彭蒙惠英语：How to Enjoy Your Job（在线收听）

How to Enjoy Your Job

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Keeping on learning

The quickest way to fall out of love with your job is to stop learning. When you expand your knowledge or skills it gives you a sense of accomplishment, which in turn makes you feel more successful and content. But some jobs don’t easily lend themselves to new opportunities. If you’ve run into a dead-end on promotions and new projects, find out if your company offers tuition for continuing education. If so, why not take some classes on the company’s dime? Look for new ways to challenge yourself and to grow. It’s up to you.

Be a giver

I love my professional speaking career, but a few years ago I really became stressed out. That’s when a favorite saying came to mind: “It’s more blessed to give than to receive.”

I found a battered women’s shelter in my area and asked if I could speak there free of charge. “Am I nuts?” I wondered. “I’ve got five days of speaking engagements and here I am setting up a mini-conference. For free!” That talk at the shelter turned out to be one of the best meetings of my career.

Most companies have community service programs. Get involved. It might give you a newfound respect for your company. And when you help lift others, you always end up lifting yourself.

Make the best use of your time

You’ve tried everything, but you still don’t enjoy your job. Maybe it’s time to stop swimming upstream. The job may not be the right fit for you. But you might not be able to leave right away, so make the best use of your time there. Update your resumé and send it out.

Above all, keep a positive attitude. That’s what you want to bring to your job—a job you can enjoy.

Vocabulary Focus

lend to (v phr) to be suitable for a particular purpose

blessed (adj) [5blesid] relating to something that gives happiness, enjoyment or contentment

battered (adj) [5bAtEd] hurt by being repeatedly hit or abused in some way