Changes have been part of my life since my earliest childhood. Throughout my career, I have had the opportunity to work with charismatic entrepreneurs and international companies, witnessing the rapid rise and fall of the dot-com era, traveling around the world to work in interesting cities and countries. And also losing my job twice, along the way.

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Today, having passed the age of 60, I have slowed down a bit and am grateful for the fact that I have been able to live a life that has been so varied and surprising. Even though not everything has always been perfect, it has definitely been enriching.

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It makes me sad to see how many people around me - even those who are young and unencumbered - desperately cling to the status quo, even though their jobs, their partnerships or their current environment makes them unhappy.

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In my work as a coach, I do my best to change this situation. From my point of view, there are four ways to deal being unhappy:

1.) To leave the current situation.
2.) Try to change something about the situation.
3.) Change your attitude toward the situation. Or
4.) endure the situation.

 

This last response should only be considered as a short-term solution, since it does nothing to relieve the sense of unhappiness. Simply leaving is often not an option for many of my clients (at least, initially). That is why I usually work with them to change something in the situation, along with generating a change of attitude. But, leaving an untenable situation is also an option that

is not as rare as you might think.

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