How to stay inspired and motivated at work
How to stay inspired and motivated at work? It is not rare to have a difficult patch in your worklife, there will be tough and frustrating situations which requires some extra motivation to push through. Occasional frustration with work is normal and is a part of life. Go through our tips listed if you feel like you need a little push to maintain your inspiration and work motivation.
Stay inspired and motivated at work by setting goals and rewards
Setting certain goals or objectives at work will help you to improve the quality of your work. Setting goals will also give you immediate feedback whether the goals were met or not, bringing extra fun trying to reach the goals.
When talking about goals, we should also mention rewards. You should set up a habit to reward yourself whenever a goal is reached, or a certain task is done. This goes for the employer as well, remember to show appreciation for your employees. Happy employee is a motivated employee, which shows directly in how the company performs overall.
Make effort to distance yourself from work
It is no wonder that you lose your inspiration and motivation at work if you can’t distance yourself from it. After your workday you should do something completely different that is not related to your work at all. For example, if you work at the office and sit all day staring at the computer screen, go outside when you are done, be active no matter how tempting it would be to just stay in front of the computer after work. Vice versa, if your work requires a lot of physical effort, try to relax in your free time. Don’t go jogging or do an extreme workout right after, give your body a chance to relax. Read also our tips for balancing work and free time.
To stay inspired and motivated at work requires learning
Sometimes you might lose your motivation if you are dealing with too difficult tasks or are just too comfortable staying in your preferred comfort zone. Always ask for help if the tasks feel too overwhelming, talk to your fellow employees or boss about it and see how you can untangle the situation. Also keep learning and try to educate yourself a little at a time. When it comes to your comfort zone, step out of it, at least from time to time even just a little, because that is once again a part of life.
Be open to feedback
You might lose your motivation and inspiration if you are too set in your ways. Talk to other people and brainstorm. Let other’s new ideas inspire you which will increase your motivation as well, get a new point of view. Be open to feedback and improvement suggestions, you all are working towards a common goal in your company after all.
3 tips to reduce stress and balance work and life
Balancing work and life sounds simple, but still too many of us are struggling too often with stress that could be prevented if we just remember to take care of ourselves. Grab a coffee and go through these tips listed and get a boost to start balancing your work and life.
Get those good endorphins pumping!
We all feel stressed at some point in our lives, whether it is work related or not. Our bodies are not built for sitting, at least not for long periods of time. It is said that exercise is an effective stress reducer. So after workday, go outside, get some fresh air and exercise regularly to keep your mind clear and ready for future challenges.
Here at MeKiwi we have our own kiwisport-channel in which we set certain exercise goals and support each other to achieve these goals. You can also utilize gamified applications to motivate employees or yourself. Gamified apps bring fun to the exercise, that kind of apps are especially good for those who struggle to keep up with their exercise plan.
We love the power of gamification and using Virtual Reality technology in our daily life so we can suggest VR games like Beat Saberwhich can give you an efficient work-out experience and it is so much fun!
Keep on tracking
Balancing work and free time requires planning. When it feels like the work never stops and everything is all over the place, stop for a second and make a list of all the tasks that need to be done. Also prioritize and separate the most urgent tasks for every week. Also keep track of your free time and hold on to it. At MeKiwi we use Jira to help manage our work related tasks and projects. Another good tool to manage ongoing tasks is Trello, it is quite simple to use and anyone can get easily started.
Get offline!
This era of digitalization, and constantly beeping phones, that we are living in now almost forces us to be constantly online. Instead of being available all the time, after your work is done try switching off your phone and computer. Get offline for a moment and enjoy some me-time or immerse yourself in some good video game or try learning new skills that are not related to work to start finding the balance, and who knows, you might pick up a new hobby!
