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If you find yourself stuck in a job that you don't enjoy or in a company that isn't fun to work for Joe Flacco Authentic Jersey , the first step to making a change is asking yourself, ?How did I get here?? Your being here at this time in your life is not a random event. You have made choices and decisions along the way to get here. Your individual journey has led you to this exact point.


And you are not broken. You don't need to be fixed. No one is to blame. You have made choices based upon beliefs that you have held. And beliefs are nothing more than thought habits. They are ideas that you have thought over and over again until they became a belief. Like an old record, you may be stuck in a groove or a belief that no longer works for you.


So, before you decide to leave your job or company or make any change Von Miller Authentic Jersey , it is a valuable exercise to pause for a moment and examine your beliefs. If you don't take the time to do this, you will make choices based upon old beliefs and end up in the same place.


In working with my coaching clients, I find that there are five key beliefs that lead people into a job that does not bring them joy. I will outline them here.


Belief #1: Money: Getting a corporate job is the best way to make money. We are all conditioned to believe that having a job is the best way to make money by our parents, teachers John Elway Authentic Jersey , and many well-meaning adults. There is a systemic belief in our society that a job is the best path to wealth. It is simply not true. You will never make significant wealth (of the retire early, be completely financially free, lack of money doesn't guide my decisions type of wealth) by going to a 9 to 5 job.


I often read stories in mainstream magazines of people who retire early by having two income earners in the family, living extremely frugally Womens Isaac Yiadom Jersey , and saving almost all of their earnings for retirement. Not a really fun way to live in my estimation!


I would rather earn lots of money doing what I love on my own time schedule and not waiting until I retire to have fun. Can I do this in a regular job? I couldn't. I was making a six-figure income working insane hours and traveling constantly. I made less money early in my career doing the 8:30 to 5:30 grind but I wasn't having any fun and I spent every dollar that I earned.


Why can't you good make money in a job? First, only the top echelon of workers make over $100,000. The system is set up this way ? as a pyramid. The corporate pyramid has lots of low-paid worker bees and only a few high-paid executives. Second, you are taxed heavily on earned income. The tax system is designed to benefit corporations. Third Womens Dre'Mont Jones Jersey , you don't get any residual income ? once you stop working, the dollars stop coming. You aren't building up any passive income streams. You may design a product or software for your company ? but the company gets the passive or residual income from your efforts.


Equity = wealth. All equity goes to the shareholders. It is great to work in a company that offers its employees an ownership stake ? in fact I wouldn't consider working for one that doesn't. The only downside is that you don't have control of most of the decisions being made. I know many people who have been downsized out of tech companies because the leadership team made bad decisions.


Belief #2: Responsibility: I should get a corporate job ? it is what a responsible adult does. Once again, this is a belief that is drummed into you early. It goes something like this ? study hard in school, get good grades Womens Drew Lock Jersey , get into a good college, maybe get a graduate degree, get a prestigious job and the money and success will flow to you. This is the path that responsible people choose.


I choose this path. Did well in school, B.A. from University of Virginia Womens Dalton Risner Jersey , MBA from Carnegie Mellon University. Money and success did flow to me. But I was overworked, uninspired and getting burned out and depressed. Is being at work all the time, getting burned out, and depressed what a responsible adult does? I don't think so! Yes Womens Noah Fant Jersey , I have a responsibility to provide for my family ? but if there is a way that I can do this without sacrificing my sacred family time and peace of mind ? don't I have a responsibility to follow that path?


Belief #3: Importance: If I get a high-paying job and an impressive title, I will be important. Interview 100 successful people and find if money and title really made them feel important inside. You might find 1 or 2 who will say yes, but this is a false belief. We are important because we are here.


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