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Making your Life Meaningful
Anneke Zwart, Student (University), Netherlands
Finding a purpose in a job has been found to be an important requirement for millennials. Nevertheless, many people have a job that they don't regard as meaningful and are therefore not completely satisfied. This is not completely surprising, especially when realizing that a lot of common occupations are not particularly associated with ‘meaning’. Think about cashiers, salespersons, food preparer etc.
But, doesn't it just depend on the way people define the word ‘meaningful’ when it comes to having a job? The former mentioned occupations, in the end, existing to help others within society. When ‘meaningful’ is associated with ‘giving’ and ‘helping others’, it means that nearly any role in any company can be seen as meaningful; each employee contributes to society In his/her own way. Finding meaning in your jobs requires reframing the work you perform as a chance to help others, and being conscious about the ways in which your job ‘gives’ to society and/ or how it supports yourself.
There are several ways that helps finding the meaning in your job:
- CONNECTING WITH END USERS: it makes you aware of the way in which your job helps others (the end users).
- REMEMBER AN ORGANIZATION’S OVERARCHING MISSION
- REALIZE HOW YOUR WORKS HELPS YOUR BELOVES: even if an organization’s mission does not fit within your definition of ‘meaning’, a mindset that thinks about the ways in which your job supports the ones you love can be helpful in finding a motivation. A study found that those who regard their work as supporting their families were more productive than those that regard their work as ‘not meaningful’.
The main message is that having a job that you do not see as your one true calling does not mean your job can't be meaningful. Reframing your work through the above steps can help you to see the relevance of your job.
How do you think about the reframing of your job in order to find meaning? Does it apply to any job in any sector, or are there.
6-8-2017
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