Self Help: From Bumbling Bosses to Cranky Co-Workers: How to Overcome What Makes You Hate Your Job

From Bumbling Bosses to Cranky Co-Workers: How to Overcome What Makes You Hate Your Job

Written by Theresa Castro, MBA

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awful ache inside of my chest would go away. This ache was not a medical condition … it was me longing to have a career where I could be happy.

I tried to ignore these feelings but instead, repparttar 129790 ache became more intense. I expressed to my friends that I was unhappy with my job as a pharmaceutical representative and they told me that I was crazy for wanting to leave such a well-paying job. I became frustrated because I realized that I was going to have to figure this one out on my own.

Now, I am in a career that I love. Ironically, I dedicate my life to assisting others find their dream job. Here are a few tidbits that I teach my clients.

Consider journaling. In journaling, you are able to express your pent up frustrations that you may be feeling about your clients, co-workers or repparttar 129791 organization for whom you work. You can also find hidden passions, desires and talents. The best way to journaling is to ask yourself a series of questions. For example, “How did I end up in a profession that I dislike?” and “What is keeping me in my job?”

Self-knowledge: The key to finding the right career direction

Written by Atul Mathur

Your career, like any journey, has a beginning, an end and a direction. For many people, repparttar

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career is probably not a result of entirely their own choices. If, for some reason, you are not happy with repparttar 129788

direction of your career, there is a way out: Take charge of your career and change its direction.

1. Know yourself

Has it happened with you that after desperately looking for something (e.g., keys) all over repparttar 129789 place, you eventually found it right in your pocket or drawer?

That's exactly repparttar 129790 case with finding a new career direction. Usually, we try to search for a new career direction by looking all around, for example, at hot jobs, emerging fields, prestigious companies, friend's career, what's safe and so on. Ironically, we fail to look for repparttar 129791 answer where it actually lies: inside us.

The secret of finding repparttar 129792 right career direction is not to look outside but to look inside. Know yourself and you will automatically know repparttar 129793 right direction for your career.

2. Dig deeper

Most people define themselves is terms of what they write in their resumes. That's just repparttar 129794 tip of repparttar 129795 iceberg. To really know yourself, dig deeper and uncover your:

(a) Strengths (b) Personality (c) Values (d) Interests

(a) Strengths

Your strength is what you do well and enjoy doing it. We never fail to admire strengths in top athletes, painters, writers, leaders but fail to ask "What is my strength?"

Strengths have a solid connection with a person's career. According to Peter Drucker, a person can only perform from his strength. In other words, mediocrity is guaranteed if we fail to use our strengths. So know your strengths and get into a career that allows you to leverage your strengths to repparttar 129796 maximum.

Discover your strengths by asking:

- What am I good at and also enjoy doing? - What makes me feel energized? - What comes naturally and easily to me?

(b) Personality

Personality is repparttar 129797 sum total of a person's behavioral, temperamental and emotional traits. For example, some people are by nature extrovert and enjoy meeting other people. But some people are born introvert and feel more comfortable when left alone.

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