How To Find More Meaning in Your Job (Guest Post from Jim Horrell)

How To Find More Meaning in Your Job (Guest Post from Jim Horrell) We all have a powerful tool at our disposal our mindset.  How we choose to look at a situation can mean the difference between work that is fulfilling and work that is draining.This important life and career lesson was reinforced for me when recently came across a post from fellow blogger Jim Horrell. Jim is an inspirational writer with a social media bent and a background in Information Technology. We follow each other on Twitter.com.I thought Id share Jims positive message to remind us all of the meaning our lives and our work can have if we just take the right mindsetA Call to Save the Life of a Child by Jim HorrellI went for a walk today to get some exercise.  Shortly after I returned home, I checked the answering machine for messages.  One of the messages was from a career and staffing company.  They had a position helping to load and unload a truck.  The product to be transported was baby furniture and cribs. When I called to learn more of the details, I was told the hour s would be 10:30 AM to 4:30 PM. and there would be quite a bit of lifting involved.  The woman I spoke to thought that I would not be interested because my skills and interests were more suited to other types of work. However, much to her surprise, I took the job.  After I hung up the phone, I began to think a little bit more about the purpose of this opportunity.  Recently in the news, I heard stories of babies being smothered to death by their parents or other loved ones because they were sleeping in the same bed.  The death of a child for any reason is a tragedy. Initially I thought of this opportunity as simply a job where I can earn some money.  However, as I began to think differently about this position, I realize that assisting in the process of delivering cribs to the store and making these pieces of furniture available for the families and children that need them is a positive and rewarding experience and although on the surface it may seem like a menial labor job, in reality, it may help save the life of a child.  So what started out as a simple phone call, turned out to be what I consider to be a call to save the life of a child.Thanks to Jim for sharing how he found more meaning in his work.  Read more  on Jims blog.  You can also find him on Twitter.com at @Jim_Horrell and me @MaggieMistal.Do you feel its possible to find more meaning in your work right now with a change in mindset? Is there some good in your job that you might focus on?  Weigh in with your perspective.(Photo courtesy of Brian Hillegas.)