69: This Is Not What I Signed up For

"This is not what I signed up for."

Who hasn't uttered that phrase at least, oh, a dozen times in their career? Whether in regard to a new job, a new boss, a culture shift, a market event, or just life itself we've all been in situations that differed – sometimes dramatically – from our expectations.

In fact, due to the nature of work and the constant of change it's normal that our work environment shifts and evolves – and we generally notice it most right about the time we have things exactly the way we want them.

Which brings us to the word of the episode – resistance. Despite what we tell ourselves, humans don't like change – and we have any number of habits that we'll kick in to resist it as long as possible. In this episode we dive into our relationship with resistance, and how to overcome it as we adjust to our new reality.

We talk about the importance of naming, specifically, what it is we feel like we're losing (or losing out on) when our situations are different than our expectations and how to accept that we always have a choice when we recognize a need to leave a situation.

We also quote The Eagles, remember the Violent Femmes, and commit to creating an Inside Job Podcast mixed tape. Yes, we are that old.

 

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