RSSBe Always Ready to Leave
Mar 03
I once worked at a company that when through huge layoffs when the dot com bubble burst. I saw colleagues, who had given their life to a company go through the painful (and embarrassing) process of gathering their things, packing a box or boxes and enduring the walk of shame. I then told myself, “I will never leave with a box!” From then on I kept my office clean and uncluttered. The last 2 times I was laid off, I was out of there in 3 minutes. Does it mean I didn’t care or I was less involved or passionate about my job? No. It simply meant that I realized that if the company needed to axe my behind to meet the annual numbers, they would.
Here’s a chilling thought…take a deep breath. Half of that breath belongs to your employer. You don’t believe me…
- You wake up early to go to work
- You commute 30 minutes to an hour to work
- You spend 8, 10, 12 hours at work
- You commute 30 minutes to an hour home from work while thinking about work
- You get home and barely have time before your kids have to go to bed
- You have dinner, chat with the wife and then go to bed early to wake up the next morning to start all over again
Now add up all the time you are at work, going to work, leaving work and thinking about work and you will find that half of your life is tied to your job. So if you are not doing what you were created to do, I’m sure that you’re pretty miserable. This is why creating a strategic life plan is so very important.
