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031 How Do I Know When It’s Time To Quit My Job


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It's not uncommon in your career that you consider quitting your job. Scott and Andrew discuss ideas on how you can do so with consideration. 
Don't miss these Topics:
Pros and Cons or Make A Diagnosis
Evaluating your motivation
Identifying your support mechanisms
Making decisions and weighing the possible outcomes
Planning your escape to something better
Managing your current situation
Maintaining your reputation through a transition
Tactics to develop understanding of your situation
Coping with feelings and emotions you are experiencing 
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 View TranscriptToday we help you decide when is it time to quit your job that is it the question. that comes out to everyone at some point in their career at multiple points. certainly do the response changes based on creating this podcast were in a really tight labor market where people can leave have an extra cake. really a diagnosis that I think we are people talking about the problem with doing a balancing act on this. Is that what is on one side versus another side. the priorities are Those things is changing and it's a moving target and got a preacher pros and cons. generally recommend is for people to diagnose the issue so if there's a diagnosis there are symptoms. and we're gonna talk about that in just a minute you have to decide when you get to this point to do some self reflection. I think we talked about that a lot in our podcast regardless of what comes in it's always good to take a step back OK and ask yourself the question. what are you gonna quit your job. when you can't write what does that look like. people don't feel like they can't they don't have permission or loyalty or whatever. real or not imagine, either way I talk to the motivation and Family is but it's not all on you. have that conversation to determine when you really can't because you may have support but you don't have them on the other side those who don't have a family to support think I'll like it I could leave anytime it's really important to try and figure that out it's funny you say it that way because as you were talking all I could think of it as convenient excuses there's always a convenient excuse that allows me to rationalize the decision one way or another and so we need to be honest with ourselves that were rationalizing it might be or it could potential he be different than we think that's a really good point and the fact of rational at the idea that Rasche was Because I'm going to make the choice and I just wanna feel better about it you know what you're doing if you rationalize it and then I'm going to wait to make that decision because I know I'm just rationalizing when I think I want to know what to do with it either way you are making responsible choices know what you're doing understand that this is going to be part of the equation and it's OK will the intention of this podcast episode is really to snap people out of what might be a pseudo-reality that you might be thinking oh everything's great it's Grant or I can't leave the colors or fill in the blank with whatever thing you think is preventing you from doing something we talked about briefly before we came on here is actually going through all of these to make your situation ideal for you and the company but you just feel like I'm at the end of my rope and I think it's really important It's not just people that they care about your safety your you're fine if you have truly tried everything you can to make the situation better and it's just not going to get better I think that's a really good indicator that it's time to start looking it really depends on the organization is it the organization really is in a position to be at in employer of choice is to differ could be two different things when they could say yes I know I'm in a poor choice and I'm gonna use it to my advantage Laura Colby station for your benefit if you don't want to sta...
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