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I’m so tired of seeing news, articles, and books calling out “9 to 5” as succumbing to the full-time slow death of uninspiring work, and the gospel that everyone should quit their job and start a business. For those who believe it, this junk is killing the dream and you have fallen victim to some of the most prevalent myths out there.
Don’t feel bad. In fact, most of the workforce subscribes to some very common beliefs
If you are reading this post and are not happy with your job, then you must first change the picture. Cancer researchers at King’s College in London found that 7 out of 10 women ‘with a fighting spirit’ were alive ten years later, while 4 out of 5 women ‘who felt hopeless’ at the diagnosis had died.
Dennis Waitley says that the winners in life think constantly in terms of I can, I will, and I am. Losers, on the other hand, concentrate their waking thoughts on what they should have done or what they didn’t do.
Changing your pictures means: “I may not be able to change my workplace and the people around me, but I can change the way I see the world within me.”
What is your perception of WORK?
For me, I see WORK as an opportunity to WORK on God’s agenda, using the talents I have been given in ways that are eternally significant.
To help you differentiate career fact from urban myth, here are 4 Misleading Myths About 9 to 5 Work.
#1. You Need To Find A Perfect Job
Yes, there are jobs that are wrong for you, but the idea of the perfect job is like thinking that once you get married, you’ll live happily ever after without ever having one fight. In truth, all jobs (and relationships) are work, but that’s how you grow and acquire new skills. Rather than waiting for that perfect job, it’s O.K. to take a job that isn’t ideal, as long as there’s something about the position that could lead to another, or at most paying your bills for the time being.
#2. Your Job Should Make You Rich
Your work is like a transaction, at the end of the week or month, your employer pays you what was agreed for the actual work you do– end of. It is a contradiction that the fact that you do more, you should be paid more; some organisations may compensate you for the extra effort. But its your responsibility to determine when its time to press the exit button and look for a job where the compensation, and perhaps not the work itself, satisfies you.
#3. Your Job Should Come With Some Entitlement
This misunderstanding leads to friction and mistakes. Personal development, pay rise, promotion, doesn’t just happen automatically. You might have to work extra hard, prove yourself, and market yourself to earn an opportunity, because you are in a world where the ‘workplace’ isn’t different from the ‘marketplace’ – people hire and fire.
#4. Your Job Should Give You ‘Work Life Balance’
I’m not really sure why people can be so indignant if their social lives are infringed upon by their jobs. Lets face it, whether you are your own boss, celebrities or doing a 9 to5, the only way to have balance is where you don’t need to work at all and £££££ will be rolling into your bank account.
Ask successful entrepreneurs how many hours they work in a day, how many cancelled appointments due to childcare or other family commitment. I’m not saying to neglect other areas of your life. I’m simply suggesting to recognise the importance of your job in your life and to treat it with the respect it deserves.
What other myth can you think of, I love to hear from you.
Till then,
Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might
