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hi I'm dr. Robert Glover welcome to part
one of a special two-part podcast series
with ten game changers to help you take
your job and love it
at one time or another most of us have
probably wanted to shout take this job
and shove it even the best of jobs can
get tedious demanding or repetitious
worse many jobs are downright boring
exhausting brain numbing even demeaning
or physically dangerous whether you have
a good job that's occasionally
unsatisfying or a terrible job that you
have to psych yourself up for or smoke a
joint just to get out of bed in the
morning you can take charge and turn
your job into a place you actually enjoy
showing up for ok let's be honest some
jobs are better than others some jobs
might be a great fit for someone else
and pure torment for you some jobs
really do suck I'm realistic some jobs
are terrible and you can't change that
but you can't change how you experience
them if you're not in a position to turn
in your two-week notice yet most people
think they only have three options for
the less than ideal job stick it out and
be miserable hope something will change
or leave but there is another option you
can change you and show up in a
different way it's your choice you can
whine and complain about your job or you
can change your attitude and change your
behavior it is within your power to
change your perspective of your place of
employment and even change the job
itself it's amazing how many situations
can change dramatically
even up to 180 degrees when a person
decides to do something different in
terms of how they show up for their job
so no matter what kind of job you are
presently in a career that you've
trained and educated yourself for a
part-time or temporary hourly job a good
job that could be better or a sucky job
that you hate
I challenge you to change how you look
at and show up for your job I challenge
you to take the love your job challenge
in this podcast series I'm going to
share with you 10 game changers you can
practice daily to turn your job into a
job you love or at least one that you
don't dread going to every day in this
first part of this two-part series I'm
going to present the first 5 game
changers to help you turn your job into
a job you love and then in part 2 we'll
get to the second five so let the
challenge begin
all right here's game changer number one
on your job a powerful way to change
both your attitude and your behavior
work is to own your job treat it like
it's your business be an entrepreneur
get all in bring your a-game every
single day you go to work so would you
slack off complain or mail it in if your
job was your company so game changer
number one is don't be passive be
proactive now throughout this podcast
series I'm going to talk about a concept
that I called be de best damn employee
and that's going to be you and we're
going to talk about it in several over
the different game changers we'll keep
revisiting the concept of the bde or
best damn employee and I have found that
by you taking ownership of a job is one
powerful way to be the best damn
employee that you can be no when I get
to the end of point one I'm gonna ask
you to stop your mp3 player or whatever
you're listening this podcast on and
write down three things you can do this
week to show all the way up at work to
own your job now this can include things
that you are going to stop doing it can
include things you're going to start
doing and it can include things you're
going to do more of then as part of
being a best damn employee and owning
your job talk to your boss about your
ideas to improve both
your performance and the job itself do
this with no attachment outcome right
you're not gonna try to change your boss
you're not really gonna try to change
anything but you know you don't have to
have your bosses buy-in to support you
for you to take ownership of your job
now if you get fired I'd rather you get
fired for bringing your a-game than for
going along to get along or just mail in
in in every day so as part of owning
your job and being a be de best damn
employee ask your boss for challenges
get out of your comfort zone make the
job a challenge for yourself I recall
one of my first real jobs was my first
summer out of high school and I got a
job as a substitute letter carrier at
the post office and I scored really well
on their placement test and both my
mother and father had worked at the post
office but I already knew it was not
going to be a career it was just a way
to that time to make pretty good money
to pay for college now what my job
basically was was filling in for letter
carriers when they went on vacation that
meant every time I took on a new letter
carriers route I had to learn how to
sort the mail out using the the cubicle
and the cubbies that they used to order
the mail for the route then had to you
know pull everything down put everything
in order go out put it in a mail truck
and drive around try to find all the
mailboxes delivering the mail and get
back to work now typically for a few
days on a new route that I'd never done
before it would take me you know longer
of course and the regular letter
character but I always made every every
opportunity to make it a challenge I
made it a game I owned that route it
became mine so I would show up and and
do everything I could to challenge
myself to make it interesting because if
I didn't do that I get bored to tears
and in fact one of the things that I
found is a lot of the letter carriers
you know would they would go do their
job and then go sit in a cafeteria for
two hours during the day and then show
back up at the office at 3 o'clock like
they've been working the whole time
I tried that a time or two bored me to
death
so I would challenge myself I'd go do
the job
I'd get back in probably two hours
