My whole life work has been a drudgery to me. I was adversarial with every boss I ever had and was always quick to buy into the office cooler bitch and moan sessions. My last job I did the same thing, and was quickly working my way out the door with my constant griping about how the boss was doing it wrong when one day it dawned on me that it wasnt my job to run the company. I know that sounds incredibly sarcastic but for me it was an epiphanal moment!
*My job was to make my bosses job easier - and that's my job!*
Since that day I have enjoyed my work, no matter how mundane at times. That was 8 years ago and I think she's raised her voice to me once since. Last month we were all told that the company is folding into our canadian subsidiary and she cried when she gave me my 2 month notice. A far cry from the openly tense relationship we had when I thought the company owed me.
When I looked at my boss the way Dr. Paul looked at his wife, Max in the story 'Doctor, Alcoholic, Addict' with my magical, magnifying mind the more critical I was of her the worse of a boss she was. When I remember how many hats she wears every day, how many balls she has in the air at any one time and how skillful she is at managing all that, those traits shine. The choice is mine which way i see it. Adding God to that equation always seems to make the difference.
Once I started practicing humility and service after I punched the clock everything changed. It made all the difference. It really had been as if I was keeping God out of my work life.

Have you ever read Chuck Chamberlain's 'A New Pair of Glasses'? He talks a great deal about practicing principles in business and it's where my sponsor got his oft repeated 'You gotta do it for free and for fun!" My life changed when I started to apply the Joy of Living to my workplace too.