stories from the suburbs, or something.
stories from the suburbs, or something.
The other day a friend at work showed me a Harvard Business Review article which she thought I might find interesting. It was titled “Reawakening Your Passion for Work”. (Note: One has to assume that some form of “passion for work” exists in the first place for it to be re-awakened).
Anyway, the article begins by highlighting “signs” which indicate that you may have lost your passion for work and may need to assess where you want to be. Here are the signs – do you ever feel yourself saying any of the following:
- “I feel trapped”
- “I’m bored”
- “I’m not the person I want to be”
- “I won’t compromise my ethics”
- “I can’t ignore the call”
- “Life is too short!”
Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick – but what’s their point?? I have process maps to document and issues to resolve…….
Ref: Boyatzis, R, McKee A and Goleman, D. Reawakening Your Passion for Work, Harvard Business Review, April 2002. (How nerdy is this that I actually reference the article – what are the referencing standards in this new internet world in which we live?)
Passion for work is precisely what I am being encouraged to have at this last part of the Dip. Ed. Common interview questions for teachers:
What is your passion?
Why have you chosen teaching as your profession?
How do you make a difference to students' lives?
Heavens. And I thought I was there to teach English...
But, I must admit I really like this stuff, especially after academia's shunning of emotional life in the workplace. It was not until I went into schools that I realised how formal academic workplaces are, where people introduce each other by their titles!
posted on September 24, 2002 2:35 PM by fleur.Now call me the prophet of radical simplicity heralding a brighter era if you must, but isn't this mostly saying "find something you want to do and do it"? I've never really had problems with recognising the signs of workplace disenchantment - hell, I *am* one of the signs - but working out what to do about is what confuses me. Do they have tips on that bit of the problem?
posted on September 24, 2002 2:39 PM by darren.You know, I actually had a Good Day At Work today. It ended on a giddy note of feeling like I'd got stuff done, and I spent all afternoon running around fixing a few different things at once. It was exhilarating. Seriously. If I could look forward to at least one of these sorts of days a week, it'd be enough to keep me going.
posted on September 25, 2002 8:43 PM by cos.