Go Ahead...Quit Your Job!

Over the years, I've had many jobs, most of them I hated. For a long time I was one of those people that walk around complaining all the time about how unhappy they were at their jobs. I mean, here's a scenario for you: You wake up in the morning to a screeching alarm clock. Then you hit the snooze button no less than five times, all the while not going back to sleep but instead lying there trying to think of a reason NOT to quit your job. Not to go back to the imprisonment of being chained to a desk for 8 hours a day doing something someone ELSE wants you to do. Anxiously awaiting the five o'clock bell to sound so you can get your "night pass" to be free to do what YOU want to do. That sound familiar? Well it does to me. So one day I made the decision that so many of us don't. I decided to stop complaining and DO something about it.

Now please don't get me wrong. I'm in no way saying to go out and "quit your job" since you don't like it. No. That's not what I'm saying. What I AM saying, however, is that nobody can change the undesirable things in your life but YOU. A lot of us never take the initiative to make those types of changes in our lives because of one thing--FEAR! Fear of failure. Fear of rejection. Fear of the unknown. And so we become "settled" and that leads to frustration from feeling "stuck" doing something that we don't enjoy. Yet we feel like we have to keep working that job because we don't really know how to do something different. We are afraid to try to go and learn how to be successful doing something new.

You know that feeling you get when you know that you've done a good job? Or when you have made an accomplishment that means a lot to you? That's a beautiful feeling and it can be addictive to those of us who already have at least a little bit of drive and ambition within us. But it's a good addiction. Wouldn't you like to feel that everyday? I know I would. That is another thing that pushed me to really take a stand in my own life and stop complaining about the things that I COULD change. Being the person that I am, for me, that means being my own boss. Not waking to another alarm clock. Not punching another time clock. There was this little voice inside of me saying, "you can do this and even if you quit your job tomorrow, you will be fine. You will succeed."

Well, of course, I didn't up and quit my job. When I entered the world of internet marketing 4 years ago, I knew absolutely nothing about what it was, how to be successful at it, or how to make money from it. I just did a search one day after my mom mentioned some email she got about a marketing business. I went to the site and found some interest so I signed up. (It is actually one of the good ones and I am still with them today). I played around with it for a few months before I put it aside. I wasn't making any money. My referrals weren't doing anything beyond signing up. I didn't know how to provide support for them. Therefore, I really didn't see the point. In hindsight, I see that my mistake was jumping in without knowing anything. It was a waste of time and money. The training that the company provided was good information but in my opinion, the learning platform was all wrong. At least for me it was. When you take "newbies" and try to teach them something that they have no clue about, your training platform has to be clear, concise, easy to understand, and easy to navigate. There needs to be examples, lessons, training exercises and support available at all times. Learning is a very big deal in this industry and how long or short the learning curve is depends on YOU. Once I came across a reputable training and educational platform that delivered, I was off to the races. Sales increased. Knowledge increased and relationships formed and prospered. Learning how to succeed in this industry and then applying those techniques and strategies will be the difference between the 3% of internet marketers that are the wealthy affiliates and the 97% of marketers that fail. Once you CHOOSE to be in the 3%, THEN you can quit your job. Which group do YOU want to be in?