The document provides tips for aligning oneself with one's work role and enjoying one's job. It advises to reflect on why you took the job and if your values match the company's. Explore how to utilize your strengths and strive for excellence. Work sincerely and commit to responsibilities even without supervision. See the lighter side of situations instead of complaining and focus on enjoyable aspects. Build friendly relationships with coworkers and resolve issues. Align with the company's mission and integrate work with personal life. Implement self-care and stay present in the moment.
1. Align with your role
Start with asking yourself what attracted you to take the job in the first place. Explore and write down all the
ideas that come to your mind. You will come up with solid answers soon.Answering this question is important
as this is the foundation which makes to fall in love with the work you do. Reflect on yourvalues and beliefs
that are associated with the work you’re doing for the company and check if it matches with yourown value
system. This is the first step to align with the role.
Explore your Abilities at the Workplace
Your abilities are your strengths. See how best you can utilise the strengths which come naturally to
you at work. Build on those strengths by devoting few minutes everyday so that you will be able to
face challenges in innovative ways. Work on delivering the best in every small activity everyday. Then
work becomes more exciting and you will begin to enjoy your work. Striving towards excellence help
is giving the best performance and soon you will realise that you love what you do.
Work Sincerely
Work done with all honestly and sincerity results in bringing joy and one will start enjoying the
process. Be committed to the role and the responsibilities that you have been assigned. Go on and
perform in the same manner even when no one is watching you. That is when you will be able to
deliver the best. It is your accountability to self that goes a long way in building a loving
relationship to the work at hand.
Choose to see Lighter side
2. Many a time the situation will be wrong and you might be right. Everyone company prefers to be the best
employer. It cannot happen due to various circumstances. Instead of complaining about situations that are not in
our control, we can choose to see how best the situation can be handled.You can make your own choices and
not take things seriously when things are not in our favour. Look at the bright and light side and focus on what
makes the job interesting and on the aspects that you enjoy about work.
Avoid people who always criticize, complain and condemn and focus on the impact that you can create with
your choice to be happy and engaged at work. The more engaged you are, you will be happier and enthusiastic.
This quality will attract your co-workers and people will start yearning to have you as a member of their team.
Make laughter and humour as a part of your life. This increases engagement also as laughter and humour work
as a de-stressing agent.
Be friendly with Co-Workers
Having friendly relationships with our co-workers will contribute to a major part of our happiness at
work. Common interests promote bonding at work. Connect and communicate with your co-workers.
Never leave any opportunity to build relationship. It will boost satisfaction in other areas of your work.
Even if a situation arises where a misunderstanding has arisen, be the first to iron out issues. Never
carry back work tension to home.
Be a partof the organisation’s mission
When employees are aligned to the mission, they are likely to be happier at work. This creates self-
accountability and the alignment gives a “cultural fit” which is a top priority. The job is not only about pay
checks but also building skill sets.It
Integrate professionaland personallife
3. We all have to play different roles in our lives apart from job. All the roles requires attention. When integrated
well, energy is infused in all the roles. Research what needs to be fulfilled in each role. Bring out the aspect of
fun at work. Interaction with coaches,mentors or influencers and implement suggestions.This will create calmness
in the roles of life.
Implement self-care
Find ways of learning more about yourself. Appreciate and love yourself. Focus your energy on
getting me time for yourself. Take a pause and reflect on yourself. Have a chat with your own self.
When you start taking care of your own self, love arises and the same is transmitted to all other areas
of your life.
Stay in the present
Give yourself 100% to the activity at hand. Do not keep shuttling between your past and future.
Staying in the present moment helps you to be connected and tuned to the goal or task. Cultivating to
stay in the present requires lot of patience and work on the self. This creates a loving bond to self and
the work that is done.
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