CHAPTER FOUR
Reason #1:The Job or Workplace WasNot as Expected
Between the ideaand the realityBetween the motionand the actFalls the Shadow.
Years ago, when I was an employee career counselor at Disneyland’s on-site career center, one day a young woman walked into my office, sat down almost in tears, and blurted out, “This is not the happiest place on Earth.”
My amusement was tempered with empathy because her disappointment was deep and sincere, almost as if she had truly expected that her work experience in the Magic Kingdom would be as carefree as that of a five-year-old visiting the park for the first time. But, alas, she had become disillusioned. She was having a conflict with her boss, whom she believed had shown favoritism ...
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