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Find satisfaction with your work
Amy Wrzesniewski's research summarizes that:
• those who consider their work to be a job are generally interested only in the
material benefits from their work and don't seek or receive any other type of
reward from it
• those who consider their work to be a career have a deeper personal investment in
their work and generally seek to advance not only monetarily but also within the
occupational structure
• those who consider their work to be a calling usually find that their work is
inseparable from their life
“Those with a calling will work not for financial gain or for career advancement, but for
the fulfillment that the work brings.”
Analyze what pushes your buttons
The following four-step process is a technique based on the work of Drs. Albert Ellis and
Aaron Beck, and can help you better understand why you react the way you do to certain
situations:
1. Describe factually what pushed your buttons (who, what, where, when)
2. Write down your reaction - both what you did and how you felt (I felt angry and
yelled)
3. Write down exactly what you were thinking in-the-moment during the challenge
4. Ask yourself whether your reaction helped or hurt your ability to find a solution.
People tend to focus only on the reaction part of the equation, but those reactions are
driven by how you think; so, if you want to change your reaction to a situation, you need to
change the way you think about it.
Find fun
• Kids have zest in abundance, but as we age, societal and organizational pressures
quietly tell us that having fun and being serious don't go together. Not surprisingly,
zest is one of the best predictors of work and life satisfaction.
• Fun helps you socialize, provides an outlet for learning and creativity, and has great
health benefits.
• The Association for Applied and Therapeutic Humor (www.aath.org) posts
numerous resources, including research, about the benefits of fun.
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