Don't ignore the 'crap' in your job

Every job has some; a bit of ‘crap’, the bits that you dread and wish would go away? Guess what, those bits are unlikely to disappear so face it and take it in your stride. Will it be easy? Probably not but important. Here are some tips.

ACCEPT THAT THERE IS SOME ‘CRAP’ IN YOUR JOB: You will never get a job that is full of all the things you like to do. For most people ‘crap’ is the part of the job they don’t like doing or elements they don’t do well. Always look past the glamorous or interesting parts of your job to do what needs doing. You have to take the good bits with the ‘bad’.

IDENTIFY WHAT THE ‘CRAP’ IS: Don’t lump it all together and get trapped in defeating mindsets like ‘my job sucks’. If you really can’t find anything in your job you value or enjoy, move on rather than stick around and give your employer sub standard work, stress yourself daily or be one of the people that employers wish they didn’t have around. The fact that you don’t enjoy doing them does not mean they are not important.

FOCUS ON THE ‘CRAP’ ON PURPOSE: Because you don’t like the ‘crap’ there’s every chance that you will ignore it which will mean you’ll end up not doing your full job or do it well. Figure out how you can motivate yourself to specifically to get these done. Remember you are not getting paid just for doing the things you like, you are expected to do the full job.

REINVENT THE ‘CRAP’: Sometimes things can be feel like ‘crap’ because you are trying to do them the way they’ve always been done which may not necessarily be the most effective way to do them. Think about how to get the ‘crap’ done without it overwhelming you or draining energy.

Now take action: How can you manage better the parts of your job you don’t enjoy?