FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Q: How can I be happy at a job I don’t like or plan to stay in?

A: You use it to achieve your own biggest goals.  

No matter what your job is, or how you feel about it, or how long you plan to stay there, it has so many priceless and relevant things you can take and use for your own goal achievement.  There’s connections to make there, things to learn, skills to develop, advantages and opportunities to take and find out about.

So you go to that job you don’t like, and for however long you stick around there, you walk in every time with your own secret purpose and mission.  And that is so satisfying. You’re doing something so important and meaningful for yourself, and you’re getting paid to do it.  That will make you happy there.

Q: What would I need to do to get the most from my job and use it for goal achievement?

A: This whole thing needs to be very planned and very purposeful.  You can’t just show up and do a great job everyday, and wait to see what you’ll get out of it. And at the same time, the better your performance at your job, the more you can get from it.

So you follow a 12-step process to make sure that every time you walk into work, you know exactly what it’s for and where it’s taking you, and you make your work work for you.

Q: Will this process work for any job?

A: As long as your job is legal, moral and ethical. As long as your job isn’t breaking any laws, and as long as it isn’t hurting you, anyone or anything else, this will work for your job.

Q: Is there anything else required, to make this work?

A: You’ll need to have certain mindsets through this whole thing.

You’ll need to be strategic. You’ll need to be able to control your reactions to your emotions and moods. For example, when you’re really frustrated about something that’s lacking at your job, you’ll need to be able to stop focusing on that. You’ll need to stop focusing on what you can’t control, and instead find all the things you can control, and take action on those.

You’ll also need to stay positive. Not like you’re brainwashing yourself into thinking the job is perfect and you’ll stay forever, but positive like, there’s a solution to problems, and you can find it. And positive like, you can recognize value in each situation there and take advantage of it, and use it as part of your plan.

And you’ll need to be resilient. Things don’t always work out the first time, or go exactly according to plan, or happen exactly the way we want, and you’ll need to be able to get up every time and keep going after your goal.

And a mindset that helps me so much with this whole thing, is make it a game.  Once you have your plan of how you’re going to get the most out of your job, go in there and make the whole time you’re there a game, where you’re playing against yourself, and you’re seeing how much better you can get every time.

Q: Would this benefit my employer?

A: Yes! This whole thing comes with a fantastic side-effect:

When you use your job this way, and suddenly it’s directly connected to something that means so much to you, it changes everything about the way you experience that job, and then it changes the way you show up there. 

This won’t only result in your own happiness, fulfillment and goal-achievement, it also results in you performing highly in that job.  This is all for you, but it benefits everyone else too; your boss, your company, your clients and your coworkers.  

Q: What is “a new way of working”?

A: I picture no more lines drawn between employers and their employees; no more of the “us” vs. “them”.  I picture no one feeling hopeless, or like they have to sit around waiting for other people to make changes.  I picture people going to work and feeling happy there, and valued, and cared for. People being better for each other and looking out for each other.  People feeling confident in themselves and in each other.  

I picture everyone in a company realizing their biggest dreams together.  I picture everyone - in every position and level of the company - supporting and celebrating each other’s progress.  I picture a company that transforms into something legendary, because the people in it are able to.

Q: What are “the Sunday Night Blues”?

A: Feeling like you’re going to cry at the end of your weekend because your next work day is almost here. I want all of us to stop getting them!