If you’re one of the 6 in 10 that are not engaged at work (it’s 9 in 10 in the UK!) then you have some choices.
- Put up with it
2. Change jobs
3. Become an ‘entrepreneur’
4. Run away and join the circus
5. Improve your day-to-day experience to create the space to plan long-term change
‘Put up with it’ means accepting the status quo and just seeing your job as a way to pay for your lifestyle. For some, it also means finding meaning, purpose and satisfaction outside of work, through hobbies or family or community.
For others, it means enduring rather than thriving at work, having your soul slowly sucked away. People who give in like this stay 2.5 years longer in a job they hate than people who are engaged. So you don’t just accept your sentence, you extend it. But it IS a choice.