Caroline Webb on how to have a good day at a bad job

Hello Monday with Jessi Hempel

Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

We spent a while earlier this summer talking about good jobs. But what if you don’t feel like you have one of those right now? Of course, no one is guaranteed to love their job all of the time - but what happens when you’re feeling unhappy and are unable to quit? Enter Caroline Webb - executive coach, economist, and author - to help Jessi explore what a good day at work looks like, and how everyone can take concrete steps to have more of them. Follow Caroline Webb on LinkedIn. You can subscribe to her newsletter, How to Have a Good Day, and check out her LinkedIn Learning courses on fulfillment at work and leadership. Follow Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn and order her debut memoir, now available in paperback! Join the Hello Monday community: Subscribe to the Hello Monday newsletter, and join us on the LinkedIn News page for Hello Monday Office Hours, Wednesdays at 3p ET. To continue the conversation this week and every week, join our free LinkedIn group for Hello Monday listeners https://lnkd.in/hellomondaygroup

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0:00.0	From LinkedIn News, I'm Leah Smart, host of Everyday Better, an award-winning podcast dedicated to personal development.
0:06.2	Join me every week for captivating stories and research to find more fulfillment in your work and personal life.
0:11.8	Listen to Every Day Better on the LinkedIn Podcast Network, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:17.4	I'm Tomer Cohen, LinkedIn's chief product officer.
0:20.6	If you're just as curious as I am about the way things are built, then tune into my podcast, building one.
0:26.7	I speak with some of the best product builders out there.
0:29.2	I've always been inspired by frustration.
0:31.9	It came back to my own personal pinpoint.
0:34.0	So we had to go out to farmers and convince them.
0:37.2	Following that curiosity is a superpower.
0:39.9	You have to be obsessed with the human condition. Listen to Building One on Apple Podcasts or wherever
0:44.8	you get your podcasts.
0:48.0	LinkedIn News.
1:13.7	Hey, it's Jesse. Our U.S. team is off for Indigenous People's Day, which means that we're bringing you an episode from the archives. And as we were figuring out what episode we wanted to share, we realized we've been talking a lot this year about good jobs, what they look like, how to find one.
1:18.2	But there are plenty of you out there who just don't have a good job right now.
1:22.6	And maybe you're in a position where that's not going to change any time soon.
1:26.3	The answer isn't always to go and switch things up.
1:27.9	Sometimes it's not possible. Sometimes you don't want to go and switch things up. Sometimes it's not possible.
1:29.3	Sometimes you don't want to.
1:33.3	Then you need advice from a guest like today's guest.
1:38.6	Here's Caroline Webb on how to have a good day at a bad job.
1:46.2	From the news team at LinkedIn, I'm Jesse Hempel, and this is Hello Monday.
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