"What Causes Satisfaction"

This tip comes from the Persuasion Expert, Joel Bauer.

The Three Operational Dimensions We All Function In

To learn more about what brings people satisfaction and fulfillment in their jobs and their lives, The Institute for  Behavioral Effectiveness studied more than 1,500 people.   Included were business people, professionals, artists, teachers, homemakers, and those involved in various blue collar trades. The study revealed that three significant  dimensions must be considered:

Work
Personal
Societal

Work is what a person does during his or her day. For some people, it is their job or profession... how they earn their living.   For others... homemakers, for example, it includes caring for the home and children, cleaning, shopping, doing the laundry, fixing meals, paying bills, providing transportation for children
and other family members, and the myriad other tasks they routinely perform.

The Personal dimension is what a person does with his or her "free" time. It is what they do when they are alone. It includes time spent while driving in the car, at lunch breaks and in the evenings when they may find themselves alone. It is what a person thinks or dreams about during the day or during the quiet hours of the morning while lying in bed waiting for the alarm to sound. It also includes how a person feels about himself or herself... their physical appearance, their height to weight ratio, their hair style, the clothes they wear, the language
and words they use, and how they think others view them... their self-concept.

Societal includes a person's relationships with others, including immediate and extended family members, neighbors, the community, church and club members,
and the activities associated with each of these groups.

The Three Operational Dimensions Are All Interrelated

While it is possible that a person may find a certain degree of success or fulfillment in one dimension and not another, psychological testing reveals that each of the three dimensions is inseparably interrelated, and for a person to
function at his or her highest level, each of the dimensions must be considered together as well as individually.

For instance, a person may be very effective in his or her work, but if they don't feel good about themselves personally, or a relationship with a loved one is out of sync, or perhaps they have had a falling out with someone in their club or church group, that person most likely won't be able to function at their highest effective level, even though they may appear to be doing an exceptional job.

However, as with all things, there can be exceptions to the rule. Some people are expert at suppressing or disguising their inner feelings and seem to function at high levels of  efficiency even though there may be tremendous turmoil in
their lives unknown and unobservable to others.

But again, as in most cases, the exception to the rule is usually just that... the exception.

While some people can suppress their inner feelings and not let it bother their work or other relationships, most cannot.   Even though it may appear that things are going smoothly on the outside, the inner turmoil may be creating subtle conflicts that can influence or impact desired outcomes not always for the good.