It’s not the job

It’s the ambiguity. It’s not knowing what you’re doing or what’s expected of you. Uncertainty about the next right thing.

It’s the feeling of incompetence, not being sure that it’ll work or if you’re even capable of it.

Most jobs can be quite fulfilling, but not knowing what needs to be done, or how, robs us of that satisfaction.

And in the Information Age, with ever greater numbers of bullshit jobs and technology advancing faster than ever, that uncertainty becomes more prevalent each day.

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  1. Unknown's avatar

    I resonate so deeply with this. My brain desperately needs to know what a job’s “A to Z” tasks are. I will happily perform everything required of my position, but if I don’t know what those responsibilities are then I feel completely lost.

    Build a process, teach the process, and success almost always follows!

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