Joe Morton | Career Coach

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[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

Be wrong.

Everything is easier with a plan.

Even a bad one.

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

"Should I quit my secure 9-5?"

Probably.

The truth is, if you don't feel a connection to the people you work with, you can't be enough of yourself.

Over time this gets exhausting.

When it comes to your career, security without belonging isn't enough.

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

If you want to always be unhappy, just start feeling entitled to things you could be grateful for.

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

"Should I quit my job?"

If your job isn't:
1. Paying you correctly or on time
2. Giving you the basic tools to work
3. Feels like it could disappear tomorrow
... you already have your answer.

A sense of security is the bare minimum for a job to provide.

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

The absolute worst thing you can do for your career is hide who you are to get a job. It's guaranteed anxiety, shame and burnout.

Post your selfies.

[Paul W. Swaney III @paulswaney3]

Young people massively underestimate how their public social media can kill high-paying job offers

I have personally seen 5 offer letters pulled in NY over social media content. All were 300k plus total comp roles. Real cases

If you are aiming for 85k forever, you are probably fine

If you want bigger things, read this

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

My clients who are stuck on the question "should I quit my job?" are usually looking for the answer in the wrong place.

They're worried about fulfilment and ambition before checking whether the basic stuff is there, like a sense of security or coworkers you enjoy.

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

@DrewVento It's a privilege to have the time and skill to prioritize preparing food for my family.

There are few things I'd rather spend my time on.

It's the cleanup that sucks. Someone create DoTheDishes, so I can gig it out.

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

People quit their jobs for three reasons:

1. They can't be enough of themselves.
2. They don't like the people they work with.
3. The compensation isn't right.

2 and 3 are pretty easy to figure out.

1 is where people get lost.

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

One of the biggest tensions in company cultures is kindness is necessary for functional relationships, but unkindness is necessary for functional systems.

No easy answer.

Leaders just need to be transparent about how this incentivizes work.

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

@myhandle You have it backwards.

It is very hard to trust people without boundaries on their empathy. If someone says yes to every imposition, their yes is meaningless.

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

@justalexoki Push red you don't die.

Push blue you might die.

And I can't decide until I know what everyone else is doing?

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

@justalexoki Blue pushers have no boundaries, get pushed around and believe everyone is an asshole.

Red pushers have boundaries, healthy relationships and pretty much love everyone.

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

@waitbutwhy Blue pushers have no boundaries, get pushed around and believe everyone is an asshole.

Red pushers have boundaries, healthy relationships and pretty much love everyone.

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

A great way to consider your behavior if you find yourself saying silent so a person in your life doesn't hate you.

[Joe Hudson @FU_joehudson]

A question that changes every decision:
"Am I choosing to be who I am, or trying to manage what might happen?"

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

Do you want to control people to get what you need or connect with people to get what you need.

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

@iky_fwjett Yes.

This is so simple. Stop believing you have him and the story figured out. You had already decided he didn't care. I wonder why he's defensive?

Marriages are long. Stay curious about him. Try asking him if he's okay what happens this morning, then say "I'm sad because..."

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

@NasheCeezet_zw Time for a new doctor.

You said he's always late. So he's always losing patients.

Doctors got a patient survival rate from the middle ages.

Change that review to 0 stars.

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

Learn the difference between joy and comfort.

It usually lies in the tension your avoiding.

Then follow the joy.

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

@mirandanover Most people have no clue how to rest.

They think numbing their feelings is relaxing and they do this with busyness, both real and fake.

Take a hot bath.
Walk in the woods.
Lie on a beach.
Watch a movie.
Read a trashy book.

[Joe Morton | Career Coach @thejoemorton]

If people knew how to deal with their issues, around worth, safety, and boundaries, they would quit their jobs a lot more.