Most people are reactive when it comes to managing their careers. They aren’t happy. But they don’t do anything about it until they have to. A Harris Interactive poll revealed that:

• Fewer than half (44%) of employees feel glad that they chose to work for their current employers over others.
• Only just over a third (37%) believe that their “top management displays integrity and morality.”
• Fully one-third (33%) of workers feel that they are at a dead-end at their current jobs, and even more (42%) believe they are “trying to cope with feelings of burnout.”

It is an exceptional thing to take charge of your career. Be exceptional. Rekindle your dream. Find a career coach (you’re worth it). Purposefully steer your career in an increasingly satisfying direction. As you look back on a more fulfilling career, you’ll be glad you took the initiative to be exceptional.