before the normal letter carriers once I
actually learned the route over a period
of a week or two and then after a while
the regular letter carriers told me hey
slow it down you're making us look bad
management's saying how come the
substitutes getting in before you are
but you know what I couldn't do it any
other way
it would have been too bored would have
driven me crazy so I owned it I made it
a challenge and and I took charge of how
I did my job
so make your job a challenge for
yourself by owning it and getting all in
and 0.1 of owning your job can do
wonders to change your attitude and the
job itself even if you do nothing else
of these ten you taking ownership of
your job can be a major game changer
okay stop for a moment now turn your
your player off and make that list of
things you're going to do different this
week to start owning your job
GameChanger number two turn every oh no
I have to into an oh boy I get to now
this is one of my favorites every time
you have a sense of dread resentment and
frustration about anything at work find
a way to turn it into an old boy I get
to now I'm the boss of my company I
haven't gotten a paycheck since 1988 and
I love my job but there are some parts
about my job I enjoy less than the other
parts I might drag them a little bit or
put a mom procrastinate and sometimes
it's just kind of wake up in the morning
going oh no I got a record a podcast
today or oh I need to I have to do my
insurance billing sir oh I've got three
long-distance consultation sessions I
have to do this afternoon and what I've
learned to do is I take every situation
that if I find my mind dreading it
avoiding it feeling oh no I have to do
it I turn it into an old boy I get to
now it is simple but it changes my
entire day and
I usually end up enjoying the thing I
was previously dreading or avoiding so
for example if I have to do a podcast
that day or need to get a podcast done
I'll go oh boy I get to record a podcast
I get to check that thing off my list it
won't be hanging over me anymore and
I'll get it sent out to the guys in my
class and and they're all gonna love
hearing this podcast so I turned it into
an oh boy if it's insurance Billings
instead of saying oh no I've got to do
insurance Billings it's oh boy I get to
do insurance Billings today
and I'm gonna bring in several hundred
more dollars for sending out those
insurance Billings and it'll be one more
thing checked off the list or if it's
long distance consultation sessions I
remind myself that I always really do
enjoy them is something I really do love
now the part that that I struggle
against is I hate making commitments of
my time I guess I'm a hunter-gatherer at
heart and and I don't like being tied to
a specific appointment time but I do
part of my job requires it so I say oh
boy
I get to earn X hundred dollars today by
working with these guys I'll think of
each guy that I'm working with what I
like about working with them and say oh
boy I get to spend that time with them
today and I get to make more money in
three hours than most people in this
world might make in a week alright so I
turn it into an oh boy I get to as I
said it's simple but it changes my
entire attitude so as you do this as you
turn your own nose I have to into oh boy
I get to it helps you stop being a
victim
it changes your mindset because you're
not a victim you're a volunteer whatever
job you're at you are volunteering to be
there and there might actually be slaves
somewhere on this planet or people
working for slave wages that have a
better attitude than you do so this is
about an attitude adjustment no one is
forcing you to do this job no matter how
terrible you believe your job might be
or management is or your boss is
entertain the idea that you are the
problem not your job by changing you you
can change your job at least your
perspective of it
and how you experience it so whatever
way you're making yourself a victim
that's your problem not the problem of
your job so I'm going to encourage you
as you turn every oh no I have to into
oh boy I get to is stop complaining
complaining is a bad habit it
perpetuates a feeling of helplessness
and it can turn any situation toxic so
use your job as a way to practice
challenging your negative thinking use
your job as a way to practice taking
responsibility for every situation you
find yourself in life this week stop
complaining stop listening to other
people complain stop gathering and
replaying evidence of how sucky your job
your co-worker your boss is vow to go
one week without entertaining complaints
in your head or speaking them out loud
so this week turn every oh no I have to
into an oh boy I get to game-changer
number three don't cheat your employer
or yourself now back to the concept of
best damn employee no more Facebook no
more YouTube no more Twitter no more
porn
no more yakking on the phone no more
just dinking around at work give your
boss and honest day's work I've worked
with plenty of guys who've told me that
they get so bored on their jobs and I
ask them well what do you do at work and
basically they'll tell me well they
spend time surfing on YouTube or
Facebook or texting and yes even surfing
for porn I tell them go one week and cut
the crap
don't cheat their boss in any way while
at work be of work bring it 100% of your
focus while you're on your boss's clock
no distractions now
I also add that this means don't take
calls at work from your wife or your
girlfriend that's a common thing that a
lot of guys do because we don't want our
wife or girlfriend upset at us so we
didn't talk to him while it were
but I tell them here's an interesting
phenomenon if your woman knows you'll
cheat your boss by talking with her wall
at work she'll also wonder if you'll
cheat on her - now we guys may say well
they're not the same thing but - a
woman's brain there's no difference okay
