You all remember my friend jenny that was relieved of her
job...of course you remember her, you can also read up about her at http://bit.ly/2eOzjMu . Here is a new chapter in that story. She got a similar
job in another company but two years down the line she quit the job, well
i was really surprised majorly because she felt like she hit rock bottom after
she was fired and very excited when she got this new one. So i called her and
we met up for lunch.
In a few minutes, we were comfortably seated in the café and
waiting for refreshment. Shortly after the usual greeting she began: I never
really explained to anybody why i quit my job and lifted myself out of the
world of mediocrity but i will like to share it with you.
“You know how i spent 5years of my life working for that
company”, she began; “I gave them my best only for them to cut me off, after
awhile...You also know i got another job. I felt i was just existing, just
another person working a regular 9 to 5, although making a decent living
by average standards but i was stagnant...and that’s how the discontent
started”.
“On one particular day when i was in Abuja for an
official assignment, i got back to my hotel room after the day’s meeting and
was disgusted with myself. Why, i asked myself, Why am i a middle-class
failure? I have been in a job that we do the same thing over and over
again, is like i am just stagnant.”
“Jcee...she continued, I don’t know what prompted me,
maybe it’s the book i was reading at the moment “The Magic of Thinking Big, but
i took a sheet of paper and wrote down the names of people i have known for a
long time and have surpassed me in earnings and in career. Again, I asked
myself what do these people have, that i don’t besides more money and i
honestly think i am better than them in education, integrity, and personal
habit. It was then it dawned on me that what i lacked that they have
was initiative.”
I was seeing my weak point for the first time. My lack of
initiative was because i didn’t believe in my worth, I did not believe that i
am capable of doing much more than this so i decided to take charge of my life
and be the boss. I decided to get a journal and started taking notes of
everything i do in the office and what i remembered in the previous workplace.
I decided to research and take online courses to become better
and from that day, I started working on and for myself even though i was still
working in that office.
It has been two years since then and i know now that i am
equipped and ready to have my own consultancy firm that’s why i decided to quit
and concentrate fully on my own project.She concluded by saying Jcee success
isn’t the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what
you are doing, then you will be successful. Working hard for something you
don’t care about is called stress, but working hard for what you love is called
passion.
Fast-forward to present day, Jenny's consultancy firm is
doing so well that she is even consulting for the two companies she worked for.
Success is a deliberate act, you just don’t stumble into success and plan to
succeed. Some people quit their jobs for whatever reason without a plan. But
Jenny had a structure and plan on what she wanted to achieve and that was her
secret to success.So don’t quit just yet. Instead, setup systems that would
help you transmit
in order to easily move on to better things.
#striveforsuccess #pushpastmediocrity #don’tgivepupyet
#work #dailyliving #dailytips #beinspired #smallbeginnings #selfworth
#goalsetting #goals #success #vprinciplesforsuccess #experience
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