Tips on finding enjoyment in a job or finding a job you enjoy. Genuinely can’t imagine anything I would truly enjoy. Leaving consulting as that felt super unfulfilling just making slides

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Lower your standards. Joy for me after 10yoe is working with competent teams and ensuring we all have good wlb.

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Get $$$

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Start with therapy. Not being snarky. It'll help you find your joy. Good luck.

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If you were just making slides you may have had the title, but you weren't doing consulting work.

They got you real good didn’t they

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There’s no joy in working for someone else you don’t trust. For me it was realizing I don’t even want a job. It’s all about building your network and capital to a point where you can start your own thing.

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