so don't cheat don't cheat your boss
don't cheat yourself now at the end of
one week most people that have given
this little challenge to to show up
bring their a-game be a hundred percent
in no distractions
most report that the job is still not
ideal but they had a good week they were
more productive they didn't give bored
and they actually you know enjoyed
showing up for work so what every excuse
you have her cheating your boss drop it
where there's they don't pay me enough
they work me too much they're morons
they only reward the ass kissers why
bother it doesn't make a difference they
don't appreciate me this week really
show up be the best damn employee in
your entire unit you're tired the
division or Department and also don't
cheat yourself don't give them your body
your soul or your life go home on time
they don't own you they just sign your
paychecks so many people I work with are
afraid that if they go home on time or
don't stay as late as their boss or
coworkers they'll get bad reviews and
even they'll get fired
you know what I've worked with a lot of
managers and I'll ask him about this
I'll ask him if you have a guy that's
showing up being a best damn employee
well he's at work he's giving you 100%
no distraction he's all in but he goes
home on time doesn't take bunch of work
home on weekends and comes back the next
morning and he's ready to go again I've
asked him would you fire that guy and
every manager I've ever asked to I
assume they're being straight with me
every manager I've ever asked said they
would like an entire department of
people like this now when necessary put
in the extra extra hours but when at
work give your boss 100% when it's time
to go home
give yourself
100% so game changer number three don't
cheat your employer or yourself game
changer
number four educate your boss now I've
often heard it said that most people
don't quit their job they quit
management so whether you have a good
boss or a crappy one your job is to
educate them I call this trickle up and
it's part of being a best damn employee
now I've listened to enough people talk
about their jobs and I follow the news
and I stay pretty well-informed about
the business world and I've come to the
opinion that basically in most companies
management makes problems and then
expects frontline workers to clean up
their messes now this happens at every
level up the ladder probably VPS are
cleaning up the messes of the CEO above
them you know and you've seen it in
management they they'll over promise
something that there's no way they can
deliver either that product or on time
they'll pull deadlines out of their ass
goals out of their ass quotas out of
their ass expectations out of their ass
and then go okay here's the plan and you
wonder where they came up with the plan
other than they just made it up so they
make this stuff up and then they hand it
to the people below them and say get it
done and they expect them to do it I
mean just a couple of examples I've
lived most of my life in the Seattle
area and Boeing has always been a major
player in Seattle
well they you know made a lot of their
own share of messes and one of the most
recent one is that the 787 Dreamliner or
as we call it in Seattle the dream
smoker because of all the battery
problems it had batteries catching on
fire but this thing was riddled with
problems from day one and and apparently
it's a good airplane and they've gotten
a lot of bugs worked out but it was
delayed for years getting out and a
primary reason they had so many problems
was because of management management had
the bright idea of this build every
different part of this airplane in a
different part of the world and by
giving jobs to people in Ireland or
Japan or here or there
then maybe the airlines and those
companies are the government's in those
in those countries will then buy the
airplane because we came and we built
part of it there well that sounds like
maybe a bright idea to management when
it actually came to putting airplanes
together it sucked the the parts didn't
fit together they had to start
customizing parts they had to start
taking an ownership back of some of the
things they're rebuilding they even gave
the the building of the wing the leading
edge that's usually very secretive in
the airline industry they gave it to be
built in a whole different country
outside the United States and every
management decision that they thought
was a great idea to sell airplanes
turned into be a terrible idea to build
the airplanes and guess who got stuck
with cleaning up the messes
it wasn't management of course they
always just get their golden parachutes
and move on I'm not trying to be bitter
but this is the way a lot of
corporations work okay just a reality
unfortunately in too many major
corporations management primarily cares
about two things their bonuses and
shareholder return unfortunately too few
management's care about employee
satisfaction quality service or product
or customer satisfaction now again I'm
not trying to be negative or bitter I
just recognize the reality of the
working world out there so if you work
for a company that has a culture of
making upper management and shareholders
wealthy at the expense of employee and
cust
and the customers and the product you
might want to consider a breakup and go
find a company that does care about
what's important and we'll get back to
that in game-changer number 10 down the
road here a little bit and if your
company does care about their employees
their customers and their product count
your blessings and get all in but no
matter what your job is to communicate
to have a voice I worked with a VP of
Boeing several years ago and he told me
because he'd come to me at times that
can't even just play mind games with me
he really didn't want to be there and
