If You're Stagnating on the Job, Try These Strategies

Starting a new job is exhilarating and exhausting. Exhilarating, because you are trying new things, meeting new people and learning new skills. Exhausting, because all of those activities tax your brain, so, that by the end of the day, you just want a nap.

Over time, though, some of the things you are doing become routine. You know the general tasks that drive your workday, and you can solve most of the problems that come up on most days. Once that happens, you go from being exhausted to being bored. Ultimately, your brain craves a middle-ground in which your world is generally predictable, but there are enough novel situations that you have to pay attention, think a bit and learn some new things.

So, if you feel like you’re running in place at work, you have to take responsibility for learning new things. You have to decide what you ought to learn and how to learn it. Here are three approaches that can motivate you to get out of your rut.

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