70 ways you find meaning in what you do

In this article you will learn - 70 ways you find meaning in what you do and how to make your work meaningful

Are you waking up each day looking for that perfect job that make you happy forever - in truth there is no single thing - that can keep you feeling passionate and engaged all the time.

Many changes in our lives happens because of disappointments, frustrations and boredom also.

All of us may not be in the job that we love and are passionate about.

You may even find yourself in the career and profession - doing things that you dislike and even hate.

Many times - there may not be anything that you can do immediately to create a change.

And in few instances - you have to onlyaccept it and continue with the same monotonous job or work [depending on the various parameters like your age, your qualifications, your skill-sets, your knowledge, your expertise-area, your location and your family liabilities and responsibilities to name a few].

You do have the choice to create a mindset to avoid getting into depressive mood-swings and miss enjoying the good things that are present in your life.

This article is all about - what you can to create the environment of liking what you do - in case the proverbial "if you love what you do - you don't have to work in your life" - has not happen for you.

Many factors that contributes to the bliss and fulfillment in your life - can be in your area of control - should you choose to create a change.

Some people fall into the vicious trap of - "why waste your time, energies and efforts into something if you don't love it".

If it has happened with you - then you would create a miserable and pathetic existence that is sheer waste of your life and all the opportunities that are there.

To reach the level - where you start loving what you - does not happen by chance or in one go - this can only happen when take many small-small steps and over a long period of time.

All the people who love what they do have one thing common - that is they are crystal clear about their purpose and values and dreams.

Then they constantly keep asking themselves these [sometimes tough and difficult and challenging] questions - what is my strengths, what types of work uplifts me, what is my unique skill or talent or differentiating qualities plus what are my values that I care most about.

Meaningful growth and progress - is always planned and purpose-value driven.

Understand that the work you do creates your self-identity and can help your life filled with meaning and purpose - if you do it correctly.

70 ways you find meaning in what you do

[given randomly and like in my all articles - all the single line advice have separate do-it-yourself blogs among 900+ blogs in my two websites]

