Benefiting at work from Brain Based Insights

Follow dissatisfied peers around for a day and you’ll likely see one or all of these reasons people hate their jobs.

1. Relationship problems surface in projects at work … so that people take potshots at rivals without elevating any discussion. The turnaround would be to build goodwill with others – especially those who disagree.

2. Boredom comes from routines. Why not start work today with the question … “What could I invent?”

3. People expect too much … and you fail to catch many new ideas that fly by and are to be implemented. You’d be able to apply what you are learning more … if you hook new ideas onto something related that you already know or do.

4. Problems rarely get solved and so people tend to complain and vent. Recognize the vent for what it really is and begin to offer solutions for any problem you encounter.

5. Few goals get met. People come in with energy to get lots done, and leave after many distraction and few goals reached. Target to win by listing all key goals in the morning and checking these off as they are completed.

6. Mistakes diminish good people … and give the reputation for blowing it. Take another look to see how the brain benefits from mistakes and begin to build stepping stones from one thing that went wrong today.

7. Procrastination hampers progress as piled up work keeps people always feeling behind and trapped. Reboot your brain past procrastination that stalls progress and leads to job dissatisfaction.

8. People bring in negatives to work, or the job simply lacks zip. Instead consider how people who produce more natural brain chemicals … become highly enthused by what they do. Compare yourself with a person who’s emotionally and physically hooked on career highs, even when you feel blah, and you’re likely looking at your own lower levels of dopamine, for instance. Work doesn't have to be blah!

9. Stress steals satisfaction…  joy … and simple pleasures from any ordinary day at work. While stress shrinks the human brain and shuts it down, increased serotonin can spark new learning adventures.

10. People verbally abuse fellow workers and blame clients for poor productivity. Try brain based tone tactics to reach new finish lines and watch what that does to improve your own performance and adventures at work.

What other reasons do people give for hating their work – that you could suggest a strategy to solve?