How is your relationship with the work you do each day? Are you simply collecting a paycheck or are you working with a purpose and enjoying a satisfying career?
The majority of us must work outside our homes to make a living to pay for the temporal things we need or want to enjoy (e.g. a home, transportation, food, vacations, entertainment, clothing, retirement, etc.). When we secure employment, the reward for our time and effort is usually a paycheck.
I love pay day! It’s marked on my calendar, and I look forward to receiving the monetary incentive for the work I perform. More importantly, what I have collectively earned on each of these pay days is not what has brought me long-term career satisfaction. I am motivated to get out of bed each morning by a compelling desire to make a difference in the world.
My deliberate career choice to become an administrative professional has been a delightful journey filled with opportunities to support individuals and businesses across several different industries such as: education, non-profit, financial, retail, and government. I own my past, my present, and the future.
Currently, I am supporting a newly appointed City Manager, Cyrus Abhar, at the City of Rancho Cordova in California. New leadership always offers new possibilities, new opportunities, and sometimes new challenges. This change is an exciting time! I am also committed to my blog, A Great Day’s Work, and enjoy connecting with administrative professionals from around the world. Lastly, the journey that Lisa, Linda, and I share as Co-Founders of Admin to Admin has been wonderful. We have thoroughly enjoyed offering educational programs to administrative professionals over the past couple of years.
Do you need to evaluate and perhaps rethink how you feel about your relationship with the work you do each day? I sometimes get feedback from administrative professionals that not enough of us are satisfied in the daily work we do. Satisfied workers tend to be engaged in the work they do. They create and sustain positive working relationships. They seek to learn something new and challenge themselves to be involved in meaningful work. Satisfied workers are driven, self-motivated, and eager to volunteer for assignments.
Do not spend months, years, or decades dreading the work you do. Change your perspective or take the necessary steps to create a satisfying career.
I have learned over the years that money does not sustain long-term happiness. Seek to improve your relationship with work and enjoy a more fulfilling career. I once saw a banner that read: “Working is not about getting from one weekend to the next. It is about loving all the days in between.”