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iQuestions Faculty, Ron Price 
 
 
Question: 
 
I have a good job but I don't find it fulfilling. What can I do to address 
the situation? 
 
Answer: 
 
You might find yourself in a job that is a good job, but you don’t feel 
fulfilled in it. You can’t quite figure out why and you think about, “How 
do I get over this discontentment that I have?” 
 
Sometimes discontentment is actually a good thing, because it moves 
you to a better future. Let’s take a look at what makes a good job 
first. 
 
There are three basic areas that you can use to define a good job, and 
these might help you understand what part of your job that’s not 
fulfilling.  
 
The first area is that the job provides economic viability and security 
for you. That means that it’s providing you with what you need to be 
able to take care of your family or your personal needs. 
 
The second area of a good job is that it’s meaningful work and it gives 
you ongoing opportunities for personal growth. Is this the area that 
maybe you’re not feeling fulfilled in—you don’t feel that you’re making 
a meaningful contribution? Or you don’t see ways that you can 
continue to grow in the process? 
 
The third component of a good job is supportive relationships. You feel 
that you’ve got good people around you who are going to help you to 
 
 
succeed and you’re going to be able to help them succeed, and there’s 
a sense of community that grows out of working together. 
 
So by looking at these three areas—economic viability and security, 
meaningful work that provides for personal growth, and supportive 
relationships—you can zero in and find out what part of this job is not 
fulfilling for you.  
 
It may give you some great ideas for how you can get more richness 
and more benefit out of that job, without ever having to think about 
going to anything else. 
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