The Cost of Hating Your Job
Dr. Benjamin Ritter
Career Coach | Executive and Leadership Coach | Leadership Development Expert for Values-Driven Professionals | Helping Leaders Create Careers They Love | Award-Winning Author of "Becoming Fearless"
Lately, I've been having a lot of conversations that follow along these lines:
"Why do we even work??I?hate working. You seem to like your job, how did that happen?"
Despite how chipper I?might seem with work, I wasn't always this way.
I?spent six years at an organization, complaining about my job to anyone that would listen, and even more time complaining about it?to myself.
I would go to work, but avoid work, and proactively strategize how I could limit conversations with co-workers.
I said no to new projects and didn't invest in building relationships because I just didn't see the point of spending more energy on a place I was going to leave.
I didn't see the point in my job, which caused me to ruin any opportunity to create one.
This resulted in six years of negativity and resentment, that seeped into all areas of my life; from my relationships with friends, partners, and family.
And when I finally left, I paid the price for another three years because of the fact that I didn't spend the time developing career capital at my last job.
It's hard to get a job when you don't have stories to share, limited skills related to the industry, and haven't spent time developing a network of people that believe in your work.
I learned the consequences of "hating" a job, and it's not worth it.
And from that point on I decided to ensure that others wouldn't make the same mistake I did because it's not the job that you hate, it's the fact that you are choosing to hate a job.
Think about that.
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If you don't want to work anymore, you need to find a reason why you should.
Find projects that interest and challenge you.
Connect with people in your organization and build relationships.
No time is wasted, if you make it meaningful, and when you leave a job, you still get to take what you've learned and the relationships you've created.
So, will you make the job you have now useful, or give up years of your life because you're choosing to hate your job?
You get to make that choice today, for not only how you feel, but also for your future career.
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Thanks for listening everyone, remember you are the most important leader of your career.
- Ben
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1 年Good Morning. Thanks for sharing. No one ever said having a career was easy. That's why it's important to stay the course when times get tough. After all, if quitting is your go-to option every time there’s an obstacle in your way, you won’t be able to reap the rewards of self-improvement, developing perseverance, and developing effective communication. If that’s not motivation enough to stay the course, not sure what is! quitting now can prevent you from having a successful career later on. When I was a background investigator, one of the things I looked at first was whether the applicant had a consistent work history. Sometimes you have to take a step back, take a deep breath and be brave. Not have a satisfying job can be soul-sucking, so sometimes, you have to find a reason, or maybe even manufacture a reason to stay. Find the strength to carry on – because there's always a reason to not quit your job!