When Your Contract Has No Easy Out: The First Step You Have to Take

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">By building up our negotiation skills, we get to put effort into making sure our contracts serve us on the front end and that they have an easy exit. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But what if the contracts we signed a couple of years ago don’t have a painless escape route? How do we get ourselves in the best headspace to move forward? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">It’s easy to get caught up in a shoulda-woulda-coulda tailspin, but shame won’t get us to the next step. A bad contract doesn’t mean a bad career - there is always a way out.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode, I’m going to talk about the mindset for getting out of a bad contract relatively unscathed.</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><br /></span><strong>Three Things You’ll Learn In This Episode </strong></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>- How to create a strong mental cushion for yourself</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instead of feeling bad, how do we get into the headspace to find a solution and confidently take action? </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>- Why there are more solutions to a bad contract than you think </strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">What are some solutions we can start considering to get out of a bad contract?</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>- The importance of going easy on yourself</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why do we have to stop beating our past selves up for not thinking about our exit when we signed the contract?</span></p>