Job Satisfaction

Satisfied with your Satisfaction?

Satisfaction to Happiness - How to get there!

What does Job Satisfaction mean to you? Are you happy with being satisfied?

Before you answer, let us look at a definition. What does satisfaction mean, following is the exact entry as defined by Dictionary.com.

–noun

• 1. an act of satisfying; fulfillment; gratification.
• 2. the state of being satisfied; contentment.
• 3. the cause or means of being satisfied.
• 4. confident acceptance of something as satisfactory, dependable, true, etc.
• 5. reparation or compensation, as for a wrong or injury.
• 6. the opportunity to redress or right a wrong, as by a duel.
• 7. payment or discharge, as of a debt or obligation.
• 8. Ecclesiastical. a. an act of doing penance or making reparation for venial sin. b. the penance or reparation made.

Whilst there are many good things about satisfaction, especially is terms of righting a wrong, is satisfaction enough in terms of your job?

The job that you do will take up a huge amount of your time, surely you should feel more than satisfied whilst doing your job!

On the other hand of course, you may be OK with satisfied, especially if many of your needs are being met with other things, there are many reasons why we work, many of those reasons are purely financial, or simply practical and pragmatic, to pay for the holiday or to pay for those luxuries we all crave.

Whatever reason you have for working you will know where you are on the scale of involvement, you will know for example if work is more than just something that you have to do to pay the bills.

How to get more than satisfaction at work.

Find meaning in your work, even if your job is un-challenging, or menial, finding meaning will make it much more bearable, if indeed that is is how you feel.(that your work is unbearable)

There are three levels of meaning, that we as workers can obtain from our work.

1. No meaning. Work makes no sense to you
2. Work has meaning because it supports you and your family
3. Work has meaning in itself because you are contributing to something great or you are making the world a better place.

The important thing here is that to some of us, work has no meaning, or that the job they do has no meaning (to them). The difference is that some people understand the meaning of their work, and sadly some don't.

10 Ways to Maintain Your Meaning

1. Believe - Believe in what you are doing
2. Be Honest - Trust in yourself and in others
3. Don't be afraid - Fear can and will hold you back - Overcome your fears
4. Be objective - Look at the big picture
5. Respect differences - Be non judgmental
6. Learn from your mistakes - Learning is key
7. Support your co-workers -
8. Be enthusiastic - Enthusiasm is contagious
9. Be results orientated - Performance = potential minus interference
10. Work as part of a team -

From Satisfied to Happiness

Once you have found your own meaning for work, then you are on the right track towards happiness, for it is surely happiness that we all seek, in any activity?.

There is of course an added bonus here, you can tell all of your friends and family, work colleagues and associates

Hey, my purpose in life is the same as the Dalai Lama - Happiness