According to the latest studies, more than 3/4 of all employees in Germany only work to the book or have even already resigned internally. They still go to work, function, deliver the bare minimum, but are no longer really there.
It’s about living life on the back burner. No real energy, no connection to what you’re doing, no motivation to really make a difference. On the outside everything seems normal, but on the inside the plug has long since been pulled.
The tricky thing is that many stay anyway. Out of habit. Out of fear of change. Or because they convince themselves that it “already fits”. But that’s where the real problem lies. Because if you spend eight hours a day somewhere you don’t want to be, it never just affects your job, but your whole life. You take this feeling home with you, into your relationships, into your everyday life.
And perhaps the crucial question is not whether you have resigned internally. But rather: Why are you still there?
New episode Men in crisis: Why so many men only function, why they stay anyway and what changes when you start to take responsibility for your life again.
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