Everything is against you? Bring it on track.
Feel overloaded? Multitasking? Overwhelmed? That’s understandable — many things to care about, willingness to do your best and overdeliver.
You’ve done your best working on your last project but the other party changed their mind and suggest to roll back and make over? Yes, that’s annoying at least.
Most of the world seems to be against you and you think you may have lost your luck? Yes, we all have moments like that. Get a grip!
What can you do when circumstances make you drift in an unclear direction?
Here are a few tips.
Job burnout? Burning out? Have burnt? Cool down!
Do you feel tired? Real fatigued and worn out? Even on Mon or even on Sun or Sat too?
Oh poor you. Looks like you’re truly devoted to what you are doing.
While you haven’t dropped from tiredness and can read, let’s outline a self-repair plan. Read more
Surrounded by idlers and loafers or How to deal with lazy people
Jack is a good guy, he’s energetic and always looks busy. Always involved and works hard. He just can’t stand Nick. Jack says Nick is lazy.
The guys work in the same office in one room and usually meet daily. Jack is a project manager and he’s responsible for several simultaneous projects. Multi-tasking, working late nights and sometimes even weekends is a valid brief description of his job. Nick is a sales person and is usually busy cold-calling, organizing meetings, publishing ads and working on tenders. Nick is a nice friendly guy who usually works from 9 to 5, rarely staying late.
If you are like Jack, it’s a typical situation when you are set to believe that you are surrounded by lazy people and it’s only you yourself who’s doing the work.
Although it may be the case that you’re loaded with all the work, the problem actually is not that other people are lazy. The problem is that you are overloaded. Read more
You are not arrogant, are you?
Although it may sound paradoxically, quite often shy people are perceived by others as arrogant. Actually that’s an explainable phenomenon. One source of arrogance lays in depths of our unconscious trying to protect our self-esteem. Also it may occur due to intensive concentration on our own problems when were are focused on ourselves.
Of course, being reputed as arrogant may have pernicious influence on your relationships, ability to find and retain friends, and on overall quality of your life.
So what do yo do? Simple: find out whether your are used to arrogant behavior; and if yes — get rid of that habit.
How to don’t give up
Stumbled upon this article: Sometimes You Feel Like Giving Up. Good points all around. Fully agree that it’s best to be a person who never gives up. The question is HOW to become such a person.
Here are some hints. Read more
Do you deserve attention or how to get people listen to you
Lisa, a friend of mine and a young pretty woman, has always been shy and had a quiet and thin voice. Several times over the past few years she told me sorrowful stories about herself trying to say something aloud and nobody paying attention. Usually the scene of action was at her work.
She is a technical writer and works on hardware and software projects. Part of her job is to sit down together with technical specialists and walk through particular topics. Also they have regular team meetings and ad-hoc discussions within their small team of writers. And in addition they usually have regular staff meetings for managers, technical people, analysts, marketing and sales people and writers where it is expected that main news get circulated, issues get raised and ideas and opinions are expressed. Any kind of planned or ad-hoc meeting usually became a severe ordeal for Lisa.
It happened so that the majority of Lisa’s colleagues always were men and apparently many of that people were on average less timid than Lisa. Also there often were quite a few of highly qualified experts on the team. Their opinions were respected and welcomed. Read more
Gain authority though patience
The hints below are all about becoming more authoritative and organic leader in your organization. But it’s not limited to what happens between you and your team. These simple tips are well applicable to improving relationships with your boss and your peers.
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Where’s my motivation gone?
Getting nervous on Sunday evening. Making yourself get up early on Monday. Making coffee, getting better. Just a little better. Walking out. Driving to the office. Getting late. Who cares! Late? Who cares! Hate this job.
That’s extreme.
More often we are simply not excited. We don’t hate our job but also don’t love it. Just doing it because we have to, have bills to pay, have family, have to work for living. And the job is what we know, were doing for some time. It feels safe. Read more
That scary WHAT-IFs: Are You Afraid of Your Job?
Ever asked yourself one of the questions below?
1. What if I fail to meet a commitment?
2. What if I say something stupid when asked for my opinion?
3. What if my speech won’t be appealing?
4. What if my boss is thinking of firing me?
5. What if I have to work with Bob/Sally/etc.?
6. What if I’m asked to do the work I don’t have enough skills to do?
7. What if I’m asked to supervise Jane and she fails to do her job?
Finding your way
I have a friend of mine who’s stuck with her life and career path. She is 25 — pretty young. She has a degree in engineering and worked in software industry for a few years — initially as a tester and later as a developer.
Last year she’d changed 3 jobs in a couple of months. The reason is that the work became not fulfilling. In fact, she describes her jobs as unbearable.
The situation is quite common. Many of us have been there. Time goes, our views change and values develop. So it’s not a surprise that our comprehension of our own day to day activities changes too. But where is the good solution? What steps should one take to restore (or find) the balance? Read more
