EPISODE · Jun 24, 2026 · 14 MIN
Episode 125 - I’m bored at work (and I don’t know if that means I should leave)
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Episode 125: I'm bored at work (and I don't know if that means I should leave)You're not unhappy, exactly. The job's fine. The pay's fine. Nobody's making your life difficult. And yet you've started caring far too much about office politics you used to ignore, and there's a tab open on a jobs site you keep telling yourself you're only browsing. Something's gone flat. You just can't work out whether that's a problem to fix or a sign to leave.What you'll discoverWhy boredom is so much harder to act on than its louder cousin, burnoutThe reason being good at your job lets you hide it for years, from your team and from yourselfThe three very different things "I'm bored" can be hiding, and why telling them apart changes what you do nextThe step most people skip entirely before deciding whether to stay or goPerfect for: anyone who has found themselves in a perfectly decent job who has quietly gone flat and doesn't know whether that means a conversation or a resignation.Join How to Build a Leader, my Substack community for women in leadershipGet the Espresso Brief, the weekly subscriber email with an exclusive resource each weekRead the full episode transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Episode 125: I'm bored at work (and I don't know if that means I should leave)You're not unhappy, exactly. The job's fine. The pay's fine. Nobody's making your life difficult. And yet you've started caring far too much about office politics you used to ignore, and there's a tab open on a jobs site you keep telling yourself you're only browsing. Something's gone flat. You just can't work out whether that's a problem to fix or a sign to leave.What you'll discoverWhy boredom is so much harder to act on than its louder cousin, burnoutThe reason being good at your job lets you hide it for years, from your team and from yourselfThe three very different things "I'm bored" can be hiding, and why telling them apart changes what you do nextThe step most people skip entirely before deciding whether to stay or goPerfect for: anyone who has found themselves in a perfectly decent job who has quietly gone flat and doesn't know whether that means a conversation or a resignation.Join How to Build a Leader, my Substack community for women in leadershipGet the Espresso Brief, the weekly subscriber email with an exclusive resource each weekRead the full episode transcript Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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