This is Help Wanted, the show that makes your work work for you. I'm Jason Pfizer,

editor-in-chief of entrepreneur magazine.

And I'm money expert Nicole Lappin. On Tuesdays, Jason and I answer the helpline and help

callers solve their work problems. And on Thursdays, I give you one way to improve your work and build a career or company you love.

And it starts? No.

You're ready for a change, but there's something you can't let go of.

Maybe you're unhappy in your job, there's some perk or status you stick around for.

Maybe you're unhappy in a relationship, but there's some comfort or convenience you love, and it's

why you stay. Maybe there's a project

you want to quit or an industry you're sick of. Whatever it is, you are ready to go,

but you struggle to leave a small part behind, which is pleasurable and meaningful,

just hard to let go of. You keep asking yourself, is this worth staying for?

Today I'm going to help you answer that question and I'm

going to start with my own version of this problem. Are you ready to meet

drunk party Jason? Oh yeah here we go. All right, a long, long time ago. I moved to New York at the age of 28 to take a junior

editing job at men's health. I did not know many people in the city and my

evening plans were often pretty empty and then the invitation started rolling in.

Because here's the thing, when you're an editor at a big consumer magazine, you get invited to stuff, movie premieres, and concerts and swanky brand events.

And at these events, colleagues turned into close friends.

My girlfriend at the time, now my wife, and I had great adventures.

They formed the foundation of my social life, and they made me feel cool and important.

But there was a problem.

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