I'd call him on his and I go you
with me again and he go yeah
yeah
was and after about four sessions he
decided he didn't want to do therapy
anymore but they ended the last session
he goes you know as much as I didn't
like coming to see you
I kind of did because you are the only
person in my entire world that ever
calls me on my I'm surrounded by
yes men I never hear the truth from
anybody alright
so communicate be honest ask for help
communicate whatever needs to be
communicated to your boss its trickle up
so this week schedule a meeting with
your manager tell him or her about your
plan on being their best
damn employee tell them what you need to
succeed tell them how you need them to
communicate with you tell them what tell
them that you'll tell them no at times
or it can't be done by then tell them
that every time they pile too much on
your plate you're going to ask them
what's the highest priority and then
that's what you'll focus on tell them
that you will let them know when you
need help tell them that you are going
to communicate with them regularly so
they won't have to guess where you're at
or what's going on with you again every
manager I've ever asked I would they
would take it if their employee did this
every one of them has said I wish I had
a whole team of people like this so
educate your boss game-changer number
five say no I'm gonna tell you the story
this is about a client of mine that I
first started working with him several
years ago and when he came to see me for
a session about possibility of joining
one of my groups he talked about his
frustration of work now he worked for
one of the largest and you know
wealthiest software companies in the
world and he came in and he said you
know I'm I love my job
I like so many things about it but he
said I I'm just working all the time
it's affecting my marriage I taking work
home on weekends I take work home every
night I'm never without my laptop and I
just I just can't ever get anything done
and I said well what seems to be getting
in the way and he goes I just I just
have so much to do I never get it all
done and it's
let me see your staff your calendar your
scheduled so we pulled this phone out
showed me his schedule and this guy had
like five to six meetings every day at
work and I said why do you have so many
meetings and he goes well you know
people give me these requests and you
don't come to this meeting be at this
meeting want your this meeting and he
said so I go to all these meetings I
can't get any work done and so I have to
go do it at night or on weekends I said
well I could see where that's a problem
and I said tell me what is your goal at
this company he said well my goal is
someday be a general manager maybe even
a vice president at this company I said
okay I'm going to tell you one major
characteristic of vice presidents they
tell people no and I said let's make
that you're working mantra at your
company vice presidents say no and he
started doing this he started carrying
out this mantra of saying no to things
that were not important or they didn't
have time to do or that he didn't need
to be there and not only did he start
having more time at home during the week
he started getting more work done but he
also started progressing very quickly at
this very large company and within a
year of practicing that mantra vice
presidents say no he applied for the job
to be the CEOs personal speechwriter
it's a two-year gig and he got that job
and so for two years he flew all over
the world in a CEOs private jet to every
country in the world writing his
speeches and making his presentations
for him all because he learned to say no
now it wasn't all because of that he was
also a very smart very talented guy but
every successful person says no
regularly is a very powerful key to
success now I hate telling people no
because I don't want to disappoint them
I know a lot of people fear getting a
bad reputation or even getting demoted
or fired if they don't say yes to
everything so I'm gonna encourage you
confront your fear of getting fired
confront your fear of disappointing
people and every day here's your
challenge say no to at least one
legitimate request and don't offer any
explanation or excuse to say sorry I
won't be able to do that now
given this challenge countless times to
people in my online classes nice guys
don't finish last a rotten middle
management could so many guys have such
a hard time saying no and you know it
creates so much guilt and anxiety for
them to say no especially when they can
do it
but it's a powerful tool to not only get
your work done but to be a best damn
employee for your entire department so
soothe your anxiety get back to work
believe it or not learning to say no
might be one of the most powerful game
changers you can do it work so this week
say no that wraps up part 1 of this
two-part podcast even if you can't
listen to part two right away start
applying the five challenges from this
podcast to your job this week every day
practice the five game-changers I
presented number one on your job number
two turn every oh no I have to into an
old boy I get to three don't cheat your
employer or yourself four educate your
boss and five say no print out the cheat
sheet that I've made the list actually
all ten of game-changers from the
download page free downloaded this
podcast keep it in front of you to
remind you because you're not only
breaking some bad old habits but you
also need to stay conscious to make some
new good habits so here's what's coming
in part two we're gonna talk about five
more game changers we're going to talk
about asking people for help
being social bailing forward and failing
fast making your passion your job or
making your job pay for your passions
and number 10 being a good ender stay
tuned for part two this is doctor Robert
Glover thanks for listening