Clarity On Fire

Kristen and I are pretty seasoned in the ways of job-quitting. In my first three years of working post-college, I had three jobs and quit them all. And Kristen quit her very first job after 5 weeks (though they deserved it for having a series of meetings about whether or not to start a LinkedIn page for the company. I mean, come on now). Maybe it’s our mutual rebellious attitudes, but we’ve both been pretty YOLO about quitting (which has likely done nothing to help correct the notion that Millennials are entitled and disloyal, but that’s a matter for a different day). The way we see it, if you don’t advocate for yourself then you can’t expect anyone else to step up to the plate. But not all of you are so c’est la vie about quitting. In fact, most people we coach have a lot of hang-ups about it, like: I don’t want to disappoint my co-workers. I can’t leave if I’m in the middle of something. People will think I’m disloyal. What if they just can’t operate without me? What if they can’t find someone else to do m