Research Series Week: Part 2 – Making Work Work for Me

We know how much work sucks, whether we want to admit it or not, we spend so much time there and results in being super tired when we finally get home. But, there is a way pass all of this, there is something we can do about this whole dilemma.

What I Learned from my Uncle

I was talking to my uncle a couple of months ago about how he gets so many things done at work. He told me that he doesn’t do much, he is the supervisor and has develop systems, templates, and whatever else anyone can think of that will help him not spend time doing the same shit over and over again. He laughed about my situation and told me that I need to do the same thing. I pushed it off and continued to do what I did.

So, my thing now is to spend as little time with the repetitive, mundane activities and task that I perform constantly. There are plenty, and should be easy with the paperwork-driven nature of my job. This type of work system isn’t going to change at all and what I have learned is that there isn’t a point in me changing the status quo, I have to just do what I can to make my work-life easier.

Can’t Change the Makeup of Corporate America

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Research Series Week: Part 1a – Making Work Work for Me

What can be done at work that will provide the greatest amount of freed up time and will allow me to produce the greatest output of a kickass product?

Challenging one’s self is something that all of us must do. If we continue to ask the question why, then we will get closer to the real question we want to ask ourselves. I’ll be doing a series of post from time to time to get me thinking of the way I can better myself. It will be done with plenty of thought, but with insight of doing, too. I’ll think this will be a fun experience and experiment.

Until tomorrow…

2nd Quarter Review and What I’m Planning

This post was written 2 months ago and have been busy doing other things. It is funny, though, once you write something down, things start to happen and relatively quickly.

The second quarter has come and past, I’m already into the discovery of my next step in my life. I’m not going to explain what did and didn’t happen, but I’m to say that it was a hard, challenging, and a worthwhile quarter.

For the most part, my story isn’t as different from the next person, but as I talk to more people and get their take on what I’m doing, I am seeing that I’m taking hold of my life, even with being trap in Corporate America. I have learn that I’m my worst enemy and my biggest cheerleader. I have to learn the difference between being motivated by others and motivated by myself. If one is constantly motivated by others, than their life is not theirs, they are being push in the wind, because the action is controlled by reaction.

“It is easy to be motivated by somebody not believing in you; the hard part is to be motivated when no one is around…

-Me

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