{"id":835,"date":"2021-07-29T12:34:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T12:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wp3.commonsupport.com\/newwp\/rellhops\/?p=835"},"modified":"2024-11-28T22:13:53","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T22:13:53","slug":"striving-to-excel-at-any-job-and-any-task","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pausefactory.org\/staging\/striving-to-excel-at-any-job-and-any-task\/blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Striving to Excel at Any Job and Any Task"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"kc-elm kc-css-952703 kc_row\"><div class=\"kc-row-container  kc-container\"><div class=\"kc-wrap-columns\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-232088 kc_col-sm-12 kc_column kc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"kc-col-container\"><div class=\"kc-elm kc-css-587857 kc_text_block\"><\/p>\n<p>Almost everyone has had the experience on a job of just not being able to get motivated. Maybe the work itself is boring or unrewarding. Maybe the boss or coworkers are toxic. Or maybe the employee is just unhappy with the way his or her career has unfolded.<\/p>\n<p>This feeling of malaise isn\u2019t just a challenge for the impacted employee, though. Employers with unmotivated staff members also suffer from poor morale, low productivity, and high turnover.<\/p>\n<h2>Putting Their Best Foot Forward<\/h2>\n<p>The good news is that a dull, dead-end job doesn\u2019t have to mean the absence of engagement and enthusiasm. Not everyone can have a job saving lives or changing the world, but that doesn\u2019t mean employees can\u2019t strive to be the best at their vocation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn any job, there are moments that are tiring, boring, and tedious.\u00a0But the idea of putting your best foot forward in your work\u2014<em>ganbaru<\/em>\u2014is one that is widely valued, no matter your profession,\u201d writes Kaki Okumura in an\u00a0article for Forge.<\/p>\n<p>When considering what makes work enjoyable and drives engagement most, people tend to point to things like \u201cmoney, status, the ability to gain valuable skills, and having a meaningful \u2018why,\u2019\u201d writes Okumura. But, while these things are certainly important, there are other ways to find meaning, she notes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we are positive towards our work\u2014even boring work\u2014people notice, and our attitude uplifts the spirit of those around us. Knowing that you\u2019re doing work that is respected and uplifting to others can make any boring job better,\u201d Okumura writes.<\/p>\n<h2>Striving for Ganbaru<\/h2>\n<p>The challenge, of course, is for managers to instill this sense of meaning, this sense of\u00a0<em>ganbaru<\/em>, in their employees, and there are many simple strategies for doing so. Perhaps the best is leading by example. If a convenience store manager is visibly depressed and disengaged with her work, it\u2019s likely that her employees will be as well.<\/p>\n<p>Another strategy is to focus on recognition. Highlight, celebrate, and reward a job well done, regardless of the job. This not only builds confidence in the employee being acknowledged, but also sets a tone for the rest of the team.<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone can have a career as a pop star, power broker, sports hero, travel journalist, or any number of other seemingly fulfilling vocations. Even those lucky enough to have such careers aren\u2019t always showing up to work every day ready to conquer the world. It\u2019s natural for any worker to feel unmotivated and disengaged in his or her job from time to time.<\/p>\n<p>The key to long-term job satisfaction may lie in striving to do one\u2019s best at whatever the assigned task is.<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2968,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,50,51,52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-people-management","category-performance-management","category-personal-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pausefactory.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pausefactory.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pausefactory.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pausefactory.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pausefactory.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/pausefactory.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3632,"href":"https:\/\/pausefactory.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions\/3632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pausefactory.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2968"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pausefactory.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pausefactory.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pausefactory.org\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}