3 Steps to Loving Mondays

The fact that you hate Mondays has little to do with an English word starting with “M” and more with your decisions and perceptions about going to work. If you are going to work just for the sake of working you will hate Mondays. You will hate every day of work for that sake.

Everyone’s faces are down when they walk into work. Here’s how I changed my game and made everyone who looked at me smile.

1.) Have a purpose: This may sound cheesy but have a purpose. If you are going to work just to get money to blow on things, you won’t find satisfaction. My first job at the age of 15 was frying chicken at KFC. I used to hate smelling like chicken fat and grease. However, my colleague used to love doing it. You see, I was going to work to make $7.50 an hour but my colleague was going to work because he wanted to own his franchises. He was passionate about learning the systems. I applied the same principle to my sales job and I took the role so I can learn the art of closing deals. While others around me were miserable and gossiping about mismanagement, I was mastering my craft which I will use to develop my own business to feed my future generations. Take a moment to think about your future goals. Perhaps you want you want to go around the world, or open your own private-equity fund. WRITE YOUR GOAL DOWN where you see it every night before hitting the bed and first thing when you wake up. You’ll thank me later for the fire that’ll spark inside of you.

2.) Be grateful: You ever want to be happy in an instant? Be Grateful! I know you hate your 9–5, you want to smash your alarm clock, you want to KO your annoying customers but think for a moment…. How fortunate are you that you woke up and you’re alive? How fortunate are you to have a source of income? How fortunate are you to be working out of a desk and a computer? How fortunate are you to be living in a prospering nation? How fortunate are you to have the ability to earn a living? Millions if not billions wish they had a lifestyle like you. When you consider what you have been blessed with and practice gratitude at all times, you’ll be in a whole new ball game. You’ll feel the power to take on new projects and focus on your side business (you should have one BTW).

3.) Make Mondays fun: You hate Mondays because you have nothing to look forward to. Make them fun. You can organize a high-5 day where you give high-5 to all your colleagues. For you busy entrepreneurs, squeeze in an activity you enjoy doing. I love working out so I schedule my favourite workouts and business event for Mondays.

And please, stop whining!!! You telling others that you lack power to control your emotions and state doesn’t help anybody. Take the responsibility for your choices. You are at the job you’re at, in the business you’re in because of the choices you made in the past. When you assume responsibility, you get the power to make better choices to be in a better place in the future.

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