You’ve decided to look for a new job but how deeply have you evaluated your reasons why?
Is it having an impact on your health? Keeping you up at night, the first thing on your mind when you wake?
Or is it more a slight irritation like her aching limb, annoying but not serious enough to take a trip to the doctors?
Making sure you are clear on why you want to leave a job (and company) is a hugely important life decision and should be clear BEFORE starting a job search.
Take some quiet time alone to figure it out. Consider is it intrinsic or extrinsic? Intrinsic motivators are things such as ambition, lack of purpose, autonomy, mastery or relatedness, whereas extrinsic is more external facing things like lack of money, recognition, work condition or policy.
The grass is not always greener and so making sure you are leaving for the RIGHT reasons is critical, and underestimating the risk involved is very real.
Move forward with a clear mind and the right intent!
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