There are many models for doing satisfying work. One approach is to start by focusing on a specific activity that you find stimulating.
Concentrating on this activity, you can set a stimulating goal that is stretching but also possible to achieve. You can then do good work and achieve success.
Let’s explore how you can follow these steps in your own way.
Stimulation
Stimulation is crucial. It helps us feel alive and alert. This life force also provides the flame for doing satisfying work.
What are the activities that light your fire? You may find it stimulating, for example:
To encourage other people.
To perform music.
To create beautiful things.
To discover how things work.
To solve certain kinds of problems.
To lead pioneering teams.
Or whatever.
If you wish, try tackling the exercise on this theme. This invites you to describe the specific things you find stimulating.
Stretch
Let’s assume that you have described the things you find stimulating. How can you do more of these and also keep developing?
One approach is to translate these activities into a stimulating goal that is stretching – in a good way – and also possible to achieve.
It is, of course, important to set Stretch Goals that you have a chance of reaching, rather than Surgery Goals where you will break something in the process. One person said:
“I chose to pursue my wildlife photography and create my own gallery on the web.
“This was something I had thought about for years, but suddenly I decided to make it happen.
“The first project was fairly typical. I produced calendars that reflected each of the seasons and sold these for charity. Since then I have specialised in winter photography.
“Taking these steps has had several side effects. Looking at my work, for example, I have returned to doing laboratory research on specific illnesses. This is more satisfying than the management route I was taking earlier.
“I now go to work with a spring in my step, rather than dreading being stuck in meetings. This has meant returning to my first love – doing hands on work that actually feels like helping other people.”
Looking at the things you find stimulating, choose one of these – or a combination of these – that you want to pursue in the future. You can then translate this aim into a stimulating goal.
If you wish, try tackling the exercise on this theme. This invites you to do the following things.
Describe the specific stimulating goal you want to achieve in the future that would be stretching – in a good way – and possible to achieve.
Describe the specific benefits of achieving this stimulating goal.
Success
Let’s assume that you have set a stimulating goal. How can you do your best to achieve success? You may find it useful to pursue some of the following principles.
Keep focusing on the stimulating goal.
This will provide encouragement when you need to do the grunt work as well as the great work.
Keep following your successful style of working.
This means knowing the way you work best and following this preferred way of working. You can discover more about this approach via the following link.
http://www.thepositiveapproach.info/helping-somebody-to-follow-their-successful-style/
Keep managing your energy properly to perform superb work.
This means, for example, making good use of your prime times – the times of the day when you have most energy. It also means building in time for rest and recovery.
Keep focusing on the principles as well as the prize.
This calls for being positively engaged and pursuing the principles for doing great work. It also means getting the right balance between focusing on these guidelines and, as mentioned earlier, the goal.
Keep pursuing your successful pattern for finishing until you reach the goal.
This calls for recalling the previous times you have finished things successfully. What did you do right then? How can you follow these principles again? You can then keep working to reach the goal.
There are many models for doing satisfying work. One approach is to pursue the things you find stimulating. It is then to set a stimulating stretch goal and work hard to achieve your picture of success.
If you wish, try tackling the final exercise on this theme. This invites you to describe the specific things you can do to do your best to achieve the goal.
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