Get(ting)
over yourself!
By Daryl M. Williams
January 4, 2013
As I took some time off from blogging
and generally thinking over the extended holiday break known as Christmas Eve
to New Year’s day, I realized a couple of things I thought were worth sharing
(in no particular order:
·
Even
when you enjoy your work, some days it is still work (Genius!)
·
Some
days you just have to muster up the will to climb the proverbial wall
I’m not unhappy at work or even having
a super difficult day most days but as I reflected on 2012 and the years that
came before it this topic seemed relevant. We have our up’s and down’s and work
can be and routinely is one of those things. How do we move past a case of the
Monday’s and focus so our work, whatever that may be, is what it should be,
gives back, is deserving of the paycheck we’ll receive?
Here’s what I do:
1.
I
allow myself to be unhappy. Sounds so simple but I have worked with people who
for whatever reason, think being unhappy means they are ungrateful,
unappreciative, malcontents and they beat themselves up as if it were fight-club.
Can’t do that people, it’s unhealthy and I refuse to do it. Sometimes life
requires you to express your displeasure whether verbally or otherwise but I
don’t dwell. I figure out what’s my issue whether by honest self-assessment or
by speaking with my executive board (more to come about them in future posts)
and I work on resolving my issue.
2.
My
motivation is many things, among them my reputation, my word, my family. I used
to say with much pride ‘I don’t care what people think about me.’ I’m pretty
sure I believed that’s how I felt but the reality of the modern and grown-up
world I live in is that I’d better care and caring means doing my best to put
my best foot forward, daily. As Socrates said, Regard your good name
as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like
fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once
extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way
to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
3.
Climbing over that wall or muscling past
adversity is a strong sign of character and since we’ll all face adversity of
some sort, might as well start preparing to climb as opposed to turning and
running.
Whether you’re working in a job or a
career, I’d advise you to treat it like a treasure. Don’t focus too much on
your down days, but learn from them and don’t allow your head to swell too much
on your good days.
Daryl M Williams, MBA,
M.S., is an adjunct professor, teaching Career Planning and Management as well
as being a Career Coach. He is passionate about providing information to assist
friends, family, students, alums, and even frenemies(really) in professional
development and uses his management experience in Fortune 500, non-profit and
private corporations to inform his decisions. Feel free to connect via LinkedIn.
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