Asking yourself why you do your job doesn’t mean you’re dissatisfied, just self-aware. This awareness can lead to greater job satisfaction, increased sense of well being and a little more control over what you do, rather than just “going along for the ride.” For some, it may be time for a change—if so, don’t be afraid of it. Change isn’t necessarily bad, it’s just different. For the rest of us, take a look around, you may find you’ve got a great view.
Take a look at your life. How would you describe it? Contented? Rushed? Exciting? Stressful? Moving forward? Holding back? For many of us it’s all of the above at times. There are things we dream of doing one day, there are things we wish we could forget. In the Bible, it says that Jesus came to make all things new. What would your life look like if you could start over with a clean slate?
我们每天都会听到“跳槽”这个词。尽管你有这样的机会，但是一旦所有的改变都实现了，真的会使我们快乐吗？或许问题不在于“我们如何能找到喜欢的工作”，而在于“我们如何爱上目前的工作”。采取下面四个实用的步骤，来确定自己做现在这份工作的原因，花些时间想一想，你就会有惊奇的发现。
1. 要认识到：定义你的不是你的工作，而是你的工作方式。在这里，更多的话题应该说是针对态度，而不是意愿。任何工作只要能做好，就要开心、认真地去做。你的工作态度和为人处世的方式，甚至是你的心情，都不会被人忽视。这些都会给你的同事带来深刻的影响。你往往不能控制你的处境，但你可以选择如何去适应。
2. 不再关注钱。钱永远都不够多，所以不要再用钱（或是缺钱）当做借口。不管每月的15号和30号你带回家的是多少钱，你都会想得到更多的钱，做更多的事情。只要你的钱更多，你想做、能做的事情就越多。试着记下你每周花的每一分钱。看看你的钱到底花在了哪里，这样可以帮助你审视是否确实把钱花在了你想要的东西上。得到报酬只是你工作的一小部分，工作完成的意义远远超过了一张薪水支票。
3. 发现工作的重要性。这也许要求你志向高远，然而你可以做到。花些时间，好好想想你的工作。你的工作有意义吗？你看到成果了吗？一件事情的完成，你是否给过指导？然后问问自己：“我的存在使这项工作有什么不同？” 在个人满足和幸福方面，想象起着重大作用。试着回忆一下，当初为什么选择这份工作。如果仅仅是“缓兵之计”，那么，你还在积极地寻找其他工作吗？
4. 勇敢地询问自己的价值所在。如果你不能在工作中找到自己喜欢的那部分，或者你发现自己正朝那个你永远也不愿成为的人转变，考虑一下原因吧。也许你需要的不是一份新工作，而是一个新方向。你欣赏工作中的自己吗？如果答案是“不”，你能否转变一下工作方式，还是工作本身存在什么问题？你是否需要在你所在的公司里做不同职位的工作？附加的责任是否会使你离开你所负责的工作？或许这些都需要重新规定。学着说“不”。尽量选择那些你肯花时间去做的工作，不要只因为每个人都期望去参与一些事件或会议，你就去。
问自己为什么要做这份工作，并不表示你对其不满意，只是为了能有自知之明。知道了这一点，就能够引导你得到更大的工作满意度，增加满足感，更好地掌控你的工作，不再“跟风”。对于一些人来说，也许改变的时候到了。如果真是如此，也不要担心。改变不一定有坏处，仅仅是与之前有所区别而已。对于其他人，向四周看看，你会发现，你看到的风光更绚丽。
注视你的生活。你是怎样描述它的？满足？匆忙？令人兴奋？有压力？进步？还是倒退？许多人的生活时常是这样的。我们梦想着有一天去做一些事，同时也希望能忘掉一些事。《圣经》中说，耶稣的来临使一切脱胎换骨。如果你能以全新的面貌起程，那你的生活会呈现出怎样的景象呢？
心灵小语
找到喜欢的工作不如爱上目前的工作。我们往往不能爱一行干一行，但我们一定能干一行爱一行。
记忆填空
1. Realize that your job does not__you, but how you do it does. There’s a lot to be said for attitude, more than will__ here. Any job can be done well, done with compassion, done with__. Your attitude at work and the__ you treat people—even your mood—does not go unnoticed.
2. Try taking tracking every penny you__ in a week. Seeing where your money is really going can__ you to refocus your spending towards the things you really__.
3. Dare to ask yourself if it’s__ it. If you can’t find the part of your job that you like, or if you can see yourself turning into the person you said you would never be, consider the__ .
佳句翻译
1. 要认识到：定义你的不是你的工作，而是你的工作方式。
译______________
2. 得到报酬只是你工作的一小部分，工作完成的意义远远超过了一张薪水支票。
译______________
短语应用
1. Stop focusing on the money.
focus on：集中于；以……为焦点；集中研究；集中
造______________
2. There are things we dream of doing one day, there are things we wish we could forget.
dream of：梦到；梦想；向往
造______________
天道酬勤
Hard Work Pays Off
卡尔·马龙 / Karl Malone
As a young boy, I grew up with my eight siblings in a tin-roofed shack in Summerfield, Louisiana. I didn’t see my circumstance as an obstacle, even though we didn’t even have a real toilet in the house. I saw my life more as a card that had been dealt to me and I tried to make the most of it.
I was the youngest of five boys and also had four sisters who had to pull together and take care of each other. Dad wasn’t around, so I never knew him well. He committed suicide when I was three years old, leaving Mom with the job of raising and providing for nine kids. She worked at a sawmill running a forklift for fifty dollars a week and had another job at a poultry plant. She was a very hard worker, and in order to make ends meet, she hardly ever rested.
My mom believed in doing all she could do to take care of her responsibilities, so no matter what, she never asked for a handout. You can imagine, we kids didn’t get what we wanted, but we always got the things we needed. With my mom as my example, I learned that hard work is the best way to get what you want.
While growing up, I was surrounded with temptations to do negative things like drugs, alcohol and all that. I chose not to go there, even as a little boy, I knew I was going to be successful. Some people take that to be cocky or conceited, but I wasn’t going to let anybody tell me that I couldn’t do whatever I set out to do.
Of course, I dreamed about what I wanted to be when I grew up. At first, I wanted be a state trooper, then I wanted to be in the Special Forces. After a while, I decided that I wanted to drive eighteen-wheelers. There was even a period of time that I wanted to be in construction. I wanted to play football in high school; in fact, I still do. But regardless of what I chose, I wanted to make my brothers, sisters and mom proud of me—not only by being successful in what I chose to do, but also as a person who could be looked up to for the right reasons.