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Fight or flight syndrome leaves out an important – and destructive – third reaction. Freeze. Are you doing the business equivalent of the suicidal bunny routine?

The solution to the inscrutable question of “why am I not fulfilling my life potential” may be something as simple and common as salt. Or tennis shoes.

None of us like everything we do in the course of our work – even those of us who love our jobs. But you can motivate yourself in the job you’ve got – even if it’s just long enough to successfully transition yourself to the one you’d love – with a change in perspective.

How often I have observed this to be true at work. People would get into all kinds of drama that caused frustration and sadness to everyone involved, and when you tried to help them mediate it – or just stop it! – they resisted the help. It would become clear that the drama made them happy.