Law of Passion In terms of work, the happiest people I know are the ones who love what they do and have a strong passion for what they do. Their passion can get them up early in the morning and keep them up late at night, enjoying every moment. Law of Do What You Love Doing what you love is a great way to spend your working hours. If you are not sure what it might be that you would love doing, ask yourself: What is my life's purpose? How would I have to think, speak and act in order to fulfill that purpose? What activities would I pursue? What would get me up early and keep me up late, looking forward to every minute? What would I do for a living if I knew I couldn't fail? Law of Love What You Do While those are good questions to ask on the way to doing what you love, what do you do in the meantime, if you are not doing something you love? How do you learn to love what you do? Find something within the job that you can love, even if it's simply something that prepares you to do something you love later on. Law of Your Personal Signature One way to learn to love what you do is to put your own personal signature on what you do. Barbara Glanz, author of "Care Packages for the Workplace," writes about a bag boy with Down syndrome who had attended one of her workshops. He had taken to heart her suggestions for putting your own signature on your work. His signature was to slip a "thought for the day" into customers' grocery bags. The idea was so successful that customers would wait in line just to get one of his slips of paper. What personal signature could you put on the work you do? Law of Contribution To realize what you contribute through the work you do, you may have to redefine your job title. For example, a teacher shapes the future, real estate agents and car salespeople provide people's dreams, etc. Law of Learning The age of 30-year careers in the same job are, for the most part, a thing of the past. Most people change jobs several times in a career. The important point on each job is to learn the things that you will use to your advantage later on in the next job, and then the one after that, and the next. Law of Initiative Whatever you do, wherever you do it, few things are as powerful as taking initiative in your job. Don't wait for someone to tell you what to do. If you see something that needs to be done, do it. Law of Leadership Whether you are a boss or an employee, you are a leader. People are watching you and will imitate what you do. Law of Self-employment No matter what your pay stub or tax return may say, we are all self-employed. Even if you work for someone else, you are still working for the betterment of yourself and your family. Law of Your Most Important Job While applying and using these universal laws for our working lives, here's something that is very important to remember: No matter how much you like or don't like what you do for a living, it's not your most important job. Our most important job is at our home address, with our families. |
