7 Useful Tips that Will Make You Love Your Job

In modern society, job are a need. It is a fact: paychecks help us meet and enhance or living standards; even when most of us would love to live without business hours scheduled, for the vast majority, being unemployed is not an option.

1. Perform at least one regular task that you truely enjoy

Look at the tasks you perform in a regular basis; of course some are boring, but there is at least one thing that you like to do: adorning templates, proofreading, sending emails, visisting clients; anything you like.

Once you have determined this tasks, think of when will be the next time you’ll do them and look forward to it. This will help you going through those tasks you enjoy the less and will give you a reason to stay in your job.

2. Show your talents

We all are good at something; and some of these things we’re good at apply to our jobs. Are you good at arranging things alphabetically? Or introducing people to your business? Maybe you are a good designer? Or good at accounting?

If these are not your daily tasks at all, offer assitance to those in charge of them. If they tell you there is no time, offer some extra hours; these sure will be unpaid overtime, but the exposure will totally make up for it.

With this you will let your employers know that there is a talented and dedicated person who they can relay on, leading you to possible reassignments and even promotions.

3. Don’t be affraid of your bosses

As much as some bosses can have a reputation of being unreachable, truth is they are humans just like you. Of course, you must treat them with respect, but this doesn’t mean you should keep unecessary distance. Introduce yourself, let them know who you are, what you do, and how you can help them. Talk to them, some of them might even have common interests and become your friends.

This will not only make you feel part of your company, but also will help you break a barrier. Opening you many, many doors.

4. Watch the clock

Most jobs come with schedules, some of them are really uncomfortable. However, any of the previous efforts wouldn’t mean a thing without a responsible attitude. Of course coming late one or two times a month is unavoidable; just make sure these don’t occur on the days your biggest clients visit the office.

Plan ahead, arrange your time so that you allow a 30 minute timeframe before your schedule begins for you to show up, also allow a 30 minute timeframe for you to leave after. This will not only help you releasing a lot of stress, but you never really know when that last minute meeting is going to extend, and your presence past after your shift-end will say a lot about your commitment.

5. Make friends

Find someone you can go take lunch with or listens when you need to vent, someone who jokes with you or you can go with to have a Friday night beer at the bar.

We are a lot about friends, and the more we have at the workplace, the better we will feel at it and the more fun it becomes.

6. Taste Your Paycheck

Get that iPhone you’ve wanted for so long or go on that road trip, shop clothes like there’s no tomorrow, tune up your car. Find something you love that you can spend your money in. Plan ahead, think of what you will spend your next check in.

This will make you feel like your business hours do pay back and will probablly even give you a reason to go to work every day. Remember that the better the reward you get, the happier you’ll feel about doing what you have to do in order to get it.

7. Embrace Life

You know, we only live once. We have no point of comparison on wether our life is good or not. All we can do is make the best out of this one and make sure it can’t get any better.

Keep track of all the milestones you come across with and whenever hard times come, remember those brighter days and remind yourself how odds are they will shortly be back.

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Diego Valle

. About the Author:

Diego spends his business hours as a Technical Writer and Graphic Designer who multitasks in the knowledge management world. In his spare time he enjoys making and listening to music, gadget shopping, social networking, watching documentaries and finding all sorts of solutions through basic patterns.

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