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#127 - Author and coach Becca Ribbing explains why we look for new jobs every few years, how people can recognise that things need to change, and ways we can improve our job satisfaction.

What you'll learn

• [1:40] How Becca found out she wanted to spend her life coaching others.
• [3:24] The personality traits that make Becca a good coach.
• [3:55] The typical clients Becca works with and how she helps them identify what they want next.
• [5:45] Why people’s perceptions of their “dream job” shift and why people seek change over time.
• [9:39] The problems with having a rigidly defined career path.
• [12:35] The ways our values shift as we grow and how this affects our career choices.
• [16:19] How you can improve your job satisfaction without changing your job.
• [19:35] How to identify what it is that you really want.
• [24:07] How journaling can help you and how often you should do it.
• [26:17] The challenges of finding your life purpose while working and raising a family.
• [31:01] How to recognise when you need to break out of a cycle and the importance of re-evaluating your values.
• [38:15] The dangers of burnout. 

Resources mentioned in this episode (some of these are affiliate links and we may get a commission in the event that you make a purchase - this helps us to cover our expenses and is at no additional cost to you):

• The Clarity Journal, Becca Ribbing
• All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood, Jennifer Senior
• Flow, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
• The Messy Middle, Scott Belsky
• Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle, Emily Nagosaki

For the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript and links to all the resources mentioned, visit:

https://changeworklife.com/does-the-job-for-life-exist/

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