Your Brain Is Scared to Be Left at Home
Why companies hire smart people but for the wrong reasons.
Why companies hire smart people but for the wrong reasons.
Your brain loves you as much as you do. That’s why it worries. Your brain knows that organizations can change but not everyone wants to change. Your brain doesn’t want you to get fooled by that illusion.
Helping hundreds of people look for a new job, I’ve learned a lot discussing their job search experiences. To my surprise, people are more worried about landing a job in the wrong company, than not getting one at all.
The gap between what they are promised and the reality of the job is what scares the hell out of their brains.
Your brain worries about you, it doesn’t want you just to get a job offer. your brains wants you to be hired at the right place. One where you don’t need to leave your brain at home.
Why Your Brain Is Scared
“I’m not upset that you lied to me, I’m upset that from now on I can’t believe you.” — Friedrich Nietzsche
Your brain worries that you could be easily seduced by corporate storytellin…
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