When Your Work Does Not Fulfill You: Psychological Factors And Solutions
We live in a world and system focused on materialism and consumerism, but also work-oriented. Your work or professional development can be a source of satisfaction or, on the contrary, a headache and constant frustration.
However, what are the most important areas for your professional development? They are always personal factors (your approach, emotion management, stress management, etc.). Behind the lack of professional satisfaction or vocation lies a very common psychological problem in our time. The objective of this article is for you to discover it and above all to find solutions in your own personal change.
Why focus on your personal change? When you feel that your work does not fulfill or satisfy you, it is always external factors that you cannot control. It is true that sometimes the professional context itself is not appropriate, but in the vast majority of cases the problem lies in how we understand and manage situations.
In the last 10 years I have accompanied people from almost 20 different countries as a psychologist and coach (while I was traveling) in their processes of personal and professional change. The problem of professional dissatisfaction is frequent and has a very clear origin in low tolerance for frustration Let’s dive deeper into this problem and finally the solution. I also leave you this entire article in a video where I explain it to you in my own words (so you can choose the format you like best). Hit play!
Let’s first look at the context: living in a materialistic and consumerist era, There is the constant idea of ​​achieving an ideal way of life and work that is still an unrealistic way of focusing on personal and professional development where the external factor is always unpredictable.
The big mistake we make is to focus on what the profession offers you and not the different tasks that a profession is made up of. I’ll explain it to you with a concrete example: what are the different tasks that a medical professional can focus on? Some would be diagnosis, intervention, research or care for families.
A professional may enjoy one of these tasks (an empathetic and kind family doctor who makes people feel good but with little interest in research) or others (the typical dull doctor but great in his diagnostic analyses).
In all professions there are various tasks, and learning to understand and manage the frustration we feel in its development is key to be able to harmonize your personal and professional life and feel personal satisfaction. Some of the most common consequences of this problem are:
1. Attachment to vocation
It occurs in people who Because of their attachment to working in a certain way, they end up losing opportunities to develop learn from other fields and grow personally and professionally.
2. Permanent dissatisfaction due to self-demand
No matter how much you do at work and are successful, you always feel like it’s not enough The root problem is that you base your personal assessment on your professional results, thus leaving your well-being in the hands of external factors and neglecting your personal life.
Although this problem is real and involves everyday life (especially when working in complex and hierarchical institutions), when your well-being depends on factors that you cannot control it ends up making you feel frustration, and over time, insecurity and discouragement.
All these consequences lead you towards professional discouragement and the reason of origin is the same : the way you approach your well-being and seek appreciation and how you understand and manage your emotions (specifically, insecurity, dissatisfaction and discouragement).
The origin of the problem and the solution
The perfect job does not exist and no job or profession has been created to satisfy personal needs. However, Living a process of change where you learn that your well-being depends on you will help you manage stress in a more functional way and be able to harmonize your personal and professional life. That (your personal growth) will be what, above all, improves your professional life forever and helps you achieve better results and find more opportunities in the long term.
At certain moments in our lives, human beings want and need to experience a process of change. If you want to take a first step, at empowermenthumano.com you have options to take it, schedule an exploratory session with me, study your case, see what the problem is, how to solve it and how I can accompany you so that you achieve it 100%. May your satisfaction, above all, depend on you. This is the change of focus that will give you the most satisfaction.
