BFBM(6-2016) Do the job you love, love the job you do

Prof.Dr.Aung Tun Thet

Prof.Dr.Aung Tun Thet

Sweet Spot Is Your Calling

What You Love

What Serves The World

What You Are Good At

Self Serving Not Sustainable

Lack Passion

SweetSpot

Working for Love

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Affiliation

AlignmentAltruism

Because they love work they do

Because you and community love them

Because they love to serve community

Unsatisfied•Look for another job •Make career change

Unsatisfied in career• “Jumping from job to job for same reasons - •don’t appreciate you, •boss mean, •no one listens to you, etc.•Problem isn’t job•Attitude

Unsatisfied in career• Job change warranted•Making right decision

Employee Motivators

•Knowledge – Learning and developing new skills•Career - Enhancing career prospects through experience•Value – Making a difference•Social – Desire for acceptance•Ego-defensive – Need to escape personal inadequacies•Esteem enhancement – Growth and self-actualisation

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Doom LoopENJOY

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Don’t Enjoy/Good At

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Career Decision-making•What is my dream or life mission?• How should I do it? • How does this fit with my life values and goals? •What are other considerations take into account? (family, other commitments etc)•What could be my next step? • How can I prepare for the next change?

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Pro-active (Protean) model for careers• Author of own career

• Develops learning skills

• Recognises sequential process of change

• Seek new challenges and opportunities

•Open to change and opportunity

•Maintains and develops networks

• Diversifies Experience23

FINDING RIGHT WORK-LIFE BALANCECREATING HEALTHY, REWARDING LIFE

Life Balance•Something different to everyone•Enough time to pursue both work and personal interests • If one side life is using up too much energy•Become stressed•Productivity fall•Personal relationships strained

What is Life Balance?•Between personal and work lives •Evolving •Subjective •Perceived state

Work-Life Balance•Workaholic from time to time •Great friends & amazing family

Right Balance•Everyone different balance they strive for in life•Find ‘escape’ - activity complete opposite of job you love• ‘Break' from reality

WHEEL OF LIFE

Wheel of Life•“Helicopter view" •Areas need more attention

Wheel of Life•Powerful •Vivid visual representation •Each area of life mapped like spokes of wheel

Wheel of Life

Using Wheel of Life•1. Brainstorm Life Areas•Six to eight important dimensions of life:•Roles played - husband/wife, father/mother, manager, colleague, team member, sports player, community leader, or friend•Areas of life important to you: artistic expression, positive attitude, career, education, family, friends, financial freedom, physical challenge, pleasure, or public service

Using Wheel of Life•2. Write Down on Wheel•Write down on diagram•One on each spoke

Using Wheel of Life•3. Assess Each Area•Assess amount of attention currently devoting to each area•Consider each dimension in turn - scale of 0 (low) – to 10 (high)•Mark each score on appropriate spoke

Using Wheel of Life•4. Join Up Marks•Around circle•Does it look and feel balanced?

Using Wheel of Life•5. Think About Ideal Level•Consider ideal level in each area of your life•Plot "ideal" scores around life wheel too

Using Wheel of Life•6. Take Action•Visual representation of current life balance and ideal life balance•What are the gaps? – positive and negative•Work on regaining balance

CAREER RAINBOW

Life Career Rainbow

Love Your Job

Work•Most people don't love it•Many like it•Some tolerate it•Minority love that also supports their lifestyle

Work•Find enjoyment •Distinguish job and way you do it•Unpleasant aspects •Get through them with smile

Passionate about job?•No!•Passionate about how well you do it•Pat yourself on the back •Focus on doing it better

Afraid of being stuck in same job for life?•Don't worry• Individuals who emphasize positive and rewarding aspects don’t stay in unpleasant jobs long•Get promoted or more fulfilling job

• If you can't be in the job you love…•Love the job you're in (or way you do it) • It will make EVERY JOB much more enjoyable and rewarding

Passion•Love life to fully benefit from it•Do you love to learn, or teach, or write? •Are you fervent about cooking, sports, cars, or clothes? •Do you have a wonderful friend or a family that you adore? •Congratulations!

Passion•Regularly blocking time to engage in activities you love• It's not job• Joy!

Passion•Commit to regular, celebration times, play times in addition to routine•Not encouraging you to stay in job that makes you miserable• If you dislike job you are in look for better one today•Create plan to get it!

Remember•While searching for perfect job•Enjoy present one•Keep celebrating •Expand all other joys of life that surround you!

‘Bad' truth of loving your work

•Good to love your job •Thing unravels you• If you wake up every day and do the same thing you will stop enjoying it•Variety spice of life

HOW TO DO THE THINGS YOU LOVE

Tips•Make list activities you love most•Consider which activity keeps you stimulated the most.• In planning your career and making job choices•Pursue not only a field of interest•But operations within that field that involve activities which play off of your personality and other assets

Tips•Don’t expect to love every minute of your job•Volunteer in the community •Seek professional guidance

Thank You!