1. What You Do Well
In our jobs, we have various goals, tasks, and activities. Some of these we enjoy and do well; some of them we do well, but don’t necessarily enjoy; and some of them we don’t enjoy and don’t do well. If you are going to deliver great results, you will have to identify the category into which each goal, task, or activity falls.
In my corporate sales position, I found that I was good at and enjoyed certain aspects of my job (the consultative sales process, creating solutions, making presentations, developing relationships, and leading); I was competent at creating presentations, but I didn’t much like it; and I did not enjoy, and was not good at, making cold calls. Since the cold call process was a huge part of that position, I pushed myself and became successful, but I was far from fulfilled.
Through coaching, I came to understand the enjoy/tolerate/dislike factors in my job, and I was able to make shifts and changes that allowed me to focus my career on my values and strengths.
You can identify the parts of the job that you enjoy and are good at for yourself by using Exhibit 10-1 to create a list of what you enjoy and do well. Start with those tasks that you find enjoyable and rewarding, then go on to those that you tolerate, and then to those that you do not like and do not do well.
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For each job duty, task, activity, or goal, describe as fully as possible those things that make that job element especially rewarding and enjoyable, those things that you do well but dislike, and those things that make your job especially boring or frustrating. Be as specific as possible.
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| Enjoy | Tolerate | Dislike | Accept | Change | Omit |
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For each of the items that you tolerate or dislike, evaluate how important that factor is to your job. Can you deliver meaningful results if you do not do these tasks well? Can you deliver meaningful results if you do not like to do these things? Can you participate in training, mentoring, or coaching to change your perception of these duties or to learn to excel at them, or does it make more sense for you to eliminate these duties and tasks from your job? These days, I do only those things that I enjoy and do well; I delegate or eliminate the rest. What can you do with what you do well to reach that same situation?
