Get Passionate in Your Work in a Dozen Ways

If you work with no passion, you are no different from a machine. How to produce quality work? Without quality work, how can you earn more? Without earning more, how can you live your dreams and fulfil your life's aspirations and obligations?

Unfortunately, most people do not work in a vocation that is their passion, and most have to work even if they have no interest in what they are doing. But we know that passion at work can be built, and if you do the following 12 things, you'll become more passionate about your work:

Look Beyond What You’re Doing What value are you creating for the society? We are not just workers, our work do produce value for the society, and without our contribution, the society would be worse off
Go into the depths of your work
Learn Something New Everyday
Go the Extra Mile (GEM) – Do Beyond What’s Expected Without the Thought of Compensation
Adopt the FISH! Philosophy at work, which is a fun way of doing work
Make Work a Reward, Not Just a Way to Rewards
Put Passion into Your Work. Not Just Feel, but Act Passionately Too
Rekindle Your Passion for Work – why you wanted this job in the first place? What Goals? Aspirations? This is like rekindle the passion you have in your first date with your first love, isn't that sweet?
Make a List of All the Positive Things About Your Job, Your Company, Its Services, etc and you'll find that you will become more interested in your work
Work on Things You’ve Control, which is none other than your own mind
Do Daily Self-Talk and Visualization of Success
Catch (and Praise) Yourself Doing Things Right

Remember, at the end of the day, if you don't love your work, you will lose interest in your work. Love them or lose them, and as a manager you need to love your people, like what we cover in our latest course Love Them or Lose Them on 23 September 2014. Click here for details. Related articles:

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