Is There One Simple Formula for Career Happiness?

The age of connectivity has opened so many doors for our society.

Looking at this from a purely work-life standpoint, it has given us the chance to pave our own path in a way that may have never been possible just a decade or two earlier.

But this new age has also empowered the conversation (and rightly so) that you should only follow your passions: "If you're not happy in your professional life, change it. You have the power to do so."

I shared this image on LinkedIn last week, which delves into a “simple formula for career happiness,” and it received a huge response -- some extremely positive and others were more skeptical, which I completely understand.

The "if you're not happy, change it" mantra is inspiring, but it doesn't really give anyone a clear roadmap.

So with all these separate voices telling you why you should be happy in your job and why you shouldn’t settle for less, but with a scarcity of voices to tell you how to get to that point, how do you figure out what you want and need in a career?

With this piece, I have one goal in mind: With YOUR help, I want to put together a piece on what you WANT and NEED in a career to make you HAPPY. I'll be collecting your responses and turning it into another piece (hopefully a guide of sorts!) right here on LinkedIn.

Let's put together a list that can go beyond the "not happy, change something" conversation and help someone, anyone, reflect on their career in a responsible way!

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