If you’re waiting for someone to come and save you from a sucky work life, it may be a while.

This is the cold, hard and much needed truth from Elizabeth Lotardo, today’s guest on the DesuckifyWork® Podcast.

Elizabeth is the author of "Leading Yourself: Find More Joy, Meaning, and Opportunities in the Job You Already Have (Despite Imperfect Bosses, Weird Economies, Lethargic Coworkers, Annoying Systems, and Too Many Deliverables)“, she’s also an employee engagement consultant and a LinkedIn Learning instructor.

Her superpower (her pudding, in my lingo) is an optimal blend of straight talk and empathy. So messages get through and you feel inspired to do something about it.

Her message to those looking to desuckify work?

🐱 Focus on what you can control vs. blaming external factors.

🐱 Change your “load-bearing beliefs” about work that are keeping you stuck. Like thinking “work sucks” for instance.

🐱 Don’t tolerate abuse, but make the most of typical work challenges, reframing them as opportunities for learning and growth.

🐱 Ditch the traditional employee engagement surveys (like Gallup) and try one rooted in a self-leadership perspective.

The big takeaway? Take ownership of your career. No one else will. And no one will ever care about it as much as you.

Tough love? Maybe. But love nonetheless.

I loved this conversation with Elizabeth. And I think you will too.

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Let the desuckifying begin.

You can follow Elizabeth on LinkedIn. And check out her site at elizabethlotardo.com. Also, be sure to grab a copy of her book, it’s awesome.

If you enjoyed the conversation and would like to help your teams find their superpower (aka their pudding) so they can bring their absolute best to work, I invite you to schedule a free half-hour discovery session.

Bye, everyone!

Bonus question from Elizabeth to our audience:What is really wrong? What really sucks? Because we can sit in this narrative of it sucks and it's unfair and I don't like it. But until you can zoom in on the specific thing and take a self-leadership approach to changing it, it's not going to change. So I think my question would be, zoom in on your gnarly attitude and figure out what's causing it.

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