ALT-2 How being Passionate about your Job could Benefit your Long Term Career
Have you ever been cared for by a born nurse, one makes you feel better just by her presence? Have you been served by a supermarket cashier who has a cheery word for everyone or ridden on a bus with a driver, who cheerfully helps elderly ladies on the bus with their shopping trolleys? All those people are passionate about their jobs. How can being passionate about your job help you in your own career?
If you are passionate about your job, you care about how you do your work. It is important to you to do your work to the very best of your ability. You work at full stretch all the time when you are passionate about your work, and you are ready to go beyond your job description when the occasion demands. You are positive and enthusiastic about your job.
People, who are passionate about their jobs are unfazed by unfamiliar tasks and will volunteer readily for them. They see an unfamiliar task as an opportunity to learn more about their jobs. If you are passionate about your work, you are eager to learn more about your job and you will ask for any training that you think you need rather than waiting for someone else to suggest it. You are also prepared to study in your own time, to gain more qualifications in your chosen field.
Your positive, enthusiastic approach and hard work inspires and encourages others and makes the workplace a happy place to be. The ability to inspire and encourage other workers is a skill that will help you towards promotion.
There are negative aspects to any job but passionate people never allow these to outweigh the joy that they find in their work. People, who are passionate about their work, never allow minor setbacks or temporary difficulties to take the joy out of their work. Such people understand the importance of good relationships in the workplace and work hard to maintain them.
If you are passionate about your work, you set yourself goals and exceed them. You are an inspiration to your colleagues and a pleasure to work with. In busy or emergency situations, you work calmly and do not panic, your serene attitude inspires your colleagues and gives them confidence in their ability and skill, to deal with the busy period or emergency calmly and efficiently just as you do.
Workers, who are passionate about their work, inspire and encourage their colleagues. They believe in their skills and abilities and this gives their colleagues confidence in their own skills and abilities. If you are passionate about your work, you work hard and accurately. Your positive, enthusiastic attitude makes the workplace a pleasant place to work. These qualities will ensure that you will be successful in your career.
