Should I stay or should I go? (Part 1)

Are you feeling frustrated in you career? Want to hand in your letter of resignation?
WAIT!

I often find when working with clients that things aren’t usually as bad as they think.

This month, let’s step back and take an objective look.

Take out a piece of paper (or do so ‘virtually’ on the computer), create three columns and write out these exercises this month. I really want you to write this all down, as the exercise of doing so often helps us to be more objectively wrap our arms around the situation. You may even be surprised at the results you discover!

Step 1 – list out all of your gripes/frustrations/annoyances (in column A).

Perhaps that your boss comes in late, the coffee is lousy, the cubicle environment is noisy, the politics, …

You may be thinking “Wait a minute. I thought a coach would have me think about everything positive, not focus on the negative!” Until we put down on paper our frustrations, it’s some times hard to see and move beyond them.

Step 2 – on a separate piece of paper list out everything you enjoy about your job/career.

Perhaps the short commute, flexible hours, vacation time that’s better than at most companies, an understanding boss, that you know how the organization and the politics work, that you’ve already proven yourself and have a well established and stellar reputation, …

This week, jot down on each respective sheet of paper what you enjoy and what you dislike.

~Gwyneth~