Chad Silverstein delivers a short spoken reflection urging people to stop tolerating jobs that stifle growth and to actively seek work that fits their strengths and passions. He advises listeners to analyze their hobbies and interests for transferable opportunities, be deliberate when leaving unsupportive jobs, and—if they are leaders—to prioritize their team’s development through actions and communication.
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It's sad to think how many people work in systems where they just have to keep their mouth shut. Do as you're told, follow the rules and be miserable. I don't think we're designed that way. And I think that is a recipe for a disaster. And for you to just live an unhappy, unfulfilled life, it's worth fighting for and it's worth leaving. Being smart about when you leave, for sure. But you never have to stop looking for something better. If you're in a system where your hands are tied, you're handcuffed. Working for a leader that doesn't care about your growth doesn't show you a path for your career. And there are so many opportunities out there, and it's unfortunate that many people have the self limiting belief that there's not. When you hear people say there's no jobs available, it's like really open up the paper, look online, there are thousands of jobs. The question really becomes, how do you find something that can be a good fit for you? And the way you do that is do the same thing that these companies do. And if you're a leader, you take responsibility to do that, which is you figure out what it is that you want to do, you figure out what you're good at, what's going to make you happy. And all you have to do is look outside of work. What do you enjoy doing, what hobbies? People say, I love to do this, but I can't get paid to do it. Okay? And I get that. That doesn't mean that you have to go get a job doing exactly that, but you can get a job maybe in that industry, maybe you can do something that's connected to that. Maybe you can figure out a way to use that hobby inside a job that does something completely different. And so there's just so many different things that you can think through instead of just saying I can't and putting the ceiling over your head and just kind of stopping the search. But if you work for a system or a leader that is the opposite of someone who's built to lead, it's not like it's just going to change overnight. You have to change overnight. You have to take control over what you can control. And you got to wake up, you got to grow up, and you got to make a decision and you gotta be honest with yourself, depending on where you are and where you find yourself today. And hopefully you're in a position that you feel really good. But unfortunately, most people today are not. And so you got to think about what you're doing while you're doing it and move. Because life's too short to kind of be idle and sit back and look a couple years down the road. Like, where did I, where did I, why did I waste so much time over the past couple years in a system that I knew didn't care about me and didn't want me to grow? And so you're, you're lucky if you work in a built to lead system. You're what, you're lucky and blessed if you work for someone who wants to see you grow. And if you're in a leadership role. This is what you need to be doing and making sure that you communicate and more importantly, showing your team that you want for them through your actions, your behaviors, your decisions. And this is how you build, this is how you build a team. This is how you build a leadership team. This is how you build others around you to make you better and, and hopefully you're doing it for yourself, but doing it for others. And look outside of work, see where your passion lies and build it in, integrate that into whatever it is that you do.
