Wednesday, June 14, 2006

Feeling Dizzy at Work

The nature of the work determines whether you are happy with your work or you are disappointed. You are bound to be happy when there is a great amount of activity in the work. However, once your work gets repetitive and monotonous, you tend to feel extremely bored and lazy. This disrupts the work flow and there is a decrease in productivity. It initiates a cycle of de-motivation and disappointment. If you are de-motivated, you are disappointed and vice-versa.

The way in which we tend to plan and distribute our work is the main reason behind feeling lazy and drowsy. There are innovative ways through which we can distribute our work efficiently and implement it effectively. Let us begin with an exercise. Divide your activities into three categories - activities that require lot of energy, enthusiasm and concentration, activities that are to be done in coordination with others, and activities that require only half of your attention. The common mistake that most of us commit includes the last category in the odd times of the day such as the time after lunch. The period before taking lunch is the time when you can prefer to do such activities. Experts suggest you to consider activities that require coordination with other employees immediately after lunch. It all depends on the nature of the work. There are many more categories and sub-categories into which you can divide these activities.

Once you are done with scheduling your activities, learn to alienate your workplace from laziness and dizziness. If we feel dizzy for a day and repeat it for the second day, there are many chances that this particular activity gets synchronized in your brain for that particular period of time every day and very soon develops into a habit that you can hardly change. Hence, it is better to avoid associating any negative feeling with your workplace. This is the numero uno mistake that people often commit. They tend to avoid different negative implications to the workplace. There are others who tend to bring the tensions from home and associate such feelings with the workplace. Decorate your workplace or cabin in such a way that there is a peaceful ambience with subtle messages. Such interesting associations tend to help you in the long run. With the ever increasing competition, it is becoming increasingly necessary for you to stay on your heels every other moment and grab any opportunity as it comes. It is difficult to accept opportunities when your mind is roaming in a completely negative world and all the doors are shut immediately. It causes for a sudden pause in the communication flow and there is no information reaching your sub-conscious mind. It develops a negative attitude that has all the chances of ruining your career. Hence, it is very essential to associate positive feelings to the workplace and develop a positive attitude. This makes your workplace very enchanting and you like to complete your work in time. Deadlines will soon be taken as interesting challenges and the entire team works towards completing the project before schedule. Most of the companies focus on only monetary benefits. It is necessary to lie emphasis on the two weapons that the company can use - rewards and recognition. Let all the employees vie for the competition.

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