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By: Very Evolved

Very Evolved — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:53:14 +0000

Since you spend most of your waking hours working, it really makes sense to do everything you can to make it as enjoyable as possible.

Making a lateral move or taking a short term pay cut are things that are very easy to quantify, but also very difficult to compare to quality of life. For example, I think I get much more joy doing the job I enjoy (I’m a neuroscientist) but for less money than I could get in a job I hate. Extra cash in a job you hate will not make you happier overall.

Ask yourself this – could the joy that an extra $5000/year could buy offset the boring hours at your job and leave you as happy as someone who enjoys everyday of their job?

Patrick

By: Jane

Jane — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 04:08:12 +0000

‘Be here now’ describes me….what’s holding me here is a combination of fear of ageism in employment (I’m over 50), money ($100K pa), fear of failure – other than that I’m ready to move…I just have to work out what I want to do…so til I do the latter, I’m in a holding pattern – now can you give me some hints about how to work out what I want to do because I haven’t got the foggiest.

By: Rob

Rob — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 13:48:07 +0000

I think that most employees have no desire to fill their managers’ shoes and I’d bet that most do not
feel they could do a better job than their bosses. For me employers need to make advancement opportunities more attractive to their teams, especially top performers. This will ease the transition period if a managerial role is vacated and also help firms retain their most valued employees.

If a managers job is overly stressful or carries an insurmountable workload, few of their team members will want to carry the mantle. One thing to consider is that some employees may not feel they are ready for greater responsibility or have the adequate tools and experience to take on the challenge of a managerial role. Managers should be proactively providing those tools.

By: Vincent

Vincent — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:18:02 +0000

Hi David,

I believe that one should move away from the job when one is stagnant and feel that he can’t learn anything new in his current job. It will definitely be challenging but it is the only way to ensure that one is growing.

Cheers
Vincent
Personal Development Blogger

By: Relax

Relax — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 01:38:52 +0000

Thanks for sharing.
Don’t forget your plan of becoming financially free

your friend Relax ~

By: Simona Rich

Simona Rich — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:33:51 +0000

There are no jobs that will make you happy. The only way to be happy is to be your own boss. We are not born to slave for other people.

By: Jay

Jay — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:27:03 +0000

There are many reasons to leave a job and money is the last reason. I have done all the moves. I changed job because it was more money and all I got was more work, and more stress, and less fulfillment. I also changed jobs because I wanted to live in a different part of the country and I took a paycut. That was awesome. Now I live where I am meant to, I feel like I am home. That is priceless.

By: Stephen Martile

Stephen Martile — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:45:19 +0000

Hi David – I didn’t realize you were a coach!

Here goes…. this is one coach to another.

I guess I’m pretty fortunate to be in my current position – I left my job as an engineer; I wasn’t forced to leave, I left on my own terms. I had to follow my heart, which is why I started coaching and blogging… I think that was the hardest part for me – to decide to leave.

That was the hardest part – to decide to leave. When you have a full time job with benefits, expenses paid and a retirement package, you really start to think: Do I really want to take a chance and leave?

Eventually, it got to me – it was nauseating going to work, because I didn’t want to be there. So I made my decision….. and it was the best thing I ever did.