Change Your Focus. Change Your Life.

I’m overwhelmed with work, school and interning.

My boss is the worst.  She makes harassing Facebook posts about her employees.  She doesn’t focus on important things (Overtime, emergencies, turnover rate). She is condescending and overly demanding.

~Worker Living in MICHIGAN  

It doesn’t matter how many training classes or personality assessments that someone takes; if you don’t want to be an effective boss or employee then you won’t be. 

Some bosses and employees CAN’T focus on what matters so they major in the minors.  They can only move the pebbles and not the boulders.  It can be frustrating to watch it happen, especially when you can see what needs to be done.

If you are working in a place and you know that management doesn’t get it and they don’t WANT to get it, then you need to start focusing on yourself and your next move.  You need to focus on the majors in YOUR life and career. 

You need to realize that complaining and hoping and wishing things are going to change on this job maybe a complete waste of your time. Change your focus.  Change your life. 

The Boss...Think Happy Thoughts...

I’m unhappy being in the higher level decision making role with minimal resources to go to.  I feel like I’m left to figure it all out, as well as do my day job and all the other things that need to be done.

I’m tired of financial projects being developed by others and expected to be executed by me. My input is not sought, just ‘do the work’.

I want to find a role where I can be the support person, and make sure things get done for others.

~Worker Living in WISCONSIN

Today, look at YOUR boss with fresh eyes. 

No matter what they have done to you, or how much you might not like them, just look at them and KNOW that they too have problems.  You may never KNOW what those problems are and you might be thinking that you don’t care. After today, you can go back to NOT caring, but for today care about your bosses problems. 

Today, we will say: “My boss has problems too. I don’t know what those problems are, but like me and everyone else that works here the boss just wants to be happy…may my boss be happy.”

Making The "Just Quit" Decision...

I don’t feel respected. I am not taken seriously. There is no team or family vibe. My boss cares more about his lined pockets than his employees.

~Worker Living in VERMONT

We know when we are working in a place that just doesn’t feel like a right fit for us. Something is off.  Sometimes we don’t know quite what is wrong, but sometimes we know exactly what will never work for us.

It’s not that we need to quit today.  Maybe we aren’t ready and prepared to do that. We need to DECIDE today that one day we will quit.

Maybe today we can make that decision…to DECIDE to quit working here…one day in the future.

Doing What We Believe In...

I am unhappy teaching.

I don’t love it anymore or believe in it anymore.

I am depressed and miserable.

~Worker Living in ALABAMA

Maybe we once believed in what we are doing. 

Maybe we were once happy doing it.

It’s okay if things have changed. Things do change. Admit it. Move on. It’s just time to do something ELSE that you believe in.

Use Your Gifts. Use Your Talents. Start Today.

I work in a call center in collections and I’m a middle-aged mother of three.  I am not doing very well at my job because I don’t enjoy talking a lot. Every morning before I go to work I have butterflies in my stomach.  Am I going to do a good job or not? I ask myself why I can’t be a multi-tasker just like other people. Taking notes at the same time while I am offering payment options.

I am job hunting and studying part-time. Basically I am a god gifted artist (oil landscapes, sketches, portraits, etc.). I always wonder how can I  make a living out of that profession.

Every evening after work I pray that tonight could be my last day at work, but I don’t have another job, so I don’t quit. Even if I quit will I get benefits? 

By reading your article I felt like this was my story.

~Worker Living In Canada

We are all gifted.  We all have gifts.  We either know what those gifts are or we don’t. Life is giving us clues all the time about our unique talents and gifts. Sometimes we make the connection and sometimes we don’t. 

Even when we KNOW our gifts and talents we don’t think we can make a living out of using them.  If we know our gifts and natural talents we need to start using them. 

If you are a “god-gifted artist” then you should do your art. 

If you are a dancer then you should dance. 

If you are a singer then you should sing.

Then we ask; how am I going to support myself doing these things?  Answer:  one painting; one dance and one song at a time…just start using your gifts today.

Career Path? Calling? Passion? Don't Be Confused.

I am in a new job and something is disturbing me. I am not getting sleep :-(. I am very confused on if I want to continue this job and just how long I can continue this. 

I want a change in my career path, but I’m not sure how to go about that :-).

~Worker Living in CALIFORNIA

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

How is it that we go ALL the way through high school, some of us finish college, graduate school and have professional certifications, but we STILL don’t know how to find our career path?  How did that happen? Really, how many people do you know who are doing work that they LOVE?  It’s not many people.  These people are not the norm.

How do we “go about” finding our career path? 

We HAVE to start by looking within.  We will not be looking for a “job” but for our “calling”.  The career path is not about a career at all, it’s about what we were brought here to do. Our rightful work. You, me, we… are all here to DO something that only you, me, we can DO. 

It is our “job” to figure out what that is.

Today, ask:  “What am I being called to do?”  Just keep asking that over and over and over again.  If you keep asking… the universe will answer.  Stay open to the answer coming from seemingly “strange” places…a street sign, a book, an overheard conversation, watching the sky, listening to the birds, listening to the ocean and waves…just stay open…the universe is big and it’s beautiful.  Everything in the universe is ROUTING for you to find your calling and life’s work. 

Ideas, Dreams & Hopes For Tomorrow - Be Productive Today.

I have never enjoyed working at my current job, and I feel like I need the space to figure out my next direction.

While stuck in this job, I lack the energy to creatively pursue anything else. I feel that it keeps me from opening myself to true experience and opportunity.

I know that I could embody and fulfill so much more potential if I had some time to really focus on myself and my happiness.

~Worker Living in Wisconsin

You are reading from the book “Just Quit” & Live

You might have to work at a place right now where you feel stuck, and you might be stuck, but you can make the best use of your time. 

Today, don’t waste any time. None. Not a second of your time today. Just for today be productive for yourself.

You’ll be amazed at what that feels like and just how much time and energy we can spend going in circles stewing about our situations. Today, any time you have even a moment to yourself make it count.