I just couldn’t let go.
I was working for a horrible company years (and years) ago. There just wasn’t much good about them. Yet, I stayed and stayed because I felt I needed to be there for my staff, to make a bad situation less bad.
In truth, I was really sitting smack in the center of a dead-end.
You’re probably experiencing at least one dead-end right now.
Sometimes you find yourself in a situation where you work and work and work, yet nothing changes.
Nothing improves. Nothing gets worse. It just “is.”
I think that’s why people call it a dead-end.
When you hit a dead-end, your little old brain gets in the way.
You keep working through the dead-end because you were taught to “never give up!” “Keep pushing!!” “Success is right around the corner.”
Sometimes.
And sometimes your dead-end is just that. The end.
Dead-ends keep you from doing something else. Something that will lead to more reward.
Dead-ends keep you from doing the best you can do. Not the “it’s as good as it gets” thing.
You’re the one keeping you stuck in a dead-end. What dead-end are you living in?
And are you ready to move on from it, so you can go do your best?
Go forth and do great things,
Martha Hanlon and Chris Williams