Mick Hunt explains why people get trapped in unfulfilling jobs: underutilization, low confidence, past bad experiences with leaders, and poor boundaries. Doing excellent work alone won't fix it. He suggests considering a career pivot or industry shift instead.
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When people that tend to come to work with me are generally unfulfilled, but at the same time they feel like they're not doing enough. They feel like they're underutilized. They don't feel like they found where they're going to excel and where their home needs to be for their career. Like half the time, maybe a third of the time, 100% true, the person's is in a really. I'd say a third of the time in a negative environment. This person looks around them. This environment is not going to help them. It's not aligned with the things that they actually want to do in life and they need to maybe pivot or shift industries. That can happen. I'd actually say the majority of the time people are scarred by a previous work experience or a leader or a belief about how they're supposed to show up to work. Or maybe they don't have a lot of confidence, so they're really just kind of sitting there and doing their job and just doing your job. Doing a good job, doing an amazing job isn't generally enough to help you get to where you need to be, especially when you're burnt out and exhausted. And then they just put up with negativity. They don't set boundaries. They allow themselves to be in a negative environment. They play the victim, and so their environment automatically becomes negative. Because you can't create a positive environment when you see the world through negative lenses either.
