⛰️ When (and How) to Quit
The workplace can be high-drama reality TV with the most personal stakes! (Think of the recent Open AI drama.) There are a million reasons to quit, and you will know in your gut when to grease those quitting wheels.
There are also a million ways to approach resignation, but pretty much one very wrong way: in a blaze of high-horse, bridge-burning glory.
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🤠 Holster that scathing email, partner.
We get how attractive ye olde cut-and-run tactic is, especially on a Sunday night. Choreograph a graceful exit instead to salvage your network. Set yourself up to pass the baton smoothly instead of chucking that thing into the crowd and running for the parking lot — especially if you’re applying in the same industry in the same town.
🕊️ So when can these peace accords take place?
After extensive sleuthing, red string, and connecting the dots on a cork board, we’ve deduced the ideal time to quit: post-peak, pre-burnout. A.k.a., wherever and whenever you hit a ceiling of progress. Thresholds will differ, and it takes diligent Yearly Career Audits, Statuses, and 1:1’s to hack that epiphany. Think: no more vertical opportunity, stifled capabilities due to mismanagement, or just boredom.
🔥 Got a work bestie on the verge of quitting in a blaze of glory? This newsletter will help. Send her the link.
⏰ The true skill is timing it before the burnout.
Check out Episode 37 all about everyone’s favorite exhausted spiral into madness. Or take this assessment expertly delivered by Angela Duckworth of Freakonomics on identifying burnout symptoms.
😎 Quitting is for everyone... And so is good quitting practice.
So resist that ever-so-tempting desire to cuss out that piss-poor manager. This valiant high road will protect your peace and network. Face your personal peak, watch out for the coal mine burnout canaries, and start reaching for sunlight.
Episodes for Quitters
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