It is never too late to become (or to do) what you might have been…

A great number of employees seem to be perennially stressed out, loose interest in their work & slowly develop a general dislike towards the work they do. This dislike eventually spills on to their whole work environment including their colleagues, bosses & the organization as a whole.

Many a times this is due to our lack of interest in what they do. Most people love their jobs, but many do not like their work. ‘Work’ is different from a ‘Job’

A ‘job’ is a combined function of your company, designation, position in the organisational hierarchy, salary & last but not the least, future prospects. These are all, the external stimuli which attract you to your occupation. On the other hand the ‘work’ you do needs to come from an internal stimulus, which is different from all of the above. This stimulus can be your innate liking for this type of work, hobbies, passions, dreams & aspirations either partly or all of them. If the ‘works’ that you need to do in the ‘job’ you are in fall within the scope of any of the above, you will like your ‘job’ as well as your ‘work’, else you can only like your job.

In situations where employees like their jobs (basically for the status it gives them, one of the external stimuli), but do not like their work (because they are not able to connect it to an internal stimulus) frustration or despair is bound to develop sooner or later.

What then is the key to having the best of both worlds? Success lies in loving your work, not the job. If you like your work, have a passion for it, you will definitely succeed in your job irrespective of whether you like either of the external stimuli or not. Vice versa is however untrue.

For those who are stuck with this problem, there are only two ways out. First & the easiest is to develop a liking for the work that you are supposed to do. Start feeling for it, get inspired from the great achievers in the field, develop a passion for it and dramatic results will start showing up before you even know them. If somehow, you do not find yourself comfortable with the idea of continuing to do the ‘work’ you are presently required to do, then, better than languishing around & spoiling yourself along with others; it is time to change the ‘work’ itself. Recession is well past, opportunities are surging everywhere & it should not take somebody long to find the right fit, provided the fit really exists.

Professional success, in essence is mostly about nurturing your ideas & nourishing your dreams, being passionate about them & striving to achieve greater heights of success in what your relish rather than be bogged down in a monotony you do not connect with. Always do what you love to do, else you will not like what you do & can forget about succeeding in it, but for some stroke of brilliant luck, which seldom comes at the right time. It is never too late to become (or to do) what you might have been….but YES, to win; you have to play first, without any preset notions of definite immediate success. You will have to make the attempts & take the risks; rewards don’t come automatically. If you don’t like taking risks, start loving your work. NOW.