Fierce Resource: How to (Finally) Quit Your Job

This week’s featured piece first appeared on the Harvard Blog Review Network.

It connects well with the topics we’ve been discussing all week on the Fierce blog about how and why to address difficult topics head on with open and honest communication.

How to (Finally) Quit Your Job, written by Daniel Gulati, focuses on the psychological reasons people stay in jobs that make them unhappy.

“Here’s the cold truth: Deciding you want to quit is usually just the first move in a sometimes long and arduous cerebral chess match you’ll play with yourself. The reasons that over 70% of Americans stay in jobs they hate might surprise you. I’ve found that people’s inability to quit their current roles had little to do with the perceived riskiness of their new professions, their financial situation, or general economic conditions. The real barrier for most of us is not external. It’s our own psychology: We overthink decisions, fear eventual failure, and prioritize near-term, visible rewards over long-range success.”

In this blog, he offers three takeaways discovered when conducting his research of unhappy workers. These takeaways help explain how individuals are able to overcome their physiological hurdles and leave a job they’re miserable in.

To read the full article click here.