Habitually struggling to find work:

At last, signs that the economy is turning.  Or as the pundits say, it is returning to positive territory.

What about you?  Are you in positive territory?

I hope so because we humans have a nasty habit of perpetuating a habit, if you know what I mean.  Many of us have become despondent because we have not had much luck finding work.  We now run the risk that we have formed a new habit - habitual despondency.

We form these habits because we learn from experience.  If your experience lately has been how difficult it is to get work, then you are likely to believe that this trend will continue, even as job prospects improve.

But just because you have struggled to date is no guarantee that you will struggle tomorrow.  The world will change even if you don’t.  So don’t jump to the conclusion that history will repeat itself.  History will only repeat if your habit makes it so.

I’m James McIntosh at nonsenseatwork dot com

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