I am looking for suggestions on books/blogs/other resources that discuss how to be satisfied at work, deal with unfairness at work, suck it up when your work situation sucks, manage a manager who is brand new and doesn't know what they're doing without going insane, etc.
In each of my full time jobs I have ended up unhappy, frustrated, and looking for a new place to work... it most likely isn't just that I've had several unlucky job situations in a row, it's probably me and I want to fix whatever the issue is.
I've had 2 full time positions (1st - 3 years, current - almost to 4 years) and 2 managers at each company. I can 'explain' why each scenario wasn't great, but at this point, I figure I'm part of the problem, so I'm looking for strategies to fix whatever the problem is. The answer could be any of the following or something I haven't even considered yet:
- Suck it up (I guess, but it would be nice to be not unhappy or hey, even satisfied at work)
- Get a new job (looking, but what if this happens again at the next one?)
- Care less about work (okay, I could do that, but I don't know how - I feel responsible for getting my tasks done and pleasing my customers (and manager, I guess))
- Anger management classes (possibly, to control my frustrations?)
- Therapy (maybe? but I don't just want to vent my frustrations for an hour, venting doesn't actually fix the issue),
- Others??
Any recommendations would be appreciated.