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Do you enjoy your work? Are you happy to get out of bed each morning and dress for the office? If you answered __o_ to either of these questions, you are not alone. In a 2014 Conference Board survey, 52 per cent of Americans claimed to be unhappy at work and in a recent CIPD study 23 per cent of Britons claimed to be looking for a new job. In the same survey only about one-third claim to feel engaged with their work. You can see the effects of this in absence, stress and depression. In fact, you can see it in the rush hour in the tired and sad-looking faces of so many commuters.The majority of people I coach are unhappy or dissatisfied with their working lives. They describe their work in so many depressing ways _ as __oring_, __edious_, __ind-numbing_, __tressful_, __ainful_ or even __cary_. I hear similar opinions as I travel the world from all types of people no matter what their background, education or choice of career.
Nigel Cumberland 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living
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Do you enjoy your work? Are you happy to get out of bed each morning and dress for the office? If you answered __o_ to either of these questions, you are not alone. In a 2014 Conference Board survey, 52 per cent of Americans claimed to be unhappy at work and in a recent CIPD study 23 per cent of Britons claimed to be looking for a new job. In the same survey only about one-third claim to feel engaged with their work. You can see the effects of this in absence, stress and depression. In fact, you can see it in the rush hour in the tired and sad-looking faces of so many commuters.The majority of people I coach are unhappy or dissatisfied with their working lives. They describe their work in so many depressing ways _ as __oring_, __edious_, __ind-numbing_, __tressful_, __ainful_ or even __cary_. I hear similar opinions as I travel the world from all types of people no matter what their background, education or choice of career.
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100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

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