to jazz. There is something energizing about jazz. When I put it on I know that I’ll have a good writing session.
Next time you are struggling to get your work accomplished try putting on some energizing music that helps lift your spirits and improves your focus.
The one catch is you can’t just put on music and let your thoughts stay distracted. You have to purposeful with what song you pick and how you expect to feel as you listen to the music. By setting this intention before you turn on the music, you are setting yourself up for getting back on track.
What type of music do you like to listen to while working?
How to Turn a Boring Job Into an Exciting Career
The only way you will be able to find a job that you love is if you use your present job to level up your career.
If you think your job is boring then you probably aren’t giving 100%. When you aren’t giving your full effort then you aren’t improving your career.
You are caught on the career hamster wheel.
The only way to get off this wheel is to find a way to change your attitude.
I speak from experience. I gave up on working hard at my first job outside of college. I avoided work and justified it because my boss was a jerk.
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3 Simple Motivation Tips
Your motivation always starts from the same place.
You can’t do great work unless you love what you do. It’s this love that drives your actions.
Look back at all the projects you were proud of finishing. You’ll notice the underlying theme of love behind all of them.
Once you understand how your emotions trigger your motivation you will get a better grasp on your productivity.
Here are 3 simple motivation tips that everyone should be applying to their work day.
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The Official Work Happy Now Book is Here!
Do you have friends who won’t stop complaining about their jobs?
That was me 5 years ago. That’s why I started Work Happy Now. I wanted to do great work, but didn’t know how.
I knew that the only way for me to do great work was to work on my attitude, my skills and my ability to get results. Every day I would sit and research what made people happy at work. Why were some people so good at being happy and accomplishing great work while others just loved to complain?
I saw the bullshit that I put up with. I saw the lack of focus and motivation because of my attitude. I realized how I was making it difficult on myself to be happy.
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A Hard Look at Your Career
I recently asked you to look at how you really want to feel while you work. I was pleasantly surprised by the reactions in the comment section. One comment was almost as long as the original post.
Too often we don’t think about how we really want to feel and what it takes to make this a reality. We put our heads down and keep ignoring what is happening in our careers.
I know this is the technique very well, I used it for the longest time. Ignorance is bliss, right?
It is until you keep grinding and you look up and realize how much you dislike your life and career. That’s when your life is spinning so fast and out of control that you don’t know how to make it stop.
If you are unhappy at work you need to create a plan to change this.
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Start to Thrive in Your Corporate Career with 3 Actionable Steps
Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Farnoosh Brock of Prolific Living.
In 2007, I felt like I was trapped. Trapped like you would be in a cave, a closed space, a cell. Except I was a perfectly free person, living in the most free country in the world. Ironic, right? I felt so trapped in my job that I stopped seeing anything else. I turned blind to the world around me and all the opportunities that were open to me. And one by one, all the opportunities passed me by, as did the years, until I finally woke up and figured out the rules of the game.
I know now that I stayed only in a mental prison because the truth of the situation is that you are not ever trapped in a job. Ever. You simply create that condition in your mind and then project it to your perception of reality. When you feel that way, when you are miserable and powerless, it is very difficult to do anything but barely survive the days and the weeks of your job.
How do You Really want to Feel while you work?
Until you understand how you really want to feel you are running in the dark.
Believe me it hurts.
When you know how you want to feel then you can work backwards to reach this goal.
I struggled with my work happiness for the longest time because I thought that no one listened to my ideas, which was partially true. But it was also my fault because I didn’t believe in my own ideas. I didn’t fight to make them a reality. I let other people dictate my day instead of going after my own happiness.
You have to look at what brings you the most happiness and fight for it.
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