As you know, I'm in Michigan, and winter is definitely here with snow today. As my husband and I left the grocery store recently, I noticed a man bundled up in a bright orange polar-type jacket gathering grocery carts. I glanced at him and thought about what a cold, unpleasant job that must be in the winter, sloshing through the snow and ice in the freezing wind.
Next I knew, he was chatting with my husband and he said, "Isn't today just a glorious example of a beautiful winter day? 30 degrees, almost balmy out, with patches of sunshine in the gray sky and the gentle white snow falling all around us. Almost a perfect winter day..."
Recently a reader wrote to me and asked me why I work every day including weekends. She could not believe that I send out a weekend newsletter and wondered if I ever take a day off. I chuckled as I responded, but the truth is easy. I love my work and almost never feel as if I am actually working, either here or at my company, TechSmith. We also have the ability, with a content management system, to drip content ahead, so that helps, too. But, the question made me smile.
Point of view. Choices. Almost everything depends on your point of view and the choices you make. This is why choosing to be happy at work is my first recommendation when you think about how to be happy at work. Work is such a large portion of how most of us spend our days that I can't even imagine doing work I didn't love.
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Hi Susan:
I just placed the following link on my website blog http://humanresources.about.com/od/workrelationships/a/difficultpeople.htm
This links to a thought-provoking article that you wrote, and since I deal with difficult people in the workplace, I thought my readers might benefit from your thoughts. Just wanted to let you know, and invite you to check out my most recent blog posting.
Dan O’Connor
you spend at least have of your waking time at work , ther is very few remote reasons why you should not love/like your job,if you really can make that happen ..quit.
It really is important to love what you do other wise you will drive yourself nuts.
Susan, it sounds like you are loving life. In my consultancy I deal with a lot of people who aren’t having a lot of fun at work. Many times it involves someone who is doing a job that doesn’t exploit their strengths, or who hasn’t developed the skills to overcome their weaknesses. Sometime people aren”t even aware of their strengths! When I show them what their brain ‘looks like,’ it opens their eyes to the ‘root of the problem.’