You Can Learn Great Things From Your Mistakes When You Aren't Busy Denying Them

I can’t stand this workplace, the environment is negative, the workers are unhappy, the customers are ghetto and classless.

The Store Director has a chip on his shoulder.

It’s a very political place.

~Worker Living in California

When we are clear of what is not working for us in our jobs, we are half-way there.  We know what we don’t like.  We know not to put ourselves in that type of work situation in the future.

There is something about your current job that you do not like.  What is it?  Just name one thing that you don’t like.  Sometimes just naming it helps.

  Try not to forget what that one thing is so you don’t end up back dealing with that one thing again in another job down the road (out of desperation or just forgetting what was not working). There is something that this work situation is trying to teach you, learn it so you don’t have to repeat it down the road.

When Writing The Story Of Your Life Don't Let Anyone Else Hold The Pen

It is a sales job and I’m interested in the marketing side, specifically market research. My current sales job has heavily increased the amount of merchandising I do, and I feel that I didn’t go to college to do something I did as a teenager for a summer job.

My boss also enjoys taking responsibility for big sales I make. 

I often work 8am to 8pm while being asked why I didn’t get to all my stores. My superiors play a game of willful ignorance about customer level issues that cause all the sales reps to work long, unpaid overtime (which is illegal-they’re getting sued for this) because their hands seem tied in terms of covering their own “butts”.  Even talking to them about any technical issues in the slightest results in a response of: “I don’t understand. I don’t see how that could be” and me slamming my head against the wall.

Our territories in the past two years have become overly large due to not replacing old territories and we’re still pushed to do what 2.5 sales reps could barely handle two years ago.

Other members of my company come into my territory and screw things up with my hot leads by trying to sell without me, often claiming sales while not actually ever speaking to the decision maker, and then I have to defend myself later when the sale never comes through.  

I’m surrounded by work 24/7 because our selling displays are in my house.  I work from home and go into the field every day.  I have files and boxes all over my house.  

The Monday-Friday article you wrote perfectly describes my life every week, and I need time to learn SPSS and other statistics programs to make a change. However, since my life revolves around this job I have a hard time finding time to work on my skills.

~Worker Living in Wisconsin

We all have a work story. 

You have a work story for this job and every job you have ever had.  A story has a beginning, middle and an ending. 

How do you want this job to end?  When do you want this job to end? This job WILL end and you can help orchestrate its ending the way you want it to end.

Maybe You Don't Have To Push Yourself Forward. Maybe You Just Have To Stop Holding Yourself Back. ~Doe Zantamata

I’ve been there too long, going nowhere; in fact I’m going backwards.

Work has affected my mood.

~Worker Living in South Africa

Sometimes not only are we not going forward but we are going backwards.

We are losing ground.

If you are going backwards, it’s time to stop and regroup.  What do you need to do today to stop this slide backwards?

Never Forget Who Was There For You When No One Else Was...Find Support

I am sick to death of my job.

I’ve been through a crisis and my work city is not where my support networks are.

~Worker Living in the United Kingdom

At the end of the day we need support. We need others to be there for us.

 We need someone we can trust to talk things over with.  We need a system or a network of support. 

 Today, cultivate your support system. Find one safe person in your life and talk to them about what is going on at the job. If you can’t find one person then trust yourself…say: ”I can trust myself.  I can support myself.  Everything will be okay.  I will get through this.”

Learn To Balance A Dream And A Job Until Your Dream Becomes Your Job

I lose a lot of time on work and cannot pursue my interests which in turn cannot be created into a career that I want to create it into.

So, it is a vicious cycle of making ends meet so that we have some money to pursue what we really like, but lose time for pursuing the things we truly like. And we get back in the cycle of earning more money and trading time.

~Worker Living in New Jersey

Yes, there is a cycle of doing what we are doing to make money verses having the time to do what interests us.

We have to find balance between the two. 

We have to look around at our life, make sure we are in balance and pursuing our interests.

 

P.S.

Below is a pretty interesting post about finding balance and doing something now towards your interest/dreams even while you are stuck in your day job.

HOW TO START OVER Post 

If You Always Do What You Always Did You'll Always Get What You Always Got ~ Einstein

I have been looking for another job for the past 5 years.

I have done at least 2-4 interviews a year and still haven’t gotten another job.

I’ve been burnt out from my current job for the past three years (I’ve been at my current job for 9 years).

We recently changed companies and the new management has been hard to deal with. More than 5 managers have left on their own just within the past 5 months.

I try to go in with positivity but it always quickly turns into negativity due to the lack of communication and the style of management.

~Worker Living in South Carolina

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

We need to listen to the messages that are coming to us. 

We can’t keep doing the same things and hoping and praying for a different result.  If what we have been doing is not working we need to do something different that we haven’t tried before.

1. Should we be looking for another j-o-b?

2. Should it be in a different industry?

3. Should we be at a point we can freelance or consult?

4. Should we update our interview skills? (Here are some great tips from The Ladders)

If what we have been doing has not been working then we need to switch it up.

Once You Make A Decision The Universe Conspires To Make It Happen - Emerson

I’ve already made the decision.

No growth.

Dead end.

I give more than I receive.

No respect.

Company is too small.

~Worker Living in North Carolina

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

Today, ask yourself: Do I need to quit this job?

It’s a yes or no answer.

No big deal, just a decision.

Make it.

You are not deciding “when” or “how” to quit; you are only deciding “if” you need to quit.