So you work a job? If you wake up and say “I Hate My Job” then let me guess, 9-5 or worse, paying the bills, getting home late, house is a mess, and each month you live within a few hundred dollars of missing your budget so things like vacations, movies, and ultimately ‘life’ is out of the question? Most likely your source of entertainment (when your not exhausted or dealing with the family) is watching TV, the Internet, and having the same o’ company over to the house week after week – and its been this way since you were 18 years old. You might even have a college degree, or part of one, but little to no prospects for a job within that field. Congratulations – you have a job. Now you should quit your job.
I think we need to start by defining, and redefining the word ‘job’. Right now, the definition of a job is the work one does to earn money. I think this definition is wrong and twisted. I think job should be defined as ‘ones efforts towards the contribution of mankind”. Now if you think about it in this aspect… what are you doing for a living? Are you contributing to mankind by flipping burgers, filing paperwork, or handling customer service calls? Does that really contribute to the future of our children and our race? If not… quit your job, especially if you ‘hate your job’ already.
You can ‘earn money’ doing anything in the world – absolutely anything. I could say… “I want to make money… by giving away money” – and that would allow me to come a loan broker, non-profit agent, or even (in todays world)… a bailout specialist! You could even say.. I want to make money by dressing up as a monkey, giving away ice cream to children, in outer space, while standing on legos painted pink and blue… and you can do it for a living. Don’t believe me? Visit Gatlinburg, TN which is a high tourist area, rent some retail space, build a ‘Space Adventure Zone” that kids can come into and learn about space and build a room that is designed as ‘walking on mars’ and have someone dress up as a monkey selling ‘Space Ice Cream of the Future” and layer the floor in legos. You will make more money selling ice cream then you will flipping burgers – in fact you would make more money owning that place then you would ever in any job. The point is – if your JOB does not fit well with your mind when you say.. “at work I contribute to our society and future because I..” -then your in the wrong line of business and your wasting your life. Now you only have one life, your only young once, you only have today to make a change – you don’t have time to fool around until the world hands you a new title. Plus.. is quitting your job really that bad of an idea?
Entrepreneurial people are dreamers and inspired to change the world. They take that dream in their head and they go forth and share it with people and make things a reality. You might say to yourself… I would but I don’t have any money and I have bad credit – guess what – you don’t need either. The only thing you need is a fire in your belly to get out there and make a difference. Your time is worth money and your spending it watching TV and fooling around – how many hours have you spent on paper writing out your dream? Talking to new people about it? Talking to investors? Building out prototypes? Entrepreneurs don’t sit idle in the night and wait for people to hand their dream to them but rather they presue it and hunt it down. So say to yourself… “I will contribute to my society by…” and really tell yourself what you want to do for a living and if you can’t see any possible way of doing it, email me at [email protected] and I will write a post on how exactly to achieve it.
I will leave you with this… your ‘job’ is what you leave behind in the world, your children will carry your name, and your money will vanish like dust in the wind. So invest your time and effort into your dreams and your children, turn off the TV, shut down YouTube, and start investing your time and money into your future, quit your job, and start living your life for the better of yourself, your family, and the world. Don’t spend all your life saying ‘I hate my job’ or wondering if you should quit your job – do it – and make a future for yourself.