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EPISODE  41  –  LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO STAY IN A CRAPPY JOB

 

 

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EPISODE 41 TRANSCRIPT:

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO STAY IN A CRAPPY JOB

 

 

Here I will be sharing with you a chapter from my book WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND? 50 Truth Bombs to Change Your Life.

It focuses less on “what you need to DO or CHANGE” to make your life super fabulous and more on “what you need to UNDERSTAND” to make your life more manageable and special.

 

If you find that you are always fighting things rather than living in peace and going with the flow, this book will highlight 50 truth bombs that you need to understand to free yourself from that constant pain, suffering and torment cycle.

This book is the wake-up call you desperately need.

To live well and have more clarity and understanding in our life, we really need to embrace these truth bombs.

So are you ready now to change your life?

Are you ready now to understand?

So here goes: the lesson or chapter today is called: 

 

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO STAY IN A JOB THAT SUCKS

 

When we are young, we have big dreams about the life we are planning to live.

We dream about being an actress or policeman or lawyer or singer (or insert here any number of dream jobs for kids)

But then we go out in the real world and soon learn that what we wished for isn’t always for the taking, without some real effort on our part. 

Or maybe we get our dream job and suddenly realize it isn’t everything we believed it would be.

When we are young, we often take whatever job we can get.

We don’t question the pay, the hours or the job description.

Then at some point this truth bomb goes off. 

 

You realise “hey, I would prefer to BE dead than waste my whole life working in this dead-end job which makes my soul feel like an empty shell.” 

 

It dawns on you that life is too short to work in a job that sucks, in a place you hate, which drains every last ounce of your energy and happiness.

Once this truth bomb goes off you begin to think about what you really want to do in life.

You think and ponder until eventually you work out what your true passion is and you know you would do anything to fight for this new career, which lights up your heart. 

 

You finally understand that your self-worth isn’t tied to money – that there are some jobs that aren’t worth doing for all the money in the world. 

 

You get what Confucius meant when he said “find a job you love and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

 

The only way to do great work and be happy in this endeavour is to love what you do.

Because a job isn’t just a job – it impacts every area of your life and eventually becomes who you are. 

If you don’t think this is true, imagine spending eight hours a day or forty hours a week doing the worst work you can imagine doing.

How do you think you would feel at the end of the day or week?  

 

If your job doesn’t feel right anymore, leave. Work that constantly makes you feel bitter, stressed and full of pain isn’t worth any amount of money. 

 

Don’t feel bad about quitting either.

There is a difference between giving up and knowing when you have had enough. 

Life is too short to spend it in a job that literally sucks the happiness out of you.

You don’t need settle for anything – keep looking until you find the right job that sets your heart on fire.

You need to also understand sometimes your dream job does not exist so you must go out there and create it. 

 

Sometimes it takes a lot of hard work, sweat and tears to get to your final destination but that’s okay because you only live once. You will regret it forever if you never at least try to find a job you love. 

 

 

What’s the harm in trying anyway?

You will never know what you are capable of until you take that step and go for it.

Life is short and if there was ever a moment to follow your passion and dreams, that moment is now. 

 

If you need to quit a crappy job the secret is also simple: 

 

1 – Either tell them you quit and/or

2 – Just leave.

 

There is nothing else to it.

It is that simple.

So, I hope you found this mini episode to be helpful.

And if you enjoyed this chapter stay tuned as we have another 9 coming your way!  

As always thanks so much for being here with me.

I love and appreciate you all and can’t wait to catch you in the next episode.

 

 

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