How to get rid of boredom and become the smartest person in the company

Where does boredom come from?

Think back to the days when you just started your responsibilities: new people, new energy, constant learning. But the feeling of novelty has passed, and now you just sluggishly do your job, rejoicing only on payday.

The American Psychological Association calls boredom the unfulfilled desire for rewarding activity. But you no longer get this satisfaction. In psychology, this phenomenon is called addiction: the more often you perform tasks of the same type, the less they stimulate mental activity. Over time, the brain generally ceases to perceive them as an incentive to action.

How to deal with boredom

Constantly learn new things

Even if you think that you have completely mastered your specialty and become a real pro, continue to study anyway: there is always room to grow. End boredom in two steps:

Change the setting from “What should I do today” to “What can I learn today”.
Track the knowledge gained.

Keep track of your activities

American actor, stand-up comedian and screenwriter Jerry Seinfeld is famous for inventing many life hacks. One of them is the "accounting system for becoming a great comedian."

One day, an aspiring actor asked Jerry if he had a couple of tips for the younger generation. Seinfeld advised writing good jokes every day. And also have a wall calendar and mark the days in it with red crosses when at least a few jokes were written. The main task is to create a chain of crosses and not interrupt it.

Apply Seinfeld's Method to Work

Seinfeld's accounting system can be converted into a training journal by creating a table with two columns: "Date" and "What I learned today." At the end of each work day, date and write down one thing you’ve learned during the day about yourself, your job, your coworkers, or the company as a whole.

If you keep such a journal, then every day you will strive for new knowledge and will be able to look at familiar things from a different angle.