This is about how a perfect work or job experience look like, and how that usually spans four (4) stages of joyful times. I model that as “three rides and a fall” which basically is about taking three different rides (the first three stages you would go through), and close with a fall ride as a final stage. Those three rides are: a learning ride, a performing ride, and a coaching ride. The fall is just a fall, but I would picture it as a closing ride!

1. ThreeRidesandaFall
A Model of a Perfect Job Experience
By Abdurrahman Q. AlQahtani

2. Beware! This is not about fashion models!
This is about a model of “job experience”

3. SowhatisAModel?!

4. A model is an ideal representation of a thing or an
experience
A model acts as a reference to compare to and validate
against

5. WhatisthisModelAbout?

6. This model is about looking at your job as a series of “rides”
Each ride has its features and challenges, gives and takes

7. In my opinion, it should be what you seek and expect in your
current or future jobs
By seeing your job through the lens of “three rides and a
fall”, you can make the most out of it

8. So,Let’sRide!

9. ARideofLearning
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10. Your first ride should be devoted to learning… and you need
to learn almost everything
The environment, the work, the strategies, the tactics, the
people, and every aspect of the business

11. Nothing outstanding is expected of you except delivering
what you’re asked for
Usually, you don’t get stretched, and most people perform
more or less the same in this ride

12. It’s a huge loss, however, to skip this ride thinking of
yourself as an expert who doesn’t need to learn!
Be extra careful of “over-confidence” at this stage as it will
make you blind of realities and opportunities around you

13. Learning is the biggest opportunity
showing itself to you...
Remember!

14. ARideofPerforming
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15. What do you expect of someone who spends quality time
learning… of course quality delivery!
This is a ride where you apply the best you have learned,
and seek perfection and quality

16. It’s your chance to give back to your organization which
gave you the opportunity to learn
This is a time of a partial return on investment they made in
you

17. Cause you still can do more than just
performing!
Partial?!

18. ARideofCoaching
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19. Yes, coaching! Being a role model puts a responsibility on
your shoulders
To teach, to seek out others, and to give them a hand on
their own rides

20. This is a stage where you become a master of what you’re
doing, and ready to mentor others
This is a ride that’s hugely missed by most people tempted
to seek out their next challenge

21. You cannot imagine how important this ride is to you, to
your colleagues, and to your organization
It’s when you hit an outstanding return on investment,
talking intellectual capital of course

22. Not to coach and mentor others when
you become a role model!
It’sselfishness!

23. ARideofFalling
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24. It’s no harm at all to fall after three successful rides, right?
You fall because you become saturated and/or bored of the
experiences your current job gives you

25. This is a time when you need to look for a change and seek
your next challenge
Either internally or “preferably” externally beyond the
boundaries of your current organization

26. To reflect on the current job and seek
the right factors for the next!
Remember!
Read more: What's Your Formula for Satisfaction at Work Part I and Part II

27. ThisisJustaModel–Lifeisn’tPerfect

28. It’s important to understand that models are abstract and
life cannot match them exactly
Keep this model as a reference and a guide, as you might
experience it in different variations

29. For instance, consider the blending of these rides with each
other: learning & performing, or performing & coaching
What counts is what feels and gets experienced the most –
the peaks – and the order of these peaks

30. is to ride through learning, performing,
and coaching in each job
WhatisImportant

31. Please, look at your current job differently with this model of
three rides and a fall
And use it to plan for your next job with conscious joy!

32. a happy and meaningful work!
Have

33. aqahtani
@alq_abdurrahman
aqahtani
blog.knowledge-passion.com
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