Are you bored or frustrated in your current job or career? If so, you don’t have to just accept it. With these two key factors for job satisfaction, you can turn boredom and frustration into gratification.
Job or career boredom and frustration often result in behaviors that are not constructive, i.e., complaining to your friends and coworkers, or getting caught up in the gossip train about things that don’t concern you.
Any time you find yourself getting involved with things that aren’t important or don’t concern you, it’s an opportunity to be more creative.
There are two key factors for job satisfaction you can use to transform boredom and frustration into career growth. Both factors are empowerment strategies that allow you to stand in your truth rather than focusing on what’s wrong.
Standing in your truth can mean many things. It could be the truth of what you are struggling with. It could be the truth of what you would rather be doing. Or it could be the truth of the valuable skills and talents you aren’t currently utilizing (just to name a few).
Growth and Learning
The first factor for job satisfaction is growth and learning.
If you are not growing and learning in your job or career, you are most likely going to be bored and/or frustrated.
The good news is, you can use practically any circumstance as an opportunity to learn and grow.
For instance, if you struggle to communicate with your boss, you can have an open and honest conversation to determine where the communication breakdown is and how to get things back on track. This requires professionalism, of course. And you are the one who will have to take the initiative to set up the meeting. That, in itself, may be a growth and learning opportunity for you.
Having a conversation with someone when things are tense is much more constructive and resolution-oriented than complaining.
Contribution
The second factor for job satisfaction is contribution.
Most people desire to make valuable contributions to others and to the culture they live in. In fact, it is an innate human need to contribute to the wellbeing of others.
Some ways in which you can contribute in your workplace include:
- Making an improvement in a process, program, service, product, or any other part of your company that you feel needs an upgrade.
- Creating a new position and/or training a person for it (if you recognize the need).
- Taking on a project that you have an interest in or aptitude for in a different department.
In a nutshell, if you are bored or frustrated, or you see where something can be improved, instead of complaining about it, have a constructive conversation about it. ASK your boss or your co-workers how you can help. These are great empowerment strategies that prove your value and improve your career trajectory.
Why not make every situation an opportunity for growth, learning, and contribution?
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