What else we can do during the service?

An idea of mine in my mind which has settled for long time was am I going to make a difference to the place I am working at. For me I need a motivation to push me doing that, and for the most of the times, the push always base on my self-interest. I was working for Disney about 7 months in Orlando. And I was thinking a lot about how to make a difference during the work. The reason was it is good for me. If I work hard, I got recognized. If I go above beyond, I got nice tips. If I do something other people wouldn’t do, I got more training and more responsibility. If I achieve something other people are not able to think of, I got promotion. That is life and that is how to deal with work in a company. Reality is brutal. But the rules of game can’t not be more crystal. And a lot of time you need to be able to defend your interest in order to grow.

However, non-profit organization is a totally different place. During the service, I was provided a lot of information and enormous opportunities. I could choose what I want to do and what I like to do. This is totally different compared with some corporations. We do have a big platform to perform. But I need motivations. Where are my motivations? I do have lots of good ideas about the work place, and I could provide some extra service to make the organization better. Furthermore, I do have lots of opportunities. But I am reluctant to implement those ideas. There is no good reason for me to do that, or is it?

I was telling myself is there no reason for me to do better and extra service here really. The non-profit organizations have some similar problems like low retentions and hard to motivate staff. If there motivation system of the organization is not sophisticated, probably this is the place we can star working on to make a difference.

What is more, people always reject to do something is based on the consideration instead of the difficulties. Lots of thing we could improve are not hard at all. Bring some batteries to recharge the clock on the wall which says the time is 11/12/2011 is a difficult thing. The difficult part is how to change the way we are thinking.