1. Assess your degree of satisfaction right now
Anything below 7 is a warning sign. If you are trading below 5, it is simply unacceptable. You deserve something better. Ask yourself if it is just a momentary thing, or if it is instead a long-standing situation. We all have temporary dips, but if yours is more than that, don't ignore it! Don't let it become a habit.
2. Work to increase your degree of satisfaction in your current job
Regardless of what your previous score was, it is good to make the effort to increase it.
If you are one of those who have scored above 7, be careful with complacency. If your score is below 7, think what you could do to be part of the solution and not part of the problem.
Do a reality check - is it really about the job, or is it your problem? What could you do to make your current job more enjoyable? What goals could you set yourself?
3. Accept the fact that change is natural
As human beings, we need change. We atrophy if things are always the same. What was once interesting and enjoyable may have become routine today.
As our lives change, our job needs often need to change in equal measure. This need may be about a job, company, or career change. Or it may be about establishing yourself. What is your need for change?
4. Have courage
Changing is not easy, especially when you are thinking of doing it. It is normal that you feel fear. You wouldn't need courage if you weren't afraid! If you are worried about everything you will lose if you dare to change, think what will you lose if you continue as before?
5. Take action
Ignoring negative feelings by distracting yourself or acting like a victim is useless. It just increases the problem. No matter what it looks like, you can always choose. Do what you have to do. And remember;
1) action will help you think. The action is sobering even in the wrong direction.
2) The action increases your self-esteem. Most of the time inactivity is not due to indecision but to fear. But every time you try to do something that scares you and you dare to do it, your own estimation increases. You achieve success every time you overcome fear.
3) Good luck comes when you are in action. Test it. Set yourself a goal, anyone, and start doing everything you can think of to achieve it. You may not get where you thought, but it is easy for you to end up in a better place.
Now that you know three good reasons, the action will bring you the "good luck" noticed in all those enviable people who do exactly what they want to do.