• 1.Understand that it is impossible to love - all what you do
• 2.All successful persons do what they must - even though they may not like it but because their sense of purpose is greater than their likes and dislikes - but this applies to some necessary evils only
• 3.No activity is exciting all the time - let's say your dream is to become a model and you become one - but you may not like few of the discipline that you have to adhere with
• 4.Don't set yourself up for disappointment by expecting your life to be perfect all the time - instead be grateful for both the good and bad moments
• 5.Not every passion or activity needs to evolve into a successful career or profession
• 6.Never go for huge and drastic changes - this is the simplest recipe for failures - if you find going overwhelming - break it into small steps and tasks to be done over a period of time
• 7.Create a schedule to know and understand yourself - by asking about
• I.What you hate doing
• II.What makes you feels absolutely demotivated
• III.What makes you feel come alive
• IV.What inspires you
• 8.Meditate and learn about how you spend your spare time - these activities can all be great indicators about what you really enjoy doing, so see if there is a way to turn your hobby into a job
• 9.Choose those professions based on your strengths
• 10.Choose fields - where you naturally learn fast and master relatively quickly
• 11.Identify what skills you have which adds value to the job that you are seeking or doing
• 12.Manage your weaknesses and strengthen your USPs
• 13.Spend the majority of your time practicing and acting on your strengths to increases your probability of success and advancement
• 14.Find your passions - this is not easy - as it is a ongoing process of asking questions relentlessly - What is it that makes you come alive - Like
• I.Helping others grow
• II.Adding value to people
• III.Creating something from your hand
• IV.Traveling
• V.Expressing yourself through words, arts, music - these are few examples
• 15.When you have managed to identify and list few ideas that makes you excited - consider how you can achieve it - and most importantly what actions you can take
• 16.Sometimes talking with a professional career counselor my help
• 17.Create and build your social-professional-interests/hobbies network
• 18.Organize your spending-habits to focus on activities that support your passions
• 19.Strategize wisely plan how you can make your vision a reality
• 20.Take massive actions to achieve your true purpose through work
• 21.Find and enroll a mentor
• 22.Engage a performance and life coach - especially if you don't have the expertise to do what you love and monetize it
• 23.Sharpen your creativity and innovate innovate innovate - to improve and to create value-adding yet disruptive changes
• 24.Identify which powerful habits will boost your efforts positively - inculcate these consciously
• 25.Engage with your clients passionately to make them fall in love with what you offer
• 26.Engage meaningfully with your employees and colleagues - to make them your biggest fan and supporter
• 27.Instead of taking the easy way or the short-cut - go for processes and methods that gives best returns on compounding basis which takes longer time
• 28.Identify, recognize, appreciate and accept your mistakes - which you might have made in your career or profession selection
• 29.Understand that there is no perfect job - because in a world full of possibilities -making career decisions is the perfectionist's nightmare
• 30.Start gaining insight into different roles and their advantages as well as disadvantages
• 31.Choose the best choice you can at that time – even if it is the wrong one - you would still have gotten a wonderful future-focused experience
• 32.Identify your core values - you need to choose job and organization based onyour personal values – no-one can be happy when they are doing things they don't believe in
• 33.Some of the values -'achievement', 'compassion', 'helping others', 'adventure', 'structure', 'routine', 'success', 'service', 'risk' or 'excitement'.
• 34.Take some psychometric test to identify few qualities - both negative as well as positive that you have but are not aware about'
• 35.Be practical and pragmatic
• 36.Choose your priorities wisely - ask yourself are there things - you claim you want to do but you don't do it - ask yourself do you really want it - or are there other things you want more
• 37.What you currently do each day is a reflection of your priorities- understand that you can change your priorities at any time.
• 38.Do one small thing each day which makes you feel that you have managed to do something meaningful
• 39.Never take your work for granted
• 40.List all the reason you work - ask yourself continuously - why you work - some questions to ask yourself can be - do you work
• I.For the thrill of solving problems or overcoming challenge
• II.To gain a sense of achievement and accomplishment
• III.To be with people
• IV.To work for yourself
• V.To be highly successful and known
• VI.To help others
• VII.For creating a legacy
• VIII.To innovate and leave your mark
• IX.Touching the lives of others and create positive difference
• X.For the sheer joy of working
• 41.Ask yourself - how many ways your work contributes to you and your family members
• 42.Stop wasting time on unimportant tasks would leads to dissatisfaction and frustrations and disappointments - many people work 10 – 12 hour days and still don't seem to get anything done.
• 43.Do something different - do something you've always wanted to do - find your purpose
• 44.Value yourself as a person - make yourself meaningful to other people
• 45.Ensure your employees and coworkers understand the impact of their work
• 46.Create clear career-path and progression-opportunities to your employees
• 47.Create all individual experiences - memorable ones
• 48.Know the benefits of solving a problem that you are working on
• 49.Expand your vision and mission to become part of something larger
• 50.Attach and match your work with your ideals
• 51.Recognize and record all the meaningful moments - where you have been exceptional service to yourself as well as others
• 52.Identify your fears and ask yourself what types of pain you are prepared to endure
• 53.Don't invest your all energies, time and efforts in your work alone - happiest people create and maintain a balanced portfolio
• 54.Manage your tasks, energies and time
• 55.Help yourself by helping others
• 56.Cultivate quality and meaningful relationship with people who matter - redefine your relationships
• 57.Define what is meaningful work for you
• 58.Create a culture or environment - in which everyone feels empowered to make an important contribution
• 59.Invite employees to effect meaningful change - make meaningful work a year-round concept
• 60.Nurture interests outside the workplace
• 61.Watch-out and insure against burnout
• 62.Pay attention to the details
• 63.Bring all of your energy give your 100%
• 64.Take risks - challenge yourself to move out of your comfort zones
• 65.Keep your habits and goals sustainable
• 66.Also focus on comfort, material well-being, stability and quality of life
• 67.Physical and mental health
• 68.Freedom and independence
• 69.Create larger than life vision and attach work to your dreams
• 70.Consider a career change - but don't be reckless and rash

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