What Gaming has Taught Me About Being Positive in the Office

What Gaming has Taught Me About Being Positive in the Office

Originally published at InsNerds.com. Written by Taryn Haas.

So, you’re caught up in the tide of insurance. You’ve seen the infographics; you’ve noticed the flex hours trend; the growth potential has you hooked. Then, you get to the office and discover that, unlike you, not everyone is happy to be here. Not everyone has bought into the InsNerds Gospel of #InsuranceRocks. This is an extreme picture, as I don’t know anyone who got into this business due to the infographics, but it highlights an important and oft-ignored dichotomy. There’s a big gap between the happy-go-lucky viewpoint a lot of Millennials paint of the insurance industry (like most of the articles on this blog) and the reality of a traditional office environment.

Whether it’s the office's Negative Nancy, frustrating clients, or an ancient difficult system, there are plenty of opportunities for negativity to claw its way in. This is coupled with the fact that a lot of people in insurance did not intend to end up here, and in some way, are unhappy about that. That unhappiness does not need to be your unhappiness, and more importantly, the negativity chain does not need to find a link in you.

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