Work ethics
You should be a net value add to your company, this value add should be seen and acknowledged by your employer and by yourself. This value add doesn't have to be direct or monetary. Knowing your value add is the enabler for re-evaluating and reshaping your job.
You should earn enough to enable you to do the things that are important to you. Evaluate the things that are important to you... That project? A new car? The musical of your child?
Once you've secured 1 and 2, maximize the net enjoyment (or minimize the net pain) you get out of your job. This can be achieved by adjusting responsibilities, clearly communicate expectations with your boss, making career steps (up, down or sideways), seeking intellectual stimulation, enjoying time with colleagues, working fewer hours, changing your role, ...
I view a job and even a life as an optimization problem. First, identify what is important to you and determine the weight of that importance. This is your objective function. Your life's challenge is to maximize this objective function, achieving the best possible outcomes based on your values and priorities.
Style
My style is based on:
Pragmatism: Focus on what is realistic and what adds the most to your quality of life.
Reflection: What was your role in this? What can you change?
Perspective: You are not defined by your job. People, projects, and responsibilities come and go.
Devil's Advocate: Challenge assumptions by holding up a mirror from the other side. Most people and companies are generally okay, so why do "they" frustrate you?
Values
My worldview and values are based on:
Holism, with the same root as "Whole," involves viewing yourself as a complex system of interactions. Your body, mind, environment, past, and future all influence one another. While addressing immediate pain with a temporary solution is necessary, the primary effort should be directed towards understanding and resolving the multifaceted underlying problem. By adopting a holistic approach, you can tackle challenges by adjusting your mindset, understanding, environment, diet, exercise, and overall state of mind.
Humanism revolves around the question, "How do I live a good life?" To answer this, you must first define what a good life means to you. It could involve self-care, caring for others, pursuing dreams, seeking happiness, reproduction, or caring for the environment. Ultimately, it’s up to you to decide what gives you a sense of fulfilment..
Autonomy: You come into this world alone, and you'll leave it alone. You make your own choices, using the information available to you at the time, making each choice the best possible one. Blaming the world or others is unproductive; instead, focus on the autonomy and responsibility you have over your own decisions.
Optimization: Define your goals and identify the problems you want to solve. Assign weights to these items to create an objective function. Then, begin making adjustments and observe whether these changes or actions bring you closer to your objective.
The scientific method: Test hypotheses in a reproducible & objective way.