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Discontentment With Your Job: Use It or Lose It
via I Hate Your Job by Chuck Westbrook on May 13, 2008
There are three responses to hating a job: keep hating it, change the job, or change your attitude. I spend a lot of time focusing on the “change your job” option because I think that it is usually the best, most practical option.
That being said, stirring up discontentment and trying to draw attention to how much better things could be with a better fitting job (a big part of this site’s approach) sometimes fails to generate action. Instead, there are some people who, for whatever reason, cannot make a change due to self-imposed or external conditions. It might be fear, finances, responsibilities, laziness, timing, uncertainty, or any number of other factors.
For those people, it’s important to take what steps you can to avoid stewing in your dissatisfaction. It does no good to continue to get worked up about your boss, your company, your role, or your paycheck if you don’t ultimately use that energy to make a change.
Now, I cover this approach from time to time as well. There are tips and tricks on how to enjoy work more that don’t require anything as radical as changing companies or careers. What I would like to see more of is a dedication to one approach or the other for each individual as is appropriate for his or her circumstances.
If you’re going to complain, take action. If you’re not going to take action, don’t complain.
What do you think? I know that I’ve been just as guilty as anyone else when it comes to complaining without taking action, so I don’t mean to come across as judgmental. It’s simply a matter of making your life as enjoyable as possible while at work, one way or the other (but not both).
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