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But I love the people I work with. Its so convenient. The moneys pretty decent, considering Ive heard all the excuses. Hell, Ive made them. You know that job is sucking your soul and its time to leave. The only thing left to decide is how. Above all, you want it to be your decision. Dont let boredom and apathy lead to an attitude that gets you fired or passed over. Who wants to work with a burnout no matter how skilled they are? The number one reason people stay in bad jobs is fear of the unknown. Are you hanging on to something that doesnt fit just because its familiar? What if the unknown wasnt scary? What if it was filled with joy and delightful possibilities? Sure, theres that transition period where you leave what you can do in your sleep and head into new territory. I assure you that the downhill slide of staying too long is far greater than the steepness of a little learning curve. How might you make unknown territory more comfortable? 1. Make It Known Learn about it. Do research. Talk to people. Do informational interviews. Volunteer, be a trainee. Find ways to educate yourself. Go to school. Hire a trainer. Shine some light on the stuff the scary ignorance and its no big deal. If youre drawn to it you probably have a knack. 2. Make It Up There are a lot of successful people in the world who just decide that they know what theyre doing. Ill never forget my friend Susan, a beautiful and confident woman who discovered her gift for public speaking in Toastmasters and went on to become a highly paid consultant just because she decided she was worth listening to. I had just finished grad school and was trying to get my nerve up to go pitch companies. She read a book or two, made a presentation, and was suddenly crossing the country getting big fees. Theres a lot to be said for chutzpah. 3. Try It On A Small Scale Part-time or pilot projects work well particularly if youre thinking of venturing out on your own. The hours are long when you dont give up your day job but if youre pursuing your passion you generally can find the energy. Cater a friends party for the cost of the supplies. Print some business cards on your computer. Do some pro bono work for a civic group for the testimonials. Before long youll feel ready to go for it. 4. Dive In This is my favorite. I get enormous energy from leaping off metaphorical cliffs. Instead of screaming NO, try saying Wheee! or Geronimo. Ive crossed the country on three occasions with no job and no place to live. I keep having soft, successful landings so I keep leaping. Sometimes it takes a geographic change to get yourself out of a rut. Try something out there and see if you can fly. 5. Be Prepared So maybe youre not a leaper. You can plan for contingencies, save that nest egg. Find an answer for all the what-ifs. But be careful not to over prepare. Just how likely are those eventualities that youre covering? There comes a point when its time to take steps. Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in ones favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now. J. W. von Goethe Remember, if you only do what you already know how to do your world would get pretty stale. Growth is an essential part of life. There comes a time to move on. You can feel when change is due. When that time comes the universe makes it easy for you. The money for graduate school appears, child care arrangements work out, an article about a new company catches your eye. Pay attention to the signals. Then trust your judgment. If something tells you this new opportunity is right, it probably is. |
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