5 Tricks To Stay Motivated At Work

It’s difficult to stay motivated at work in almost every job. In some ways, fading motivation is inevitable. Research on flow states and eustress suggest that humans are highly motivated when there’s a perfect balance between the skills they have and the demands of the job. But getting into that balance is tricky.

When you’re starting a new job, the demands are high and your skill levels are likely not suited to it. You’re overwhelmed. But as you grow and develop in the role you grow toward that balance of being challenged, but challenged with tasks you feel you can achieve. You’re motivated and “in the zone.” But, as you keep growing, if you keep being tasked with the same old demands, you’ll end up underwhelmed, bored, and unmotivated.

And this is where most people start looking for a new job. But before you do, there’s a few tricks you can try to stay motivated at work.

Build Feedback Systems

The first trick to stay motivated at work is to build feedback systems into your daily routine. This doesn’t refer to the performance feedback you get (or give) as part of a check-in or regular appraisals. Feedback systems are mechanisms you create to monitor how well you’re doing the tasks you need to be doing that day. It could be as simple as a daily checklist with the most important tasks of the…