Do You Love Your Job?
Prashant Srivastava
CEO at WE-Matter| Top 10 Global Employee Engagement Consultants| CEO on a Mission| Ex CEO Gallup India| Ex Partner Aon Hewitt Engagement and Culture| Ex Group CHRO Reliance Group|
This evening as the last colleague was walking out of the office and wished me good night, he asked me, “What time will you leave?”?
ME: When I finish my work for the day or when the watchman throws me out.?
Colleague: Don’t you feel tired??
ME: No.?
Colleague: How do you manage to have so much energy??
ME: Because I love my work.?
If you do not love your work, you will feel dragged, stressed, and tired. You will underperform. It is a lose-lose situation. You must find another job where you will love the work.??
When I started working, I changed three jobs in four years and realized that most of the organizations are not very different. I need to learn to enjoy my work. This energized me and helped me outperform others and succeed in my career.?
How can one love one's work??
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I was fortunate that I was in the 5% for most of my life after the first few years. I kept getting opportunities to do what I loved to do. I wish everyone is equally lucky.??
However, in my first job after my engineering I was highly frustrated. I met a senior from my college and cribbed to him for half an hour.??
The senior asked me: Do you have an option of leaving the job and going back to your home??
ME: No!?
Senior: When something is given, and you can’t change it, just enjoy it.??
I am old enough to know that one should not advise youngsters. However, my suggestion to youngsters is:?
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“Either get what you love to do, or love what you get to do.”?
?What do you think??
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Chief Executive Officer @ K&R Rail Engineering Ltd. | Infrastructure Projects
8 个月Excellent message to youngsters as well to the seniors. I use to work like a machine. I ignored even my health also. but this is the high time to take a call. Thank you very much
CXO Relationship Manager AT BHARAT CXO
8 个月Thank you for sharing this information for useful
Chief Operating Officer ( PSI and JHO Industries ) C- Level Professional | FMCG Manufacturing Consultant | Process & Engineering Automation Consultant | Trainer & Mentor
8 个月Valid point! ??
SCMHRD MBA’26
8 个月Grateful for all these learnings, I still remember the day when we discussed about my upcoming MBA journey that I was about to start and you shared this with me. I will always keep this in mind. Thank you
Executive Director at Refyne Finance Private Limited | Deputy General Manager (Retd.) Special Audits and Investigation at State Bank of India
8 个月Worthy guiding learning message, thx for sharing. There is limit for every thing including love for work. A lot of other roles are also to play for every one which also need time.