career decisions

lately, i have been so fed up with everything about work. geez. the efficiency and effectiveness have dropped drastically. I don't know. Burn out maybe. So out of my boredom, i checked my inbox in my Lotus Notes - scouring for thousands of mails with no particular subject or whatsoever. Reminiscing perhaps. Or just wasting time. But hey, i found a mail very fitting to my predicament right now. Here it goes:

1) For one, you shouldn't leave because you don't like several people in
the company, nor should you stay because of the friends you have made
here. At the end of the day, it is your life. Your friends or "enemies"
should not make or break your career. If you let them be the deciding
factor, then maybe you should think twice. You are the craftsman of your
fate and the captain of your ship. Captain Hook shouldn't be one of your
worries!


2) Do not leave nor stay because of the "brand" of your company. If that
was the case, I would have rushed off and sign my JO in "C"! Ask yourself
whether you want to be a big fish in a small pond or a small fish in a
bigger pond. Know your priorities. Only you can answer that.


3) Do not leave the company because you're so damn frustrated about the
way things are being run, or stay because you have this "messianic
complex" that you can change things overnight. Be realistic about the
things. Learn to accept that there is no perfect company. Be accepting that
change is a slow and painful process at times and be thankful that you
realize and act on things that can be changed and improved.


4) Definitely, do not leave or stay just because your parents want you
to. I know I am advocating obedience to parents but again, we are talking
about YOUR career. But learn to value their wisdom and discern well.


5) Money isn't everything. The package being offered now might be better
but look at the long-term prospects. Do not leave or stay just solely on
the compensation package. Look for growth prospects and review their
career plans for you. Your immediate gains today might actually be a loss
a few years from now if you do the Math.


6) Boredom is another challenge all professionals are faced with during
lull periods in their career. Do not leave because you have become so
bored with your job. Do not stay either because you want things as they
are. Change is inevitable in any organization. Talk to your boss. Ask for
more responsibilities or other tasks if you're bored. Enroll in a special
course. If you're satisfied with the status quo and is just waiting for
retirement hoping things will stay the same, you're in for a big
disappointment - either you will be forced to change or you will be
forced to leave. Be ready before that time comes. Boredom or complacency
is perennial battle most professionals have to deal with. Arm yourself
with creativity everyday!


7)Tonight I suggest you rest well. Sit still and listen to what He is
saying. PRAY. I have always made my career decisions through His
guidance. He was and still is my Career Adviser/Talent Manager. Your
work, our work, is a vocation. He knows us more than we know ourselves so trust Him for whatever plans He has for you. You can never go wrong.


And remember: Use your head to get to the top. But use your heart to
stay.

I JUST LOVE THIS ARTICLE!

and you are the boss

Yesterday - I was struggling big time to get up and go to work. so hard to get back to the working self when you had a long weekend (since Undas fell on a Monday, yey). But had no choice but to work my ass off. So I busied myself in the morning with the not-so-important chores such as cleaning my desk, filing/disposing files and checking mails. 45 minutes past the hour of 7, my boss went to me asking if i was able to do this and that. i was really caught off guard. damn! i totally forgot to do it. i checked my files. nada. omigod. so i said apologetically that it was overlooked. " Bakit di mo ginawa? Diba sabi ko gawin mo yan? 'Kala ko wala na tayong problema sa report na 'yon?" and the horrible questions were endless. aaaargh! i was really close to crying. kudos to my sensational acting prowess and i successfully held back my precious tears! haha (mind you my tears turn diamond when out of my eyes, i wish!). and yah, tears were stopped but i believe i stammered - damn that voice who broke my impressive acting!


Few minutes after the speech from my boss, i was again asked to go to her office for another pep talk. Now with the another boss. Thankfully this time, she was tamed - I guess. So, as i expected, everything later that day went well.

Not until, another officemate was called, criticized and scolded. He got himself three times of , sermon that day. Ahay. So this officemate and i, after figuring out that he too was scolded, we laughed everything off.

Just two hours before the office hours ended, another officemate (actually my seatmate) was never spared from the fuming boss. Ha ha ha (We're all in this together?) The "wrath" from the boss was again evident. Help! Worse thing was, this time, everyone could hear the "sermon". When the boss left the place, me and other victim friends journeyed to the food court. We certainly needed a breathing space and the FOOD (of course!). Food is all we need to extinguish the burning anger. Talk about pigging out! Lol. And because we were stuffed, we were no longer angry at the boss. Babaw. ha ha