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Previously, we released three big but simple tips on how to motivate yourself at work. A few more tips below:
4. Focus on the POSITIVE.
In any office, there will always be those disgruntled employees who have complaints about, well, anything and everything.
Accept the fact there that in any office there is some good, and some bad.
Whatever the situation may be, focus on the positive.
Don’t let office gossip bog you down. Avoid the circles of gloom and doom (mga nag-chichismisan paulit-ulit, puro reklamo, ayaw naman lumipat ng trabaho nor magbigay ng suggestions for improvement sa kumpanya).
Motivate yourself by talking with positive people, particularly people who care about their jobs and the company you’re working in.
5. Look for avenues to LEARN MORE.
A “self-upgrade” will automatically lead to better things.
Upgrading your skills and increasing your knowledge will contribute to your own personal growth and development, and will enable you to take on more responsibilities that may lead you to discovering something that you enjoy about your work or your company, or, at the least, will enable you to do your job more efficiently.
Whatever new skill or knowledge you learn, even if you may not be able to use it immediately or directly, will prove to be useful in the future, when you start your own business, or when you change careers.
Participate in office activities.
Approach your HR department for trainings or seminars that you would like to attend and you think would benefit the company greatly.
If you have time, try to take on additional responsibilities.
When you learn more, you are able to do more.
And doing more things than what you normally thought you could, would give you a sense of pride and accomplishment, which will, again, motivate you to improve your performance.
6. Aim to Win for Yourself.
Whatever it may be:
– a promotion or extra recognition in the office –
Focusing on a big reward would definitely motivate you,
not only just to appear in the office and go blindly through your tasks,
but to compel you to do more than what you normally do or is expected of you.
This will encourage you to compare your current performance with your past performance or that of your co-workers’, and this can be a healthy gauge of:
How much you have improved each day, or
In what aspects of your job do you need improvement on?
Remember the feeling you got when you had that star from your pre-school teacher for whatever it is that you did so well? Just imagine that your office is always on the lookout for top performers.
And having that sense of pride, knowing that you always do your best, even if it’s not recognized immediately, will lead to positive results.
Continue to How to Motivate Yourself at Work – Part 3