When stating "Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation", Oscar Wilde hit upon a deep althought overlooked truth; dissatisfaction is a warning signal that leads you to change...if heeded.
Mandy (name changed) at 35 had already quite an enviable career : a six-figure income, a job with responsibilities, a job that at first she had loved.
Then, months after months, a creeping feeling of dissatisfaction grew in her, the worst because she could not name it or give any sensible reason for it. She therefore decided to discard her thoughts, labelling them as "childish".
Why NOT to do anything about it? There are many reasons NOT to leave one's job: - the recession is still raging, - the pay is good, - you are used to it... These are things potent enough to prevent you from challenging the status quo...aren't they?
What happens if you don't do anything? That was what Mandy thought; that her growing feeling of dissatisfaction was "irrational", that she "ought to feel grateful for having such a stable job right now", that she ought not to be "childish"....
And Mandy went on for several months without heeding or taking action. Then, she began to make small mistakes, to be late at delivering results, to get bad reports, to feel bad about herself for doing so, to feel acute back pain, to take days off, and feeling guilty doing it, to feel more and more exhausted, and unable to do anything about it...
When one day, after a particularly bad evaluation interview with her boss, she decided it was time to take action.
The trouble is that, by then she was exhausted, with a very low self-esteem and she had to fight several weeks just to regain her initial level of enthusiasm and confidence.
But she had learned a valuable lesson from that experience; by not heeding to herself, she just had made things worst in the end.
What are you going to do? Do you prefer to stick your head in the sand, and let things grow to full-blown depression or burn out...or try to understand why YOU are dissatisfied with your job before it comes to that?
What are, among the following ones, the reason that apply to you: 1) the management changed/a merger occurred since you entered your company and things are not so good now as they used to be; 2) you are the one who has changed: you entered your company 5 years ago. At that time, it was a challenge to be offered that position, you loved it then...but not so much now; 3) you know the ropes of your trade and, frankly, you feel bored...; 4) you are growing: you want to develop some parts of your personality that weren't used until now but there is no chance of putting them to good use in your current position; 5) you know that something more fulfilling is awaiting you right around the corner if you just dared to...; 6) you have enough insight to see what is going to happen in a few months or years and you don't want to wait until you get to desperation point before you do something about it 7) your current job doesn't allow you to respect your core values 8) you want a better work/life balance...
Author Resource:-
Cecile Chabot is a transformative coach; she specializes in creating deep life changes using a step-by-step approach as well as in helping her clients to overcome their fears. Do you want to download a FREE report that will enable you in 3 steps, 5 exercises and 13 questions to discover whether it is time for YOU to quit your job....for the right reason? If so, visit us at: How to leave the job you don't hate...yet
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