I am an unabashed Seth Godin fan. He has the ability to play it straight, think ahead and really offer great, and even profound, insights about work, career and anything that remotely touches it. Plus, he keeps moving forward (apologies to "Meet the Robinsons") - not waiting to see what the next big thing is or isn't.
In one of his recent blog posts, a characteristically short one, he notes that some people are working overtime to make their jobs smaller. Sure, there are all kinds of reasons to do this and some of them go beyond the two that he lists. For professional and executive women, there is a pull in both directions.
A pull to make your job smaller - or at least small enough to do it well and still be able to manage all your other priorities. This is countered by the pull to keep or make your job big enough that it gives you the projects, recognition and personal fulfillment that you want in your career. This is almost the defining career conundrum that has followed professional women for years.
Then, Seth adds a new spin to it. Specifically, he notes that keeping your job small is a shame - "...exchanging your upside, energy, opportunity, growth and excitement for the freedom from thinking and a decrease in self-induced anxiety."
Is this you? Are you caught up in the cycle of big vs. small when it comes to your career as you try to balance it with your other priorities that you've been caught in a cycle that just doesn't serve you? Are you trying to balance an equation that is just outdated all the way around?
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