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When Work Doesn’t Feel Worth It
When work doesn’t feel worth it, people lose interest. They phone it in. They feel listless, lethargic. They’re sad, depressed, drained. Some quit. Others slowly fossilize.
Snap out of it! Finding yourself in the dumps is a superb opportunity to make changes. Once you’re down, there’s nowhere to go but up.
Take the story of William, a West Coaster who dreamed of working in fashion in New York. He made it happen after school, working at a fashion magazine. But that experience turned out to be worse than The Devil Wears Prada! With no room to grow, William quit. From there, he went into fashion design before settling on a career in beauty. While it sounds glamorous, William went through another rough patch. ...
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