Build Resilience – Part I | Actuate Microlearning

a. You may not be able to dodge mundane tasks, but no one says you have to like them either. You’re entitled to approaching mundane tasks with a sense of disgust, and no one has to know how you feel about it. Accept it as a necessary evil, and take a bare-bones approach to mundane tasks.

b. Look for a horizontal – ideally a closely related – movement to another job role. If not a movement, it could be an added responsibility. That should spice things up

c. Pay attention to the novel things while doing the ‘disliked’ mundane activity. For instance, if you’re responding to a heap of customer emails, try and identify the one key line or phrase in each email that pretty much sums up the issue at hand. Time how long it takes for you to respond well, and then try and beat your personal ‘best’ score.

d. Work smart; exchange the mundane task with someone who likes doing it – and take on something you love doing from them. No one can be expected to grind out mind-numbing routines just for the sake of it.

e. Remind yourself that every dream job has mundane facets that complement it. And that mundane tasks generally add incredible value, and contribute to mastery, even if it’s not immediately visible.

f. Take a risk and do a terrible job with mundane tasks – and point out to your boss how energy-sapping these tasks are. Eventually, they’ll get the point, and delegate these mundane tasks elsewhere. And you can move on to the awesome things that you do best.

g. None of the above

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