Speak Up

You are unhappy with your work. You are unhappy that your pay is crappy. You are dragging your feet to work everyday. You allow this unhappiness to take control of you life. My advice: Do something about it.

Everyone has their share of being de-motivated at work. There are several reasons to that:

• Not reasonably paid – in relations to your workload or the market
• Forced to do sucky job – but if reasonably paid, it’s still negotiable
• Colleagues leaving – those good ones especially
• Self satisfaction at work
• There could be more…you can make your own list

Hence, what do you do about it? You talk things out with your boss. Express yourself. Speak up. You are bound to be heard. If you are not heard, maybe it is not the place for you to stay. Move on then. You’ve got nothing to lose if you’re not happy with the job.

As what Steve Jobs have said “You’ve got to find what you love” and he has definitely found his. Here’s some excerpt from his speech which is rather inspiring;

“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”

“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

-Steve Jobs-

(Steve Jobs’ Commencement, June 12, 2005, Stanford University)

Btw, great speech. So you see, it again rolls down to what you want. And as what Steve Jobs have mentioned, your intuition and your heart has already know what you truly want. I think it’s just a matter of taking that bold step and making it happen. You haven’t got a lot of time now you know…why wait?

And again…it’s not just applicable for you job. It’s applicable to your entire life. Again, you haven’t got a lot of time. Do what’s best for you and the best will eventually come to you.