Find Joy at Work
It is utterly imperative that you find joy and happiness in as many things, people, places, and within yourself as often as you can. We are only granted so many years in this physical body, in this space and time (that we know of). Whatever your religious proclivities, all anyone knows for sure is that we are here -- now.
Finding joy in life is a choice.
Cultivating happiness is your responsibility to yourself.
When you start looking, you'll find joy everywhere. Relish in the opportunity to really connect with your prospect, your customers, your clients, your partners, and your friends and family. Actually enjoy talking to them about their needs and pains at work, yes, to build value for your ask. But also ask them about their families, what they are proud of, and what gives them joy. It really doesn't take much time but it can make all the difference in either having fun doing what you are doing 40+ hours a week or being miserable.
The dividends are boundless. You'll be a more empathetic seller, a better seller, and you'll have way more fun doing your job. Our fellow humans are the core of everything we do, whether we are in sales or not. So the best way to have better connections, to sell more, to make more money...? It's to be the best version of ourselves we can be.
Come to every interaction as fresh as you can, drop the baggage from a bad call or an undesired outcome, and give every person you interact with each day the best version of you that you can. They deserve that. You deserve it.
Your best will look a little different from one day to the next and that's ok. All we have is the present -- enjoy it!
Be authentic.
Be relatable.
Find the fun!
My father recently told me a story about my Great Uncle Bill B who spent 30 years as a white-collar executive at a major car company in the Midwest. He dutifully went to the office every day of his adult life to provide for his family after he came back from the war. At the end of the first day of his 31st year, he walked out the door and never looked back. Never wanted to go back. Never would go back. He never found his joy. We have the luxury of not having to drudge away the years like Uncle Bill, so let's not.
I want to hear from you:
Where do you find your joy?
What do you love about what you do, big or small?
If you are finding this question difficult to answer, I highly encourage you to start looking for joy in the smallest of places, as quickly as you can. Life is too short to not live in joy.
If you need help, I'm here to support you.
p.s. I looked at suggestions made by Grammarly's AI to improve the wording of this post and was sorely disappointed by the results. No AI was used in the construction of the content of this article. It was, however, heavily spell checked.
