Applicant Tree

You know you are on the road to success if you would do your job, and not be paid for it.
Oprah Winfrey

Most of us hate our job. We dread Mondays and we count down the minutes until the work day is over. The problem is that we all see work as a means to an end. We work so we can earn money and pay our bills. It seems so hard to have passion at work. When I say passion I don’t mean just loving your job but actually enjoying going to work and having the time fly by. Oprah obviously has passion so how can the average person get a little slice of that?

1. Act passionately. Share your passion with others and your energy will consume the entire office. Don’t be passive and wait for the job to become fun. You have to act and it will come.

2. Use your brain. Be innovative and think of new things. Conquer your mundane routine tasks and move on to achieving new goals with creative approaches.

3. Self motivate. You don’t need daily ramp up sessions from your boss to get your blood flowing. Have your own drive and work through bad situations by yourself. You will only be stronger if you can fuel your own passion.

4. Sharpen your skills. Make sure you are consistently learning and developing skills. The skills you had in the 80’s might need to be revived a little. Don’t lag behind in your knowledge around the office; that will just depress you. Keep up with your skills and you will be passionate to learn more.

Find something you like doing and pour all of your passion into it. Work is a large part of our lives and we don’t want our motto to be “Thank God It’s Friday”. There is so much more to live for than the weekend and if you can find even an ounce of passion in your job then you won’t be reminded that you are at work.