Work Gratification

Work Gratification

The reason I'm writing this article is to impress upon you the importance of being in control of your work situation. We spend such a large amount of our time away at work you should not be unhappy to go to work. In order to correct this, you need an understanding how to control the situation.


What are the components of work gratification?
1. The work to be done
2. Beginning to end results
3. Sense of accomplishment
4. Just busy, no point in trying
5. Trap of position
6. Proactive or Reactive
7. Control Levels
8. Ability to influence
9. Help Levels
10. Comfort Zone

OK, lets start with the Work to be Done. Do you feel the work is important to you and others. If you just found a job for the sake of just working, you may find that your work is lacking. Low productively, quality and no sense of urgency. If at all possible find something you believe in, by luck or persistence. It is as easy as taking charge of your choices, do not just settle for anything not right for you.

Beginning to end results. What I mean here is, not everyone has a job that lets you go from start to finish. Think of it as an assembly line. There are a lot of work cells doing a small part of the total job for a complete end product. This normally results in low satisfaction. You need to see a project develop, be put together and finally to completion. Office jobs tend to be the worst. Most people have a never ending inbox with an outbox they never seem to be able to fill.

Sense of accomplishment. The need to feel you are doing something important. The finishing of a job without purpose is a real problem. It brings down self worth and the person and job suffer.

Just busy, no point in trying. This is a point people reach when they feel the effects of the first three points covered. Understanding why your attitude and mind set are affected can help to improve your outlook and productively. Your attitude is the key to it all. You need to protect your attitude at all cost. Companies and personnel alike often over look this point and suffer greatly.

Trap of Position. This is how most companies try to improve productivity. They give you a title and a bit more money, yet they expect double the work results. At first they are happy only to realize later what they got themselves into by taking the title position. Companies rarely promote the best person for the job, but focus on the persons they feel they can control. Look long term and add up the hours to pay out before jumping on a title. See it for what it truly gives you.

Proactive or Reactive. Does your job allow you to be proactive being in charge, making decisions and controlling the work situation. A reactive environment allows you no control and you can only react to the happenings of your day to day affairs. It is easy to see which is more favorable.

Control Levels. How much control does your job allow? This effects attitude and self-esteem. It is a trust issue. Too many companies over look this issue. Personnel need to feel trusted enough to control the work environment. If a person feels trusted their productivity is high, but if they feel they are not then everything diminishes.

Ability to influence. Influences on a positive note are what we strive for but most often we feel only the negative. We want to feel our influences are favorable and impact people positively.

Help Levels. People want to feel they have the support of those around them, not left out by themselves. People become overwhelmed and feel better if they think there is help around them, even if they do not ask for or use it. The idea it is there is reassuring.

Comfort Zone. Too many people get complacent, they fall into a comfort zone and become stagnant. This tears down ones self-esteem and confidence. One must feel they can better themselves and reach new levels. Challenges met and completed build confidence, improve productively and attitudes.

Now with this said, keeping in mind you yourself are the controlling factor. What should we do with this information. Review your work situation and see if it is really what you want. More and more people are coming to realize that working for the companies big or small, just do not get much work gratification. The Internet is flooded with people looking for better jobs and ideas allowing them more freedom. Have patience and look for work opportunities that offer superior support, training and freedom. Review time commitments and company mission (Are they providing products or services you would be proud of ?). See yourself for what you are and take your strengths and find a work opportunity that compliments you.

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To the New Year...! Setting and Achieving Goals

I had a friend pass on to me a presentation by Bill Bartman, the past owner of the Chicago Bulls. It was on Setting & Achieving Goals. OK it is the new year so everyone is saying they are going to change all the bad things of 2008. I really enjoyed this so I'm going to highlight the presentation for you.

1. Make sure it's YOUR GOAL, something you truly want for yourself.
2. Don't call it a Goal....! A Harvard Study shows that 70% of all goals are not reached or completed. Yet, 98% of all Promises are kept. You should delete the term Goal and insert Promise instead. It is based on the subconscious level of how the mind works. No one wants to break a promise to anyone or themselves. The subconscious is very strong and more controlling than most of us think. So it is best to understand it and use it to our favor.
3. Clearly identify your promise. To say I want more money is not enough, add an amount, take a bank deposit slip out and write down the amount, then post it on your bathroom mirror so you see it every day. If you want a new car or truck, write down the type, get photos, brochures, test drive one. Think touch, feel, taste, smell and see, the five senses. This makes it real, not a random thought.
4. Use the tools around you. The people close to and around you. Make it a team effort. They need not know they are helping you with your promise. You have positive & negative motivators both in people and ideas. Positive motivators are the good reasons you want and need. The negative motivators are the persons or situations you use to show you can. Use that family member or friend who is always saying you can not do it and continually keep putting you down. Take their photo or write down their name and keep it where you can see it. Every time you have second thoughts about completing the task, look at it and remember what they said. More importantly, the look on their face when you complete the task.
5. Create a Promise Plan. a) What - what it is to do. b) When - when will you accomplish - mile markers / time lines. c) Where - where will you be when it happens. d) Why - why do you want this. e) Who - who do you need to help. f) How - how are you going to do this.
6. Review your Promise Plan on a regular bases. At least 20 minutes every day. Consciously, you begin to think about it, ideas, develop and create solutions. Subconsciously, it becomes important, real and an obsession. Very important to put up visual reinforcements where you can see them throughout the day. On the bathroom mirror, refrigerator door, auto dashboard, and etc. This adds to the reinforcement of the obsession.
   
7. Tell yourself you will succeed. DON'T put yourself down. BUILD yourself up...! Your voice is the most important voice you hear. You need to say to yourself all the things you need to hear every day so stay positive.
8. Tell others about your Promise. No one wants to look bad in front of others and if you can not tell others, then you lack commitment. Telling others increases your commitment level.
9. Envision your results. Build a movie in your mind where you complete the task and how you will feel. Play this movie often.
10. START...! Do not fear the past and do not fear the future, so take the first step...!
    
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