WEBVTT - Second Cup: Run to something, not from something

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio.

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<v Speaker 2>Good Morning.

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<v Speaker 1>This is Laura.

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<v Speaker 2>Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's tip is to

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<v Speaker 2>run to something, not from something.

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<v Speaker 3>If you are pondering making a big switch in life,

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<v Speaker 3>it is often more motivating to have something you actually

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<v Speaker 3>do want to do, rather than just trying to get

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<v Speaker 3>away from something you don't. I love hearing from people

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<v Speaker 3>who are thinking about switching careers. There are often great

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<v Speaker 3>ways to explore new options, and starting something new can

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<v Speaker 3>be a good way to become more interested in life.

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<v Speaker 3>I can usually recommend ways to fit training and searching

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<v Speaker 3>into even a busy schedule. That said, I noticed that

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<v Speaker 3>career switchers come in different flavors. Some people have identified

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<v Speaker 3>something they are very excited about. They may be reasonably

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<v Speaker 3>happy in their current jobs. It's just that there is

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<v Speaker 3>something they would like to do more. However, there are

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<v Speaker 3>others whose career switching conversations center more on how miserable

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<v Speaker 3>they are in their current work. They are looking to

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<v Speaker 3>flee their current situations, and that is fine. I don't

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<v Speaker 3>want people to be miserable, But sometimes folks then idealize

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<v Speaker 3>some other profession as just being incredibly different from what

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<v Speaker 3>they are currently doing. The logic goes that if they

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<v Speaker 3>are unhappy, now doing something very different should make them happy.

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<v Speaker 3>So now they need to go back to school for

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<v Speaker 3>two years or more to do that. And I am thinking, WHOA,

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<v Speaker 3>let's slow down. No profession is perfect. Even if you

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<v Speaker 3>work for a nonprofit that is saving the world, you

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<v Speaker 3>can still have a lot of emails and meetings and

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<v Speaker 3>a distracted manager. You can have amazing colleagues and get

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<v Speaker 3>paid a lot, and have a terrible commute that leaves

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<v Speaker 3>you feeling frazzled and starved for time. You can have

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<v Speaker 3>incredible flexibility and the ability to work from home on

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<v Speaker 3>interesting projects, and yet be in an industry where there's

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<v Speaker 3>a lot of consolidation leading to turmoil and layoffs and

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<v Speaker 3>the like. You can invest a lot of time and

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<v Speaker 3>money in trying to change careers and find on the

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<v Speaker 3>other end that things aren't nearly as blissful as you

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<v Speaker 3>imagine them to be. I have seen a number of

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<v Speaker 3>people switch jobs and careers to find something more flexible,

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<v Speaker 3>and I mean anything more flexible, and then they wind

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<v Speaker 3>up board because they are not challenged, and unhappy because

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<v Speaker 3>they are underpaid. So if you are miserable in your

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<v Speaker 3>current job, figure out how to lessen the immediate misery.

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<v Speaker 3>First lots of times, these changes can.

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<v Speaker 2>Be relatively doable. If you work for a big company,

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<v Speaker 2>there is no doubt some other internal team that is hiring,

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<v Speaker 2>so you can get away from a terrible manager. If

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<v Speaker 2>you've got an awful commute, see if you can work

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<v Speaker 2>from home another day or two per week, or find

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<v Speaker 2>a different organization that lets you do just that. As

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<v Speaker 2>we discussed in another episode this week, there is no

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<v Speaker 2>harm in looking for a new job, and you might

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<v Speaker 2>find a better one that uses your existing skills and credentials,

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<v Speaker 2>no new ones required. If your work feels meaningless, maybe

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<v Speaker 2>you can seek a different project or start something new

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<v Speaker 2>at your organization that feels more meaningful to you. Or

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<v Speaker 2>you can start volunteering on the side, because work doesn't

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<v Speaker 2>have to be everything in life. Then, once you have

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<v Speaker 2>solved the immediate source of misery, create a vision of

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<v Speaker 2>what you would like your life to look like. What

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<v Speaker 2>kind of work do you truly want to be doing?

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<v Speaker 2>When are you happiest? If you identify jobs that match

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<v Speaker 2>up with this happy work, talk to lots of people

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<v Speaker 2>in these professions and see what they like and what

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<v Speaker 2>they don't like. How would you spend your days if

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<v Speaker 2>you did this sort of job? What would your hours

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<v Speaker 2>look like? Do the upsides outweigh the downsides? Could you

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<v Speaker 2>live with those downsides? When you have a clear vision

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<v Speaker 2>of what you are running toward, you can figure out

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<v Speaker 2>how to take the steps to get there. But when

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<v Speaker 2>you are just running away from some current misery, you

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<v Speaker 2>may wind up in a place that is not much

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<v Speaker 2>better given the time and energy invested. It's good to

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<v Speaker 2>know what you want and not.

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<v Speaker 1>Just what you don't. In the meantime, this is Laura.

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<v Speaker 1>Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of

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<v Speaker 1>our time.

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