For many working adults in Singapore, work takes up a huge portion of the lives. So our happiness at work directly affects our quality of life and well being.

Lately, I noticed a common thread in my conversations with my friends and clients. They have been working for over a decade, some even 20 to 30 yrs and they say they are tired.

Tired of office politics,

Tired of working with difficult bosses,

Tired of the ever-increasing workload and stress,

Tired of being overworked and underappreciated

Many of them wish for a break and can’t wait for their retirement. But they endure and struggle to stay on their jobs because they still have mortgages to pay, young kids and parents to support. Some have in fact taken sabbatical leave to give themselves a break but eventually returned to work because of the lack of financial savings.

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