Definitely the best option is to follow your passion, so
quit your job that you hate. However the majority of the people get stuck in
what circumstances force them to do. Well, they may be more pumped with self
help motivation, but even then many could not get the courage to follow the
path of passion. So what these people should do? Almost no personal development
literature shed light on it. So here goes my take after going through the similar
situation in my life.
Well, sometimes you
don’t know whether you like it or not until you directly get involved. So if
you find that it’s not your passion, then the best suggestion is to quit
immediately you realize it.
But due to circumstances many people could not do it. So in
such case my suggestion is that within 6 months if you realize that it’s not
your passion, take next 6 months to quit from it. However, sometimes the full
cycle of any work is completed in a year. So you may take a year and then you
feel its not your thing, quit gradually in the next 6 months to 1 year, the
earlier you quit the better.
But after 2 years if you could not quit due to different
obligations or mental blocks, forget about quitting. Now put your best effort
within your comfort zone to excel in that job, not over 20 percent side work
for your passion in free time. And this way you may keep on average as you
don’t like that work after much effort
most people will come into average on that. This way you will be inline with
that job. Better if you could go beyond comfort zone to excel in that job, then
you may enter to the top performer of that job. However, it might happen that
even with your best effort, you lag behind the average. Well then management
may release you or may put in better in line positin for you as you have shown
your best effort. But don’t put up with any plan for quitting, if you could
quit instantly if you feel so then do it. But no thinking and planning for
quitting.
On the other note, there may be a few people who may take
the current role as a stepping stone and meticulously move toward their
passion. But for the majority of the people it does not work. So be careful
about it. If you feel that it’s not your thing, then you do not put your
comfort zone level best effort and daydreaming about quitting but could not
actually quit[in the previous 2 years , you could not take the courage to quit,
so don’t fool yourself. ]. This way you do lower than average performance in
your current job, feel depressed but could not quit. While the management may
not discard in humanitarian ground as you have been here for a while and just
make the minimalist requirement of the job. Actually I did this wrong in my
higher study and job career by daydreaming quitting but never quit while just
putting bare minimum to keep going on those higher study and job, and now have
been suffering. In my undergrad life, I put my level best within my comfort
zone and just managed to get a middle ranking result. But I don’t have regret
for that as I put my level best within comfort zone. However I feel that if I
could put more than comfort zone, then I might be able to do better.
This stuck guideline is applicable to any age, however in
the earlier age if one could take the decision quickly that would be most
beneficial and coaching should be provided in this regard to the young people.
In life time is the most important one, then comes Health.
Then your knowledge and skill. So make sure to sue the time, keep health and
building updated skill.
