We are, globally, not super into our jobs. Gallup's 2025 State of the Global Workplace report showed a decline in employee engagement and wellbeing, with 79% either not engaged or actively disengaged.
Sara Stokes, once thriving in the music industry, found that embracing motherhood meant sacrificing her 'jet-setting' lifestyle, as the demands of pregnancy changed her focus significantly.
Treating applications like a full-time job helped me focus my energy on graduate school instead of dwelling on my recent layoff.
"After struggling with unexplained symptoms for several years, I finally received a diagnosis, but it meant giving up my aspirations and facing daily challenges."
He explained, 'After decades of getting up at 3:30 and driving into NYC in the dark, today is the last day I will host the show ... from the couch.'
I heard small talk about possible job cuts. One coworker jokingly said something like, "What if we all get fired?" Still, I wasn't taking it too seriously.
"To succeed in this industry you have to have an insane work ethic. I work double the average person's hours a week, and I'm only where I am now because I invest so much time in my job."
