It's amazing to see so many people who are prepared to sacrifice their lives for
sake of their careers. I'm sure you know of someone like that. They get up at crack of dawn, drag their weary bodies out of house and head off for another exciting day at work. Ten or twelve hours later they head home totally exhausted with all their energy sapped from their body.
They might make effort to find out how rest of their family's day has been, even read their children a bed-time story. Finally after having something to eat, taking a hot shower or bath, they then veg out on couch. They immerse themselves in newspaper (again) or watch news or some mindless television show (if they don't fall asleep beforehand).
And this is a common scenario for many people who work for someone else! I can understand it if you own your own business where there's so much extra pressure riding on you, yet to sacrifice so much for someone else???
The Solicitor I met Jerry at gym. He was telling me that for past two years he has been working at a legal firm in city. An average day commenced at 8.00 a.m. and finished at 7.00 p.m. Working weekends was common. Lunch breaks and time off were unheard of. This was culture instilled at his company! No wonder staff turnover was high!
Here was a young man, only 25 years old, absolutely stressed to max.
He felt he was on a rollercoaster and couldn't get off.
Clearing Clutter Jerry was so entrenched in his situation he couldn't clearly see what he could do. He felt powerless so did nothing.
I suggested to Jerry he write a list of all options open to him. Some of these were:
Speak to his boss and work out a compromise. *Plan his working day and be strict about time he would leave each day. Take charge himself by starting later if he had to stay back. Or finish earlier if he had to commence work earlier. Learn to say 'no'. Look for another job where they put their people first. (According to Jerry most legal firms treated their people same way). See our newsletter Look After Your People and They Will Look After You Jerry really did know his options and just needed to have someone to confirm what he already knew (and ask a few hard questions).
