3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Quit Your Job

3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Quit Your Job

Reflect Before You Refresh Your Resume

Since publishing Work On Purpose last year, I have since had the honor of speaking and coaching on its principles. I open by telling the story of how something I heard on the radio one morning became a career-changing wake up call.  It lead me on a journey to connect with my purpose, and find work that truly made a positive impact in the world.  In closing, I challenge others to connect who they were with what they do for a living.  Then I take questions.  Without fail, this question is always in the top three: (more…)

3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before You Quit Your Job

How 1 Simple New Year’s Resolution Will Help You Succeed

In his book, When the Game Is Over, It All Goes Back in the Box, John Ortberg tells a story about his son. Ortberg says,

One day when my son was three, he had been working with a tape player for an hour or so. After a while he looked up at his mom and said, ‘Mom, you know what’s the trouble with life?’ His mom replied, ‘No I don’t. What’s the trouble with life?’ The three-year-old sitting on the floor, who had thoroughly reflected on both toy technology and the conditions of human existence, made a profound observation. ‘The trouble with life is that it doesn’t have a rewind button!’ Every day and every minute carries its own finality. Time is a non-renewable resource.”  

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3 Questions to Ask Yourself Before Quitting Your Job

Last week, I was invited to speak at The Ken Blanchard Companies as part of Grand Canyon Universities’ Executive Series. The presentation was called Work On Purpose: 4 Secrets to Connect Who You Are With What You Do.  I opened by telling a story about a career-changing event that happened in my car while driving to work one morning.  By the end of the presentation, I’d challenged the audience to connect who they were with what they did for a living.  Then I took questions.  Here was Question No. 1: (more…)