Excel brings tears to my eyes.

Not tears of love for its ugly little rows of boxes, mystery formulas and other witchcraft.

Tears of boredom: spreadsheets drain the living blood from my body and suck my soul out of my face.

Talking to people, sharing ideas, coaching, training and developing others.

That’s what I love doing.

I try to do more of that wherever I can to make my working life better.

When my working life is better then I’m more energised and performing better (except when I’m doing spreadsheets, then I’m annoyed).

So I intentionally find as many opportunities as I can to do the activities that give me the energy to do them as well as I can.

What do you love doing in your working life? Where can you do more of it?

Doing more of what you love doesn’t always mean moving jobs.

You can refresh the job you’re in now.

Does your current manager know where your strengths lie? Do you?

Think about what energises you, tell your manager how they can best get value from you.

Can you negotiate carving out more opportunities to focus on what gives you energy and therefore what will bring benefits to your organisation?

Change doesn’t have to be radical. It can be incremental and small and that can be enough to give you renewed life and enthusiasm for your work.