back in Your head. Your job doesn’t challenge You to think, and sometimes

You think that a trained monkey could do Your job just as well. Sound

familiar? Many humans are bored out of their minds while they are at work.

The truth of the matter is that most jobs are exactly like this. Repetitious

tasks must be done, and chances are good that whoever designed Your job

created it in a way that insured that the employee would never have to think

for himself. So many employers seem to be risk-adverse, and these are the

guys who design a job that can’t be easily screwed up. Bor’ing is always high

on their agenda.

So how does one live through this? The answer is simpler than you’d think–

games. We know of one waitress who can tell You exactly how many plates

she has delivered in the past three years. We spoke to a bank teller who

knew what her record for most clients served in a day (and week) were.

There are policemen who keep track of their tickets, and bakers who count

their cookies.

Take a lesson from Your childhood. Remember when You were a youngster

and You had to make Your way through Your daily chores? You made a

game out of it didn’t you? While You might not have managed to get

someone else to do Your job for you, Tom Sawyer probably had noth’ing on

Your ability to make a game out of drudgery. So why did You stop? If Your

job is mind-numbingly boring, make a game out of it! Chances are good

that those around You will wonder why you’re suddenly smil’ing all the time

and You appear to be hav’ing fun.

GOOD LUCK!

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bad one, things probably will not improve. Unfortunately, someone has got

to be in charge in any organization, and when Your boss is incompetent or

just unreasonable or biased, You are go’ing to be in for a long, tough slog

each day. If You boss is merely incompetent, the best th’ing You can do is to provide as

much help to him as You can. Not only will You make yourself invaluable to

him, You will also gradually learn his job—thus position’ing yourself to move

up in this, or a different organization. The greater Your skill set, the greater

Your flexibility when it comes to find’ing a more challeng’ing and fulfill’ing

employment opportunity!

If, on the other hand, Your boss is unreasonable and/or biased, You have

several strategies available – none of them good ones. You can buckle down

and take the abuse; do the job as best You can and hope that he notices

Your value; You can start look’ing for another job; You can go over his head

and hope that his boss might help; or You can seek legal action.

Keep in mind that Your boss’s boss may well not care if he is abusive

towards you. The higher ups in a company tend to be bottom line oriented,

and if Your boss’s numbers are good, Your unhappiness may just be the

price of do’ing business to them. If You are go’ing to fight, keep in mind that

there is a very good chance that You are go’ing to lose. Understand the risks

before You make the attempt! Have You reached a point where keep’ing

Your sanity mandates that You take the risk?

Your mantra (if You choose to fight) is DOCUMENT DOCUMENT DOCUMENT.

Write everyth’ing down. Keep a journal of what’s go’ing on, every time You

have contact through Your boss, note it. Keep’ing a record will also enable You

to cover Your backside if things do get out of hand. Protect yourself.

GOOD LUCK!