Day 6 - Works Like Magic

You should love your job, whatever it is, and be excited about going to work, and you shouldn’t settle for anything less.  If you don’t feel that way about your current job, of it it’s not your dream job, the way to receive your dream job is by first being grateful for the job you have now.

Today, imagine that you have an invisible manager shows job it is to keep a record of the thoughts and feelings you have about your job.  Imagine that your manager will follow you wherever you go today, poised with pen and notebook in hand.  Every time you find something about your job to be grateful for, your manager will make a note of it.  Your job is to find as many things as you can to be grateful for so at the end of the day your manager has a long list of all your gratitude.  The longer the list is, the more magic your invisible manager can bring to your money, work, success, opportunities, enjoyment and fulfilment.

Think about all the things you could be grateful for in your work.  To begin with, think about the fact that you actually have a job!  Think about how many people are unemployed, who would give anything to have a job.  Think about the timesaving equipment you use, such as phones, printers, the Internet, and computers.  Think about the people you work with, and the friendships you have with them.  Think about the people who make your job easier, such as receptionists, assistants, janitors and delivery people.  Think about how good it feels when you receive your pay cheque and think about the favourite aspects of your job that you love doing.

Have your invisible manager make a note each time you find something you’re grateful for, by saying:

I’m so grateful for  ???

The more deeply your manager can see you’re feeling gratitude, the sooner your manager can start to make the magic happen in your work, and the more magic will be created.  It is possible that you could generate so much gratitude for your work in one day that you would see the circumstances instantly improve.  Lucky breaks don’t happen by accident.  They are simply gratitude’s magical power at work.

If this Works Like Magic practice falls on a weekend or when you’re not at work, move on the next day’s practice or practices, and then go back and use this magical practice on the first day you’re back at work.