Have friends miserable at work, always talking of quitting, but delaying endlessly?
Try the Exploding Anti-Offer! “I suggest: commit now to resigning in 2 weeks as your default path. You can ‘break contract’ but you have to justify in writing. I’ll verify you did it in 2 weeks.”
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Flipping the default like this has helped two friends escape a misery rut! One replied: “That’s a great idea! Let’s make it one week!”
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I feel like we’re missing the punchline here. What happened after a week?
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They resigned. Freed at last!
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woah, nice idea. this would've been a seriously effective strategy to employ (no pun intended) when i was living in NY. basically all of my friends were perpetually miserable, complaining about their jobs. however, few of them ever took action to change their situation. very sad.
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