Some people are lucky enough to love their job.
Some are lucky enough to be able to do what they love while carrying on with their job
Some are lucky enough to quit their job and do the things they really love.
Here's a story I received via e-mail that might be of interest to some:
" I was sitting at a restaurant with a young guy who had been with our agency for about five years. He had a large home, a parking place close to the front door, and a brass nameplate on his door. Over lunch we started talking about the definition of success. I mentioned a Personal Mission Statement. He said he hadn't heard about the concept. To demonstrate to him how to go about creating one, I asked him what was important to him. He started naming all the things he wanted to do. Not one had anything to do with his job.
I was intrigued. "Well, are you happy?" I asked him when he finished.
He said, "Well, no."
I said, "But you're successful, right?" and laughed a little. He just sat there thinking.
I didn't see him again for a couple of months because we were travelling to different parts of the country. One day, I spotted him in the hallway. Wanting to catch up on his life, I thought I'd walk him to where he was going. "Hey, wait up. Where're you going? I'll walk with you."
"I'm not going anywhere. This is my last day," he said with a grin.
I was shocked. "What?"
"Yeah, I was just in to see the boss. He asked me why I was leaving. I told him it was your fault."
"Oh no. You're kidding me. Why'd you tell him that?"
"Well, I told him about our conversation. About how you made me look at my life to see whether I was doing what I wanted to do with my life. And I wasn't. So I'm quitting this job to start doing the things I really love. Thanks buddy."
I haven't seen him for about two years now. When he quit his job, he and his wife started their own little roofing company. He likes working with wood. He used to be in the telecommunications field; now he's hammering shingles on roofs and building porches. And guess what?
He's happy."
Some are lucky enough to be able to do what they love while carrying on with their job
Some are lucky enough to quit their job and do the things they really love.
Here's a story I received via e-mail that might be of interest to some:
" I was sitting at a restaurant with a young guy who had been with our agency for about five years. He had a large home, a parking place close to the front door, and a brass nameplate on his door. Over lunch we started talking about the definition of success. I mentioned a Personal Mission Statement. He said he hadn't heard about the concept. To demonstrate to him how to go about creating one, I asked him what was important to him. He started naming all the things he wanted to do. Not one had anything to do with his job.
I was intrigued. "Well, are you happy?" I asked him when he finished.
He said, "Well, no."
I said, "But you're successful, right?" and laughed a little. He just sat there thinking.
I didn't see him again for a couple of months because we were travelling to different parts of the country. One day, I spotted him in the hallway. Wanting to catch up on his life, I thought I'd walk him to where he was going. "Hey, wait up. Where're you going? I'll walk with you."
"I'm not going anywhere. This is my last day," he said with a grin.
I was shocked. "What?"
"Yeah, I was just in to see the boss. He asked me why I was leaving. I told him it was your fault."
"Oh no. You're kidding me. Why'd you tell him that?"
"Well, I told him about our conversation. About how you made me look at my life to see whether I was doing what I wanted to do with my life. And I wasn't. So I'm quitting this job to start doing the things I really love. Thanks buddy."
I haven't seen him for about two years now. When he quit his job, he and his wife started their own little roofing company. He likes working with wood. He used to be in the telecommunications field; now he's hammering shingles on roofs and building porches. And guess what?
He's happy."
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