During the past few months, empty stations are the standard lay-out in the office. The agents are not motivated anymore probably because our salaries are fixed and not according to our accomplishments. Some people complain about the poor management. Others complain about the strict command for policy compliance. I can't explain it. We latterly sort to finding a second job for back up source of income. I've been embracing this way of life for quite sometime now. To think about it is exhausting. I am guilty for being delinquent too. I just don't think it's worth the effort anymore.
Today is my last day at work. Though problems in the office drain my motivation at work, I will really miss the people who became a part of my life here. Thank you guys for the memories :)
I'd like to share an article shared to me by my friend:
ramilcvaliente.blogspot.com - Give Gratitude a Chance
Give Gratitude a Chance
By Francis Kong
Trouble. There’s always trouble.
That’s what the work place is all about. You deal with trouble all the time.
Difficult customers, backbiting office mates, unreasonable bosses, fighting fires all the time. Sucks your energy and makes you feel like you are being punished for something you did not do. But pause for a while. Take a deep breadth. And take time to look at it the way business consultant Robert Updegraff sees it. Updegraff says: “You ought to be glad for the troubles on your job because they provide about half your income. If it were not for the things that go wrong, the difficult people with whom you deal, and the problems of your working day, someone could be found to handle your job for half of what you are being paid. So start looking for more troubles. Learn to handle them cheerfully and with good judgment, as opportunities rather than irritations, and you will find yourself getting ahead at a surprising rate. For there are plenty of big jobs waiting for people who are not afraid of troubles.
If you look long enough and hard enough, you will always find something to bellyache about. Some people complain all the time it is as if complaining is their chief purpose in life and they think they can get rewarded by doing it. Maybe… it is because they have not given gratitude a chance.
Gratitude is always an option. The great Bible commentator Mathew Henry inspires us with his words because Henry made gratitude his option. When the famous scholar was robbed and his possessions forcibly removed from him, he wrote this in his diary: “Let me be thankful first, because I was never robbed before; second, because, although they took my purse, they did not take my life; third, although they took my all, it was not much and fourthly, because it was I who was robbed, not I who robbed.”
Gratitude should be your option.
Thankfulness should be your default emotion and pretty soon you will be giving thanks, learning from and growing in character as a result of the problems and challenges of the situation.
So, here is my take on this.
* Somebody backbiting you? You must be doing something right in order for some people to be doing something wrong against you. Be thankful.
* Somebody sending anonymous text messages spreading false lies against you? You must be famous because this is what celebrities and well know personalities eat for breakfast every day. Smile. You’re famous!
* Somebody sending anonymous mail or brown envelopes to important people everywhere containing documents with trump up charges against you? Wow! You must be doing something effective so that some people would go to the length of doing such cowardly things. Be grateful!
You should be grateful you are not the one doing the wrongs against anyone, you are not the one sending text messages and sending mail maligning people.
So chill out. Focus on what you do and let the Eternal One who sees everything and knows everything keep score. Meanwhile, allow trouble and challenges in your life to transform you into a better person. Stronger in character, more compassionate in dealing with erring people and draw closer to God who is your Rock and your Refuge.
Give gratitude a chance and be amazed at what it can do for you!
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