I Quit!!

Why quitting my job was a necessary for me.

For 28 years of my life I have spent days, hours, minutes working to care for my family. Like most jobs they all start off exciting and fun to do. However, it soon would turn into me watching others around me achieving their dreams, a great deal of the achievements were done at the labor of my expense. I would then find myself second guessing my choice in a career, considering making the jump to only talk myself back in off the ledge and not making the jump. Not making the jump was a huge mistake that I had made over and over again. I was a part of my own mental anguish and finally after years of this insanity within myself, I made the jump.

Factors That Contributed To My Jump

Change In Culture

When you go from a environment where the bar was always set high to the land mediocrity. Then watch out! The first sign is complacency, when the bar that was constantly being raised all of sudden stops rising comfort soon set in. Things begin to slip through the cracks. Your successful processes are soon skipped and problems begin to set in. This all wound happen in usually in couple of scenarios, the first is a result of change in leadership, the second is complacency in leadership. Changes in leadership usually will bring about changes in support staff, which sometimes is a good mesh for the organization and on the other hand it is not conducive for the work culture. You see, like it or not “Culture” is away of doing things it usually is connected with a organization’s original mission statement. However, in my case for example, I watched these things change and repeatedly convinced myself things will get better. When truly they did not, I was use to a winning environment when in essence it was not. This was the first contribution to my decision to quit.

Poor Treatment

It’s not hard to believe, according to gallop poll 75 percent of employees leave because of poor leadership in management. This all to true, due to lack of training, transparency , coaching and communication most managers fail. What I mean by this is they aren’t clear in their expectations, so very little training and see no value in training while forgetting that training is the reason they were hired or promoted. This all leads to managers not appreciating their people, not being a source of guidance to their people. This is when the thought process about working somewhere else begins. This where I was and stuck in this phase for months and years. However, there was the one last thought leaving for good that kicked in for me. I was totally done with poor managers and done with consistently building up what was. consistently a torn down when it came to inspiring employees by superior management, leaving me to rebuild again. I was losing young talent sales people in which I invested so much time into training. They would either quit out confusion or frustration from being beat down verbally by superior management. This was a breaking point for me.

The Breaking Point

We all have a point of no return. Meaning that there is a breaking point that brings us to the conclusion of “I have had enough.” Once I entered the breaking point, I began to think about my future. I began look at what if I became my very own boss and built a organization the way I wanted it to be. I also looked at the fact I was helping someone to live out their dreams and if I wanted to do this for myself, then the time is now. Besides I was at my breaking point and realized I was doing damage to myself and the people I was leading because Superior Management had a different perspective of how Educate, motivate and inspire people. Not to mention I had discovered over the years that Speaking and Training was running rampant in my blood. So if this dream was to become a reality I would need to set a date and plan, then execute my plan.

The Exit Plan

I knew I had to quit my job if I was ever going to be happy and start my own business. But of course the fear of not having a steady of income for awhile can strike fear. Of course I was afraid and had my fair share of doubts. Then I realized if I didn’t plan my exit, I would never leave. Two people reminded my of a couple of things I had to do if I was ever going to make an exit. My wife taught me that I must set deadlines along time ago and stick to them. So I chose October 2nd as my exit day. This is where what my mentor taught me about the “Power of 2″ came into play. Which means if I had to pick two things that has stopped me from moving forward in my business…i they were my job and having time for working on my business. Which solidified that if was ever going to be successful on my own, this was it. You see, there’s an old saying that freedom ain’t free and it is true. This is why I had leave my six-figure paying job to be free. Free of distractions, free of drama and free to make money in a way that will give me the freedom to ultimately be happy doing what I truly love.

Clearing The Last Hurdle

If I was really going fulfill my dreams, the it was necessary for me to clear the final hurdle and sprint to the finish line. This hurdle which was coming up quick just like when I ran the 110 meter High Hurdles In college, there was very little time for thinking or margins for errors. I had to get over this hurdle and get over it quickly. That hurdle was eighteen years of emotions filled with my feelings about the years of employment, filled with all that I had been through, filled with fear and the frustration of not being happy with what I was doing. Also doubts, but I knew that it was time for the moment of truth. Which is when I realized if I didn’t quit now I would be a complete coward who would remain in bondage by my job. You see, I had to break the mentality that all the schools had trained me and many of us to go school and get good job to live. I knew that after 28 years of this type of living was not rewarding, besides I have been given a gift to speak and train. It’s now my duty to seize the moment and this was the motivation that helped me to kick up my lead leg and lean my upper body into that last hurdle to clear it of a job in bondage life, to cross the finish line to say I quit!

* What lead me to quit my job? There were so many factors that contributed to my decision. Not just the ones I shared with you, but the most important one was my passion. My passion to be free, my passion to focused on my future as a Speaker who will teach organizations how to develop a “Winning Cultures with a Championship Attitude. A Championship Attitude always wins!”

If you are thinking about quitting your job…just know there’s always a better place for you in the world and only you will know when to say “I quit!”

Be Great

About Roger Love

Roger Love is a Championship Attitude Expert who teach organizations how to build Winning Cultures in their work environment.