Tough Time or Professional Crisis?
Recognizing the breakdown - before the breakthrough
How can you tell if you're simply going through a "tough time" or experiencing a true professional crisis - a critical situation requiring real and lasting change? Use this quiz as a starting point: If you check one of the statements below, it may be time to break down - and break through.
____ I have chronic health problems that just won't get better.
____ I lost someone or something I loved, and I feel deeply changed because of it.
____ In some ways, I don't like or respect who I've become.
____ It seems like every time I speak up and say what I think, I get smacked down.
____ I am mistreated - even abused - at work, yet I remain there.
____ I've had it with constantly proving myself - competing and winning at all costs.
____ My financial situation has me trapped.
____ I have talents I'm not using, but I long to do so.
____ I want to do work that makes a difference and really means something, but I don't know how.
____ Things are falling apart in my life - all at once.
____ Balancing my life and work feels impossible, and I know I can't go on this way.
____ I hate my work, but have no idea what else I can do.