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Fast Company: How to give yourself a better job, when quitting feels like your only option (and you can’t quit)

Author Dave Evans shared insights for Designing Your Work Life when you can’t quit your job in Fast Company. Below is a snippet, and you can read the full article here.

  • Reframe and reenlist in your current job, but with a new mindset that directs your attention away from what’s unsolvable and onto what’s generative.
  • Remodel your job by adding new complementary duties that use your strengths while increasing your contribution resulting in a win-win for you and the company.
  • Relocate into a new job within the company that uses your existing skill set in a new area with different people.
  • Reinvent your career by retraining for a whole new kind of job then leveraging your internal contacts and reputation to make a big move within the company.