Don't Quit Your Day Job, the Six Mind Shifts You Need to Rise and Thrive at Work

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The book is written from the viewpoint of somebody who's worked in corporates for over forty years. The one thing that i did find in doing a lot of reading is that even during the pandemic and all this talk of the great reset, the great resignation, much of the reason for quitting is the same. So certainly, ah, there have been resignations now because of burn out, or because people have not been allowed to work from home. Or because, as inflation has come in, people are looking for higher salaries. But still, among the top two or three reasons for people leaving their jobs are, my manager isn't invested in me, or, my company doesn't value

Aliza Knox breaks down the six critical shifts that help turn around an unpleasant work situation.

— YOU’LL LEARN —

1) How to stay enthusiastic in the face of work hardships

2) What to do when you feel stagnant

3) How to engineer serendipity for your career

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— ABOUT ALIZA —

Aliza built and led APAC businesses for Google, Twitter and Cloudflare. She is a BCG advisor, Forbes columnist, and board director. Called a “Kick Ass Woman Slaying the World of Tech”, Aliza wrote Don't Quit Your Day Job, outlining 6 mindshifts you need to rise & thrive at work as part of her commitment to empowering the next generation of leaders. She’s in the Top 100 Women in Tech, Singapore and was named IT Woman of the Year Asia, 2020.

• Book: Don’t Quit Your Day Job: The Six Mind Shifts You Need to Rise and Thrive at Work.

• Article: “The New Meaning Of CEO: Chief Empathy Officer - 4 Reasons Leaders Need Empathy Now”

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• Twitter: @alizaknox

• Website: AlizaKnox.com

— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW —

• Study: “How Job Crafting Can Make Work More Satisfying” by Ben Laker, Charmi Patel, Pawan Budhwar, and Ashish Malik

• Study: “The Power of Empathy in Times of Crisis and Beyond” by Tara Van Bommel, PhD

• Book: Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Scott

• Book: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

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