Coaching practices for How to Quit an Unsatisfying Job

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• I think my boss is about to make the wrong call and I’m biting my tongue to keep the peace, then quietly stewing about it after
• My whole job search is just refreshing job boards and firing off applications into the void, competing with hundreds of strangers for whatever happens to be posted
• I either cling to something long after it’s clearly not working because quitting feels like giving up, or I bail the first day my motivation dips
• I’m good at my job and on top of my commitments, and yet I’m quietly miserable
• Even after I’ve chosen I leave the door cracked open "just in case," and I keep quietly re-shopping and re-comparing

Practices that may help

1. Disagree with your manager constructively
   State your disagreement clearly, give your reasoning, and then commit to the decision — without sacrificing either honesty or loyalty.
   Managing Up: Practical Skills for Working with Your Boss
2. Build and work a target list of roles and organisations
   Replace passive job board browsing with active research into specific organisations you want to understand.
   Informational Interviews: Career Research That Builds Your Network
3. Pre-set your exit criteria
   Decide in advance what result would make you stop, continue, or scale up.
   Tiny Experiments: Testing Change Without Committing to It
4. Apply the matrix at the role level, not just the task level
   Audit which of your entire roles or commitments are Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4 — not just individual tasks.
   The Eisenhower Life Audit
5. Commit and stop re-evaluating
   Once you’ve chosen, close the door instead of reopening the comparison.
   Satisficing vs. Maximizing: When “Good Enough” Wins
6. Satisfice: set a good-enough threshold and stop searching when you hit it
   Optimize for "good enough" rather than "best possible" — the search cost often exceeds the gain.
   Simple Heuristics: Gerd Gigerenzer’s Case for Fast and Frugal Thinking
7. Use a shutdown ritual
   End the workday with a deliberate routine that closes open loops and declares work done.
   Deep Work, Made Practical
8. Choose a replacement that delivers the same reward
   The new routine must satisfy the original craving, or the old one snaps back.
   Habit Substitution: Swap the Routine, Keep the Reward
9. Satisfice instead of maximize
   Choose the option that meets your criteria rather than searching for the theoretically best one.
   The Mindset of Enough: Contentment Without Complacency
10. Bring a proposed solution when you bring a problem
    Describe the problem and your recommended path before asking for a decision.
    Managing Up: Practical Skills for Working with Your Boss

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