When your job doesn’t fulfill you: psychological factors and solutions

The origin and solution to the frequent problem of professional dissatisfaction.

We live in a world and system focused on materialism and consumerism, but also oriented to work. Your job or professional development can be a source of satisfaction or, on the contrary, it can be a headache and a constant frustration. and constant frustration.

However, what are the most important areas for your professional development? They are always personal factors (your approach, emotion management, stress management, etc.). Behind the lack of professional satisfaction or vocation lies a psychological problem that is very common in our time. The aim of this article is that you discover it and above all that you find solutions in your own personal change.

The phenomenon of professional dissatisfaction

Why focus on your personal change? When you feel that your work does not fulfill or satisfy you, it is always external factors that you cannot control. It is true that sometimes the professional context itself is not adequate, but in the vast majority of cases the problem lies in how we understand and manage situations.

In the last 10 years I have accompanied as a psychologist and coach people from almost 20 different countries (while I was traveling) in their personal and professional change processes. The problem of professional dissatisfaction is frequent and has a very clear origin in the low tolerance to frustration.. Let's go deeper into this problem and finally into the solution. I also leave you this article in a video where I explain it in my own words (so you can choose the format you like best). Press play!

An error of approach

Let's first look at the context: living in a materialistic and consumerist era, there is a constant idea of achieving an ideal way of life and work, which is an unrealistic approach to personal and professional development, there is the constant idea of achieving an ideal way of life and work, which is an unrealistic way of approaching personal and professional development, where the external factor is always unpredictable.where the external factor is always unpredictable.

The big mistake we make is to focus on what the profession offers you and not the different tasks that make up a profession. Let me explain it to you with a concrete example: what are the different tasks that a medical professional can focus on? Some of them would be diagnosis, intervention, research or family care.

A professional may enjoy one of these tasks (an empathetic and kind family doctor who makes people feel good but with little interest in research) or others (the typical doctor who is a tough guy but great in his diagnostic analysis).

In all professions there are a variety of tasks, and learning to understand and manage the frustration we feel in your development is key to be able to harmonize your personal and professional life and feel personal satisfaction. to be able to harmonize your personal and professional life and feel personal satisfaction. Some of the most common consequences of this problem are:

1. Vocation attachment

It occurs in people who because of their attachment to work in a certain way, they end up losing opportunities to develop themselves, learn from other fields and grow personally.They may lose opportunities to develop themselves, learn from other fields and grow personally and professionally.

2. Permanent dissatisfaction due to self-demand.

No matter how much you do in your job and how successful you are, you always feel that it is not enough, you always feel that it is not enough. The root problem is that you base your personal evaluation on your professional results, thus leaving your well-being in the hands of external factors and neglecting your personal life.

3. Feeling that you are not valued

Although this problem is real and involves day-to-day work (especially when working in complex and hierarchical institutions), when your well-being depends on factors that you cannot control, it ends up making you feel frustrated, and over time, insecure and discouraged.

All these consequences lead you to professional discouragement and the reason of origin is the sameThe reason is the same: the way you approach your well-being and seek assessment and how you understand and manage your emotions (in particular, insecurity, dissatisfaction and discouragement).

The source of the problem and the solution

The perfect job does not exist and no job or profession was created to satisfy personal needs. However, living a process of change where you learn to make your well-being depend on you will help you to manage stress in a more functional way and to harmonize your personal and professional life. and be able to harmonize your personal and professional life. That (your personal growth) will be what above all will improve your professional life forever and help you achieve better results and find more opportunities in the long run.

At certain moments in our lives, human beings want and need to live a process of change. If you want to take a first step, at empoderamientohumano.com you have options to take it, schedule an exploratory session with me, study your case, see what the problem is, how to solve it and how I can accompany you to achieve it 100%. That your satisfaction, above all, depends on you. This is the change of focus that will give you the most satisfaction.