Be yourself and enjoy what you do!

Author - Paul James

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Be yourself and enjoy what you do!

People often make comments to me about being cheerful at work, to which I always reply.....”I spend too much time at work to be miserable while I’m there”.  Think about one for a minute. We spend roughly one third of our lives sleeping and one third of it at work, leaving one third for everything else......how much actual leisure time we get is quite minimal really. 

I think maybe the old beliefs of ...”oh no it’s Monday again” and “Thank god it’s the weekend” are still heavily ingrained in us and that’s a result of previous generation thinking . Let’s be clear.....Fun isn’t just for the weekend, everyday should be fun, including when you are at work. Then of course it doesn’t even feel like work, and a Monday morning can feel as good as any day of the week.  Sure we all get bad days, but generally work should be a pleasant experience. 

My point is, if you don’t enjoy your work, then maybe you’re either in the wrong job or you need to change your thinking or attitude towards it. 

The alternative is to spend approximately one third of your life just ‘working’