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By Adeline An
YMG student advisor |
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Did you spend the holidays with a glass of eggnog
in one hand and your BlackBerry in the other? The
holidays are a time meant for relaxing but thanks to
mobile wonders like the BlackBerry and iPhone, they
have also become a time for checking your email on
the sly and hoping your family and friends either will
not notice or will forgive you. If people at cocktail
parties seem to want to leave your conversation and
“get another glass of wine” just when you were really
getting into telling them about your job, well, you just
might be a workaholic.
Workaholics are perceived as people who allocate
most of their time to work. The term “workaholic” is
usually not a flattering remark. There is nothing like
working with someone who is productive.
I have a friend, a Company Secretary by profession,
who had a week off work just before end of February.
Even so, she checked her email every alternate day to
perform some work. She told me that she can’t stressfree
until she know that everything is just fine in the
office. She is one of the most competent employee
and self confessed workaholic I ever knew. There are
certain people in the business world that thrive on the
things that they are good at. They are motivated by
passion, not by money.
People who enjoy their work are indeed a blessed
one. Many of us have the potential to truly like going
to work, if only our work is something we enjoy doing.
Surveys have shown that the main reason employees
did not maximize their full potential at work is because
they would rather be doing something else, or their
personality is more suited to another form of work.
At the end of the day, focusing only on your job is not
a good thing. You are not one-dimensional. Your life
has many facets: interests and drives which should be
developed. Workaholics often unconsciously use work
to avoid intimacy. Working long hours can make them
feel important.
Realistically, living a balanced life enhances well-being
and increases your energy. Being a workaholic is not
just about meeting deadlines as we all have deadlines
and there are times when work piles up in the office.
Deadlines should be a temporary phases. More often
that not we heard young working adults complained
that they are experiencing the Monday Blues. Would it
be nice if we can just skip or beat up the blue Monday?
But if Monday got skip, wouldn’t it turn world upside
down, things supposed to execute and didn’t get it
done?
The new breed of generation, Generation Y often
has an opinion on what is NORMAL in their daily
life. It is normal for them to watch a movie or even
logging into their FaceBook account every second to
check out what is being posted in their friends’ wall
post. However, it seems not normal to be truly and
thoroughly happy going to work.
Work is important in life as we need to provide support
for ourselves and our families. Successful work gives
us a sense of accomplishment. However, being efficient
with time is not the same as being obsessed with time.
The reverse is true. If you efficiently manage your time
and are focused on getting things done, there is little
chance you will end up a workaholic.
Workaholism is counterproductive and missing out on
the good things in life. Happy people are not lucky;
they just know what makes them happy. What steps
can you take to bring more balance into your life? This
can be done by incorporating life-enhancing practices
into your daily routine, you become more productive
and produce better quality work.
Company Secretaries, a highly notable job that can
be considered as the backbone of a company tend
to end up being labeled a workaholic as we usually
held high level of responsibilities including governance
structures and mechanisms and to provide advisory
on the conduct of business ranging from legal advice
on conflicts of interest, financial reports as well as
development of strategy to corporate planning.
As such, the best way to overcome your workaholic
friends or colleagues is to pull them out of their world!
Try to get your colleagues to join in the activities
outside the office tasks such as workout in fitness
sport club after office hours or even lunch together,
etc. If you want time to live an even more enjoyable
and meaningful life, why not even considering on the
Young MAICSA Group’s activities?
In Young MAICSA Group, we are truly blessed to have
the support from MAICSA Council on the opportunities
to set up a bulletin board on the Internet for young
members to discuss and obtain feedback on issues
that may be of concern, to organize tea-talks on issues
of interest to younger members, organizing training
courses and seminars with guest speakers to aid in
the development of leadership skills and enhancing
career skills for younger members as well as arranging
of sports and charitable activities to instill a sense
of belonging, pride and loyalty among these young
members.
Would like to know more about Young MAICSA Group?
Feel free to call Adeline An @ 016-223 6586/03-2084
9136 or Jason Cheng @ 03-2084 9142. Alternatively,
you can email your enquires to YoungMAICSAGroup@
gmail.com.
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