WEBVTT - You might not need to quit

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of I Heart Radio.

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<v Speaker 1>Good Morning, This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast.

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<v Speaker 1>Today's tip is that you might not need to quit

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<v Speaker 1>while no job is forever. Sometimes what feels undoable could

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<v Speaker 1>feel very different with some space or some different parameters.

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<v Speaker 1>So if you read the news, you have no doubt

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<v Speaker 1>seen a lot about the great resignation. With lots of

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<v Speaker 1>job openings, people are feeling more comfortable leaving their current jobs,

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes for other jobs and sometimes for different lifestyles, and

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<v Speaker 1>sometimes that's the right move. Often you can earn more

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<v Speaker 1>by moving between organizations. I wish this weren't true and

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<v Speaker 1>that company's rewarded people for staying, but the labor market

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<v Speaker 1>isn't efficient, so that does not happen. There are also

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<v Speaker 1>many other rewarding things people can do with their time

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<v Speaker 1>then full time work. That said, sometimes what is happening

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<v Speaker 1>is that stress and anxiety can build up over time.

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<v Speaker 1>We need to rest and recharged, but work feels so

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<v Speaker 1>busy that resting and recharging doesn't seem possible. In this

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<v Speaker 1>tense situation, something lights a fuse and quitting feels like

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<v Speaker 1>the only option, But perhaps it isn't If you are

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<v Speaker 1>thinking of quitting, but you think your job might be redeemable,

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<v Speaker 1>you could try taking some serious time off first. I

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<v Speaker 1>am talking at least two weeks and hopefully a bit more.

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<v Speaker 1>If you have vacation days you haven't used yet, those

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<v Speaker 1>would be good to deploy. If your company has any

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<v Speaker 1>sort of paid or unpaid leave, that might be worth

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<v Speaker 1>investigating too. You don't have to go anywhere exotic if

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<v Speaker 1>Fiji isn't in the budget right now, but you do

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<v Speaker 1>have to not work. See what it feels like to

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<v Speaker 1>not feel stressed about work, See what it feels like

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<v Speaker 1>to have time be more open. It is quite possible

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<v Speaker 1>you will return after a few weeks feeling refreshed. Now

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<v Speaker 1>you might be thinking this would never fly, But if

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<v Speaker 1>your alternative is to quit, what do you have to lose?

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<v Speaker 1>I recently talked with someone who had negotiated a part

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<v Speaker 1>time position at an organization that basically did not do

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<v Speaker 1>part time positions. How did it happen? Well, she was

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<v Speaker 1>very clear that she was going to walk out the door.

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<v Speaker 1>The part time position was a way to keep that

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<v Speaker 1>from happening. Any rational employer would rather see a valued

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<v Speaker 1>employee take a three week vacation and come back then

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<v Speaker 1>walk out the door. For good hiring and training, someone

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<v Speaker 1>will take way more than three weeks. So rather than

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<v Speaker 1>walk out the door to get the feeling of that

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<v Speaker 1>three week vacation, why not try the break first. Take

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<v Speaker 1>the time truly off, don't check email, don't look at

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<v Speaker 1>anything work related. See what comes from that. Maybe with

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<v Speaker 1>some perspective you will feel the same way you want

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<v Speaker 1>to be doing something else with your time. But maybe

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<v Speaker 1>you'll feel ready to try again and to tackle some

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<v Speaker 1>of the problems that seemed intractable before. You could move

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<v Speaker 1>to a different team, you could negotiate for different hours,

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<v Speaker 1>you can switch your port folio of projects. Sometimes it

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<v Speaker 1>is hard to see these things in the moment, but

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<v Speaker 1>with some space you can. So try the space and

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<v Speaker 1>find out for sure if quitting is what you want

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<v Speaker 1>to do. In the meantime, this is Laura, Thanks for listening,

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<v Speaker 1>and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,

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