Are you Living to Work? – Part 20
The emotional stress of accepting your career fate
Many of us find a job, become competent and accept the inevitability of doing it until someone says stop. We can rationalise our fate to avoid confronting it and taking action. So, we lie back and think of the hours outside of the workplace. It is never too late to change. Change to what?
One difficulty inherent in accepting the fate of the perennial job is that the hand of fate may well come and stop us earlier than we expected and at an inconvenient time. In this situation we are ceding complete control of our life to someone else.
We must take back control and do it soon. This is not something for another time or when circumstances vary, it needs to be addressed.
- What will excite me at work?
- Where can I find it?
- In which areas do I need to improve?
- Do I need to re-train or go to college?
- Will this impact on my family life?
- Are my family supportive?
Even if you are enjoying your job today, what will it be like in 12 months’ time? Is technology being introduced? Might the company be re-structured?
Benjamin Franklin wrote,”In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes”. Wipe away complacency and the warmth of your well-known job and test the situation for certainty.
Rob Ball
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Beating the Wisdom of Hindsight: 75 Ways to Pursue Fulfilment and Avoid Regrets eBook : Ball, Rob:
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Expanding Your Work Horizons (indegu.co.uk)
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Next steps
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