Workplace Wisdom...
Discover Fulfillment in Life and Work
with Michelle Y. Drake

The hands of the clock are moving so slowly they actually appear to be going backwards. You start to wonder how many ceiling tiles there are above you and decide to count them. The files and papers on your desk get shuffled around, but you can't bring yourself to really work on them. Good thing you don't have a window or you'd be staring out of it for hours on end. Instead, you squirm in your seat, listen to the fluorescent lights hum and silently count the minutes until the end of the day.

In short, you're bored to tears, and some days it feels like work is sucking the life right out of you.

Brody from Uniondale knows what I'm talking about:

Dear Michelle,

Sometimes at work I feel like a little kid ready to throw a tantrum because he's bored. Every day it's the same tasks over and over again, and I'm beginning to dread working here. When I first started, everything was new and challenging, and I was so excited. Now it's all the same old, same old.

Please give me some ideas on how to inject a little life back into my job.

Okay Brody, I'll start by giving you my favorite piece of advice...

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