Unmotivated at work? You are not the only one, there is an epidemic

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I am working, with motivation coming out of my ears, in the I DONATE newsroom, when suddenly I see a message enter my email inbox with this suggestive subject: 'Working unmotivated

harms health'.

Inevitably, of course, put everything I'm doing at that moment on hold and immerse myself in reading that email (although, I insist, it

The first thing I find, in the body of the message, is that "the psychologist from the MGC Mutua insurance company,

reveals how to behave if at this moment one finds oneself demotivated at work. As she comments, 'carrying out a job that is not like it can be a

for

or other illnesses'".

I am alarmed (and not because of the questionable editorial quality of the received email): what diseases are these?

I open the attached press release to find them;

As Andrea Doreste explains, "usually these people who feel a negative state towards their work tend to have

very

to those caused by

with the digestive system normally being the most affected, the so-called second brain, because it has a similar neural network to the brain, causing

to directly affect the

Other symptoms, also frequent, are those related to the muscular system,

, tension

and

demotivation epidemic

Well, what an epidemic we have on us.

Because in its '2023 Labor Market Guide', the recruitment consultancy

recently revealed that

feel

at work, and that the issue is growing (the percentage has grown by 14% in a single year).

Downhill, with headache, migraine, acne and no brakes, wow.

In his report, Hays also reveals, at least partially, the keys to this massive

: "65% of those surveyed highlighted that, in order to achieve greater motivation, companies could

In addition, 35% pointed out that a A second alternative to consider could be

while 24% responded that more

in the work day could fuel their enthusiasm.

Let's see, the fact that 63%, according to the same source, do not envision

in their company will also have something to do with the matter, I say... On this issue in particular, women

also , more

.

Only 25% (compared to 34% of men) see light at the end of the tunnel of their professional progress.

The problem is that companies are not always willing to work (despite the fact that employee motivation is essential for their productivity, according to any Human Resources first grade manual) to raise salaries, give more recognition to their employees or implement policies of flexibility, so the following question is obligatory:

From looking only at the 'beautiful' to thinking only about tomorrow

A first sweep in Google offers me infinite listings so that I can learn to

For example, an article in

recommends that I

on

about my job;

the psychotherapist

suggests me, among other 'tricks', to

instead of the distant final goal: what

am I going to do today to carry out my tasks;

and

propose to me from their book 'Dare to motivate yourself', change your attitude or change companies...

Too much information, I tell myself.

I need an authoritative voice that can give me a concrete answer on how

And the answer comes, again, from the email, from the already mentioned psychologist Andrea Doreste: "When a person begins to have these ailments [those mentioned above: headaches, migraines, dermatological problems...], you have to be aware that the

is

you that

and this

And here, the MGC Mutua psychologist gives a series of recommendations to try to improve motivation, which are, in summary: try to

work for the purpose of making a

foster

at work;

and space to the

be aware that you must carry out your tasks regardless of how much you want to do them, and try

Come on,

A radical change of perspective

Sure?

Because maybe the

although we have been led to believe that it is and whatever psychology says.

philosopher, counselor, director of the podcast

is very critical of the prevailing belief that people have the ability (and therefore, the obligation) to overcome the obstacles that life decides to put in front of them -among them the lack of motivation at

, especially through the

resilience

(formerly called

"Currently we have a

which has been built in collusion with the 'if you want, you can' discourse, related to the constant procrastination of the future, with permanent promises and with expectations that are always postponed", warns the philosopher .

"They tell us that fulfillment is always yet to come, that the moment of true

will arrive, that it is only one step away, and that

Now, if that step is wrong (or judged as such),

while the economic and social structures that allow and foster our malaise remain unscathed."

The inalienable right to feel demotivated

So, perhaps, the solution to demotivation does not depend on oneself;

we may, in fact, lack the tools to motivate ourselves at a certain point.

"The price to pay for the

and

is that it shifts responsibility to the exclusive place of the individual: it's only you who sinks or fails. So, self-help comes to the rescue with 'inner journeys', 'personal growth' or resilience, and no, what we need is more and greater

through which inequality and social injustice are generated. More humanities and less self-help", claims González Serrano .

Or, in the words of

('Manifesto against self-help'), which is more

"If the world keeps telling you that you are not good enough, healthy, elegant, productive, positive, zen, or that you're out of shape, it's about time you asked yourself what has gone wrong with the world."

And then embrace your demotivation.

Because after all, yours has cost you to get it.

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