Have you lost your passion for your work, the passion you used to feel innately for every project when you were young? Paz Garde, author of the blog «Coaching for young people«shares with Edenred the keys to recovering it.
By Paz Garde
@pazgarde
Working, for most people, is the way to earn an income that allows them to maintain a certain way of life.
From this point of view, it is not necessary to work with passion, it is necessary to be competent, capable, responsible, efficient and to provide a service that someone is willing to pay for. That said, I think it is wise to seek personal satisfaction in what we do, as passion is one of the best antidotes to adversity.
On the other hand, when I work with passion, I perform better than when I do it out of obligation, because passion comes from me and encourages me to give my best, while obligation is a demand that moves me to give just enough.
To work with passion, many people need to feel that:
They have control over their work.
They are good at what they do and are getting better all the time.
Your work is useful.
Consequently, these individuals lose their passion for work when, instead of being asked to take responsibility for their work, their actions are controlled; when they are asked to do things they don't know how to do, or that they aren't good at, and above all, when they feel that what they do is pointless.
Too often, bosses and, in general, the paradigm of control in which many organisations operate, are the main culprits behind people losing their passion.
If we want to stay in the job but with a different attitude, What practical exercises can be given to regain motivation?
Maintaining a positive attitude is the responsibility of each one of us. Sometimes we cannot change what happens to us, but we can always decide the attitude with which we want to face events.
I don't believe in magic recipes, because what works for one person can be useless for another. If you want to reignite your passion for your work, I encourage you to find your own answers and, to accompany you on your search, I offer you this process, which I hope you will find useful.
1. You can start by become aware of what is happening. To do this, you can ask yourself How do you feel on a day-to-day basis? What aspects of your job demotivate you? What things about your job do you like? What prevents you from working with passion? What can you change yourself? What are beliefs and what are facts?
Continue along seek alternatives. To do this, you can ask yourself What options do you have? In what other ways? How could it be better? What would need to change?
3. Make your own decisions. To do this, you can ask yourself What are you going to do?, When do you want to do it?, How are you going to do it?
