The biggest mistake people make in a workquake is... - Deepstash

The biggest mistake people make in a workquake is to look too quickly for a new job. The reason: You'll succeed! You'll find a new job — but soon enough you'll be back where you started, asking the wrong questions and getting the wrong answers.

Instead, the smartest people realize that the biggest impediment to finding meaningful work is not what you don't know about work. It's what you don't know about yourself. You can bounce from job to job ; but if you don't tap into the earliest tensions, frustrations, and longings of your life — the personal work scripture unique only to you — you'll never be happy. 

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In a world filled with questions and decisions it really is best to pause, ask, and listen. Then act.

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