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Frustration is often a door to something bigger and more fulfilling that you’re getting ready for.

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Frustrated? Make It Work for You

How Do You Handle Frustration?

Americans are increasingly dissatisfied with their work, a trend that’s been continuing over two decades. A report released earlier this month shows a 61% decline in worker satisfaction since 1987.¹ Only 45% of workers surveyed say they are satisfied with their jobs, and this is despite the be-grateful-you-have-a-job mentality of the current economy.¹ See more findings from the report here. I’ve also posted an article with some insightful observations by Laura Berman Fortgang here.

Whether or not this statistic applies to you, I ask you to consider this question: How do you handle dissatisfaction? What do you do when you’re frustrated…whether with your job, your bank account, your spouse, your weight, or anything else for that matter?

Make It Work For You

Here are four ways to work with your frustration:

1. Call it what it is. Sometimes dissatisfaction and frustration show up in capital letters. Other times it’s more of an ebb and flow that never completely recedes. However it appears, the first step is to acknowledge it and call it what it is.
   
   
2. Don’t just feel it…interview it. Talk to your frustration and find out the answer to these questions: What’s frustrating me? What’s really frustrating me? What is it signaling?
   
   
3. Make a decision and take action. If you find yourself bumping into the same frustration repeatedly, do something about it. Take a new approach. Not knowing what to do isn’t the big problem you may think it is. It just means that you need some help generating options.
   
   
4. See it as a gift. Without frustration you might be tempted to settle for the status quo. A woman recently told me that she wasn’t frustrated enough to do something about her predicament right now. I understood completely, and it’s true that frustration can be a great motivator. Actually, I think it can be even more than that. Frustration is often a door to something bigger and more fulfilling that you’re getting ready for. What’s showing up as discomfort, then, is really a call, an invitation, a cue, an opportunity.

Your Frustration is the Door

As I describe on the home page of my website, what I’ve seen is that the best way to find more meaning in your life or more satisfying work is to take on your restlessness as an opportunity.

What will you do this week to walk through the door of your frustration?

Here's to you,

P.S. Join me next Monday, February 1, for the first of three free teleclasses I’m holding for you this February. You can read about the topics of each class here. These three preview calls are also a good way to get a taste of the Now What? Coaching Group that begins in March (details of the March group will be posted online later this week, so please check back). And, even if you’re not a candidate for the program, feel free to register for any or all of the calls and benefit from the content I’ll be sharing. Please note that the dates of the classes have changed from the “save the date” announcement in the last issue. I’m looking forward to hearing from you. Until then!

Notes:
¹The Conference Board, Press Release: “U.S. Job Satisfaction at Lowest Level in Two Decades” [online] available here.