Do you
feel that your professional life is not allowing you to live the life of your
dreams? Do you also feel deprived of what you desire or deserve? If
your answer is yes, then let me assure you that you are not alone. More than
half of those around you feel the same about their lives.
In
today’s world, the professional life has gone far beyond ‘9 to 5’ work culture.
Your job follows you wherever you are, even during the vacation in Maldives. No
matter how good you are at escaping and running away from things, jobs’ long
hands will catch you! Sounds funny? In reality, it’s not. Many surveys
have been conducted on stress at work and work pressure on employees, which
have alarming outcomes. This scenario is creating serious health and personal
life problems. Still, it is going nowhere in near future. Situation will worsen
and life is about to get more complicated and painful.
So, what to do when you feel nothing more than a slave?
1.
Find out whether you are in a right job or not
This
exercise will take some time. First of all you need to identify your
personality, for which you will have to take some counselling or consultation
of an expert in this field. You can also take free online tests available on
net. When you are done with that, you will come to know what type of
job is best suitable for you as per your personality. And when you have found
both, the only thing required is to find a job that suits you most.
2. Don’t find a job, find a boss
If you
already are in a right job as per your personality type and still you do not like
it, then something is not right with the culture of the company or may be,
the one whom you are reporting. Many surveys indicate that people
don’t leave job, they leave the boss. It is possible that you fall into the
same category of employees who are not happy just because of their
boss. It’s better to give a deep thought on this matter and if the conclusion
reveals that your boss is the reason behind your major dissatisfaction with the
job, try to change your team first. If that doesn’t happen after much effort,
start looking for another job, but this time with a better boss.
3. Sometimes a little change in attitude can bring wonders
Changing
a job or to find a new and better boss is not always that easy. As they say, a
known devil is better than unknown angel! Check out, if there is even a far
possibility of developing a good relationship with your boss. It’s not always
right to blame it on boss only, after all he too is a human being and everyone
is bound to commit mistakes. Considering this fact, you should think of and try
to find out various ways by which relationship with your boss can
be improved. Stretch your limits and do some extra efforts to create a
healthy boss-subordinate bond. Things will improve over the period and if not
permanent, this can provide you a temporary relief in your job. This
extended period will give you a great opportunity in finding new job.
4. Watch out your social media acts
Never
think you may escape by uttering bad words on social media. Stay away from
actively participating in negatives against your organisation or your boss on
LinkedIn, Facebook, Twritter or Whatsapp even. Nobody likes
negativity in public. Although, many employees understand the risk of being
followed on social media, few really care. But understand that there is no need
to upload forward messages anywhere. If you have problems, then go
and discuss straight away. Indirect ways will harm you more directly.One of my
friends had intentionally forwarded a sarcastic message on boss in
a Whatsapp group. Now you can imagine what would have happened to him
afterwards.
5. Update and Upgrade yourself
When was
the last time you observed yourself and thought of the skills you ought to
improve? When did you take even a certificate course in last few years? Which
self-improvement book you read recently?We all are very busy in criticizing the
company or the boss we are working for. But when it comes to self-improvement,
most of us fail miserably. We always want more and better, but rarely offer
best of us. We update apps in our mobiles regularly and upgrade mobiles quite
often. If we don’t like outdated gadgets, how can we expect an
organisation to do better and offer better on outdated employees. Time is
changing fast, we all need to accelerate ourselves.Reading books and taking new
courses will not only help you in professional but also in personal life. When
you feel a change of betterment within yourself, things will automatically
improve outside.Think of this for a moment and decide the next thing you will
do for self-improvement.
What if nothing of above works...
There is
a very little chance of nothing of above working in favour of you, but in worst
possible scenario, if that happens, the only option you are left with is...BE
YOUR OWN BOSS. Brainstorm what interests you and what you are good at.
Analyse the business opportunity of that thing you can do. If you get an answer
in yes from within, then don’t wait for anyone else’s approval. Just go for it.
If you have that deep desire and required skills, success is
awaiting you. You have to be hungry for success, courage to fight
come what may and strength to hold on to your decision. If you can fulfil these
requisites, nothing can stop you from becoming a successful business person.Hope
this will help you professionally as well as personally.
Any
different thought or idea is welcome.
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