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RE: A healthy change in priority

in #change7 years ago

I'm glad that you recognized this early on in your career - I recognized it a little late and while I don't regret working the extra hours or burning the candle at both ends, I do think that some of the mindset and culture has hurt me when moving to a company that does not have that culture (at least explicitly). I think ultimately if you are doing what you really love doing, you won't mind putting in the extra hours but I do feel that sometimes there's other aspects of work that get in the way of the work that we love to do and we then grow resentful of work (I know I have). Barbara Corcoran, one of the Sharks on Shark Tank, has a practice where every few months, she writes down a love and a hate list - she writes down all the things that she loves doing, and then she writes down all the things that she hates doing, and then she tries to figure out how to do more of the things that she loves, and then tries to figure out how to do less / delegate / eliminate things that she hates to do. I think this is a good practice that can really help you love your job again.

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You make a good point - each of the Big4 have a different culture when it comes to expectations (overt or not) of working late to get the job done. Your experience is a good reminder of that! I am sorry to hear that you feel that way about your current firm, yet I am most interested to hear what you have on your love and hate list. I think you and Barbara just gave me a better idea for my next post that what I had in mind ("What I learned from my first system implementation project with a Big4... that doesn't specialize in system implementations haha). Thanks for the awesome comment!

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