Life Lessons in How to Re-Engage Before You Ruin Your Career
Have you fallen asleep at the wheel in your career? Are you bored, resentful, angry, or disengaged? If that's what you're experiencing in your career, work is a complete ache. I'm here to wake you up and remind you of the importance of being and staying engaged in your career.
We will discuss signs that you may be falling asleep at the wheel in your career, signs that you may ignore that can end your career catastrophically if you are not dialed into what's going on in your career.
Does it feel like the career plans that you had for yourself this year are starting to fade? Did you have thoughts of "I'm getting a new job this year, I'm not going to stay stuck this year, I'm doing things differently this year?"
A lot of that is starting to fade. And you may feel less optimistic and engaged because you were enthusiastic or optimistic about it as you began the New Year or were 60 days into the year.
This serves as a wake-up call for you that it's required that you are engaged in your career.
Your career is not a driverless car. You must be engaged. You must be connected and do the work to build a meaningful and intentional career. I will share three signs of falling asleep in your career.
Sign number one that you've fallen asleep at the wheel in your career is feeling wholly bored and disengaged. But I'm here to tell you that quiet quitting will not serve you well. And if you've fallen asleep at the wheel of your career, that can end catastrophically. You have to be engaged. You have to be woke; you have to be present.
Sign number two is that you've fallen asleep at the wheel and become resentful at work. You may constantly feel like other people are being rewarded, recognized, seen, or praised for work you've done or tried to do and couldn't get pushed through. When we become resentful, we become very "other" focused instead of focusing on our strengths and what we can control.
Sign number three is that you are experiencing feelings of dread about your career. Dread has you disengaged and disconnected. Dread has you wanting to avoid coming to work. If you are dreading work, that means that you're not engaged, that you're not connected, and that you have given up on your career.
Maybe you've been sleeping behind the wheel for months. For years, maybe. But girl, you don't have to stay like that. In fact, you can't afford to stay like that. It can end tragically.
It's time to wake up, and it's time to get some support.
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