How to Stay Positive in the Workplace
What if
you have no control over your day or the way you organize it?
Micro
Managers changing your focus every time they walk your way. Supervisors
changing the rules of the game just when you got used to the previous ones. All
of this can be frustrating to say the very least, so if you have no control
over your job and how it is organized, is there anything that you do have
control over?
Attitude
The answer
is something that is truly yours to own; your attitude. How you chose to react
to your circumstances is within your own control, and no manager or supervisor
can say otherwise. Nelson Mandela chose to react with dignity when he was
released from Robben Island after 27 years of incarceration. He could have
reacted with anger, but he chose compassion and forgiveness.
When you
are dumped upon, or your movements controlled or restricted, you can chose to
react with frustration and anger or to react with joy, gratitude and
positivity. Far-fetched you may think but isn’t being happy what we all want?
Happiness
Wayne Dyer says it well when he says “there
is no way to happiness, happiness is the way.” We all share the same goal in
life, and that’s not to win the lottery. It’s to be happy. If we look closely
at all the goals we have, if it be run a marathon, write a book, or get a
promotion, we believe that the experience that we will gain from achieving
these things will take us closer to a happy place. So rather than struggle
every day to achieve happiness, can we not just be happy now?
Gratitude
Again my cube dweller may tell me he or she
has nothing to be grateful for when it comes to the workplace, other than the
fact that they have a job, but stepping outside the workplace and looking at
your life holistically. What are the things you are grateful for? Your family,
friends, health, wealth, nationality, intelligence? Make a list of all the
things you are grateful for. It is difficult to feel sorry for yourself when
you are feeling gratitude. Gratitude is a powerful tool which can help you
through difficult times.
Acts of Kindness
When you do nice things for others not only
does it contribute to a sense of well-being and satisfaction, it also means
that the good will come back around to you. As it says in the bible, “What you
sow so shall you reap.”
Strengths
Are you using your personal strengths?
According to Martin Seligman
the father of Positive Psychology, if
you know your strengths and are using them for the greater good, you are much
more likely to have a happy meaningful life. If you are working in a job that
uses your strengths you are lucky, some people have to work difficult or boring
jobs to feed their families, but hopefully these people use their strengths in
different ways outside of the workplace. Ideally if you can use your strengths
in the workplace it would make for a larger portion of your life where you feel
you are making a difference. It may be something you want to consider, up-skilling
or working towards having a job in the future that uses your talents and skills
and makes you feel like your days are spent contributing to the bigger picture.
If you can do this you will more likely be a happier soul.
So can there be positivity in the workplace?
If you try to focus on what’s good in your life as opposed to what is bad, that
will be a good place to start. Remember you are in control of your life and
your thoughts; it is up to you how you choose to react.
If you have any other tips for bringing
positivity into your life and your workplace I would love to hear them.
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