In your work life, who gets you? Like, really gets you? Is it a colleague with the same job title or someone who works in a different building with a different job title? Is it your administrator?

Motivation to do well in work often comes down to who you work for and who you work with, in addition to what you believe about your work. Just like when we talk about building relationships with our students because it’s not about the content it’s about the connection, we can apply this to our colleagues. I wrote a post about my co-librarian last year. She’s the person I spend more time with than anyone. We share the same vision and mission and continually re-calibrate our teaching and learning to improve. She gets me personally and professionally which makes my job a lot easier to do each day.

So if you have someone who gets you, take a minute to thank them. If you don’t have someone who gets you, find someone because it enriches the work you do.