August 2022
Beginner
272 pages
4h 56m
English
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CHAPTER 3
WHAT’S THE REAL PROBLEM?
YOU CAN’T RUN FROM YOUR DEMONS
It’s tempting to believe that cutting and running—throwing your hands up, if you will—will solve all your problems. You can see evidence of that inclination in the explosion of career coaching during the pandemic.1 People are looking for guidance as they try to locate their next home on a map of all the possible professional paths they could pursue.
But the answer to your discontent, whether with work or with life overall, isn’t always to jump to something newer and shinier. The same problems that existed in your original job may sneak up on you in the next one, suggesting that ...