7 Ways to Improve Your Attitude at Work

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Here are seven strategies you can try:

1.- You CAN do it. Low motivation doesn?t mean you CAN?T do
something, it just means you prefer not to.

2.- Have realistic expectations of yourself. Having low motivation
means you may not enjoy the task, and it will take you longer
and use more energy than someone with high motivation. Don?t
compare your productivity to someone who thrives on the very
task you detest.

3.- Determine if "Adequate" is good enough. Is it imperative
that you be excellent in this particular area? If you have low
motivation, you can probably be adequate with enough training
and practice, but being "Excellent" may be beyond reach.

4.- Reassign the work. Can this task be given to someone else?
Perhaps there is someone with high motivation who would enjoy
this work.

5.- Partner with someone who is strong in this area. This the Rogers
and Hammerstein approach. An example would be the successful sales
person who relies on her assistant to do all the paperwork.

6.- Create a system or use a tool. I know of a professional with
high talent for creativity, but low talent for details and
capturing all his good ideas. He finally decided to carry a
pocket tape recorder in a leather case on his belt. This allows
him to make verbal notes to himself on the fly.

7.- Ask for reassignment. One of our clients who had always been a
successful project manager was floundering in his new role. The
reason was that he had very high motivation for routine,
methodical procedures. He needed lots of structure and order
in his environment. Unfortunately, he was assigned to develop new
products in a start-up company, and there were no rules, no structure.
His best option was to accept reassignment to a role that allowed
him to create processes and procedures for the new venture.