This week, I'd like to share some practical, human strategies for enjoying your career, even in the face of constant change. Build intention, emotional awareness and meaningful habits that reduce stress. Start small and notice real progress ...
Enjoy your career, A journey that brings purpose, Fulfillment awaits!
You can enjoy your career without constantly changing jobs, bosses or industries. You start by choosing how to frame your day, which in turn changes how you experience it. That choice is always yours.
Intention sets the tone!
Begin your day by deciding the quality you want to bring with you. Say it out loud: “I'm going to have fun at work today!” It sounds simple because it is, and it's effective because your 'attention' follows your 'intention'. When you deliberately aim to enjoy your career, your brain starts scanning for moments that match that aim. You'll spot wins you used to miss.
Work feels much better when you invest in small, pro-social habits - Smile at colleagues. Say “good morning” and offer a specific compliment. These micro-moments reduce friction, build trust and create a more generous atmosphere. You'll notice how mutual goodwill makes it easier to enjoy your career, especially when pressure rises.
See your ripples - Pick a single task and follow its impact. Who benefits from you doing it well? What changes for them? And who benefits as a result of that change? When you trace these ripples two or three steps out, you reconnect your effort to a bigger purpose. Meaning is a renewable fuel, helping you enjoy your career on days that feel repetitive.
Design more of your best work - List what you love doing at work and what an ideal role looks like for you. Then engineer small shifts toward that list. Trade tasks, batch similar work, timebox the draining bits and protect deep-focus blocks. You don't need permission to pilot a better day; you need a plan and one next step.
Emotions are data, not directives - Notice how you feel as you move through your day. If your state isn't useful, pause. Name it, define the state you'd rather have, and take one action that nudges you toward it - stand up, breathe, reframe the task, or ask for clarity. This is practical emotional intelligence, making it easier to enjoy your career even when circumstances aren't ideal.
Prime your state before key moments - Before a report, meeting or presentation, ask: “What state will serve me and others best?” Calm? Curious? Decisive? Create that state intentionally - slow your breathing, recall a past win, or set a one-line outcome. When you prime yourself, you reduce stress, improve results, and, over time, enjoy your career more because you feel in control.
Close the day with evidence - Before bed, list what you're pleased about or grateful for. Keep it short and specific. This trains your attention to recognise progress and value, rather than letting your brain default to problems. The next morning, you'll start from a steadier baseline.
Collaborate for momentum - Careers thrive where skills and emotional intelligence meet. Pairing technical competency with self-awareness, empathy, and state management creates sustainable performance. Find a colleague, mentor or community that shares this mindset. Two people who love what they do amplify each other's clarity, and that synergy will help you enjoy your career through change.
Remember that change is constant; agency is non‑negotiable. You can't control the market, restructures or other people's behaviour.
You can control how you interpret events, where you place your effort, and the habits you repeat. Commit to small, daily moves: set your intention, connect generously, track your ripples, shape your state and close the day well. Do this for a week and notice the lift.
Try it out for a month and discover a career that feels both authentic and repeatable.
If anything in my blog post resonates with you and you'd like some further help and advice with your career, then why not get in touch today? Call me on 07941 690391, visit my website at davecordle.co.uk to see ways I can help and support you, or connect with me on LinkedIn and let's start a conversation.
I began my professional life training as a cartographer with the Directorate of Overseas Surveys, a department of the British government. I made maps of places such as Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Sudan and the British Virgin Islands. It was a fascinating time, being involved in planning the flights for aerial photography, interpreting the photographs and eventually producing the plates for the different layers of the final map.
It was during my latter years as a cartographer and my career in computing that I undertook bigger mountaineering expeditions to the Andes, the Himalayas, the Tien Shan and the Caucasus. At that time I also held various leadership roles in scouting. I coached and trained young people successfully leading them to develop themselves and embrace new experiences. So that’s where my passion comes from to help young people learn the strategies for success that I share with my business and career clients.
My journey in personal professional development and coaching has been amazing, and will continue to be so: it’s why I’m here, it’s my big passion. It’s what has informed my vision and mission.
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