7 Thing to Consider Before Quitting Your Job

Are You Considering Quitting Your Job?

By Allen Vaysberg

Feeling trapped in your job is a lot like being trapped in a bad relationship. You’ve invested in countless years of training and climbing the corporate ladder only to leave you wondering, “How can I possibly get out now?”

And then what if you are really good at your job, where your boss loves you, you earn a six figure salary, and you’ve been promoted, but then you’re still miserable? Leaving a successful career for something more meaningful is incredibly difficult, but it can be done. It should be done, actually, because living a life without a meaningful career can put extreme stress on you, your family, and your health.

I know this all too well because I have been there. I have been an entrepreneur and my first company put me in $350,000 in debt. Despite its failure, I was able to rise above and start a new company that awarded me with enormous financial success. But even with all that money and buying my dream luxury car, something was still missing. I was 37 years old with a wife and two kids, and our new life of luxury had painted me in a corner. I needed to start over, and find a meaningful career, but I didn’t know how.

But then, I did these seven things that turned my life around, and now I am a successful business coach doing exactly what I love and am meant to do.

If you are quitting your job, here’s what you must do to start over and claim a job that you love:

 
7 Thing to Consider Before Quitting Your Job
Quitting Your Job Tip 1. Release and accept.

Take ownership for your career choices and the past that lead you to it. Forgive yourself and do not blame others. Every single choice of your past has lead you to where you are now – and if now is the time to start over, then so be it. You will find that everything you learned in your past will greatly benefit your new endeavor.