In this post, I’d like to address this matter, which affects many people, me included, especially as most people seem to hate their job.

It’s been a while I’ve known in my heart, and I have already made up my mind, that it’s time to quit my job and move on to trying different things. It’s not an easy decision though, particularly if you have been doing this work for many years.

However miserable you may be, fear can hold you back. “The devil I know is better than the one I don’t“, you likely think, but how sure are you of this? How true is it?

Reading this post, I can assume that you also have this feeling, an intuition, however strong, it’s time to move on from your current job.

But, like any important decision, we want some indication, some kind of rules that let us know this is the right decision. We are emotional beings, and, generally speaking, we don’t make good decisions when we are under emotional stress, and reacting to our emotions.

Thus, when making such a decision, it would be wise for us to be calm, and clear-minded. We would get great insight if we could distance ourselves from the situation and take a look at it from a neutral third person’s perspective.

This is why I did my research, I also utilized my experience working in various environments, with different types of people, and facing a variety of situations, and I created a list of seven basic conditions, or signs, that let you know whether it is time to move on from your current job, and take action towards something better. The presence of any of them may be enough for you to know it’s time to move on.

1. Boring work, lack of excitement, little opportunity for growth. You are not learning anything new, just routine work and no new experiences. We are naturally curious creatures, we seek to try new things, discover and learn. If you repeat the same tasks each day at work, if you repeatedly do the same things, day in and day out, then your work is boring, and boring work leads to depression, so get out now. Quit your boring job and try different things until you find something that gives you genuine joy (you may even have something specific in mind you would like to do); this is how you truly succeed.
2. Work environment. If it’s an environment that makes you feel uncomfortable, undervalued, disrespected, minimized, and/or unheard then you have the power to walk away and find an environment that aligns with your values, makes you feel appreciated, and helps you thrive. If you stay you may become complacent.
3. You see no future for yourself in this work; you have nothing to hope for, to look forward to accomplishing. This is a good sign that your current business does not align with your values and goals, with what motivates and inspires you. Do I have to say it? Just get out! 
4. Your gut feeling. Oftentimes your gut feeling knows best, and it may be all the indication you need, even if you can’t completely understand it or put it into words. Steve Jobs, in his famous Stanford commencement speech, said, “you can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards“. Your gut feeling may somehow know, and telling you, your job does not align with your mission, vision, and purpose.
5. Micromanagement, lack of trust, and transparency. If you are micromanaged there is little room for creativity and growth. It is usually accompanied by a lack of trust. All this indicates a bad organizational culture, and it can’t lead to any good place; so, you’d better get out as fast as you can. 
6. Depressed, anxious, drained, and unhappy. If you regularly feel like this when you think about your job, or about going to your job, more so as the time approaches for you to go to your job, then you should seriously think about finding another job. Just get in terms with the fact this particular job is, most likely, not a good fit for you; there’s no shame in that. Think of it this way, knowing what does not work for you moves you one step closer to finding what does.
7. Unfulfilling, meaningless work. According to Jordan Peterson, “it’s a moral obligation to pursue what you find meaningful“.

If I’ve gotten any wisdom from my experiences, then this wisdom says you should not go after a salary; first and foremost, you should go after work that grows you, gives you meaning, and makes you happy. If it makes you happy, you’ll get good at it; and if you’re good at your work, and you’re happy doing it, the money will follow. 

Remember Your Dreams?

“A salary is the drug they give you to forget your dreams“. This quote is from an interview Kevin O’Leary has given. In the same interview he says, “never pursue entrepreneurship for the greed of money, the whole reason to be an entrepreneur is the pursuit of freedom. That’s why you do it.“

If this strikes a chord, if you feel the truth of it, if you want freedom, then you’ll be happy to know there is a way to do work you love, on your own terms; your way, your time, your place.

If it sounds interesting, follow the link below to sign up for a FREE training that will show you step-by-step how simple it is to do fulfilling work that makes you happy with the power of the internet (please notice I said simple, not easy; it will take effort, but it will be worth it).

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If you were let go, this can be your greatest opportunity and the best thing that ever happened to you; and If you are unhappy with your current job, you have the power to quit and become your own boss.

By starting your own business, you can escape from the rat race and pursue not just your dreams, but your deepest desires; you can follow your heart, your instinct, what you somehow, deep down, already know is the right path for you, even if it’s against others’ expectations, and find your purpose. Building a business allows you to work on your own terms.

Thanks to the digital revolution, online business and entrepreneurship opportunities are widely available. Even if you do not already have the ability/knowledge to start an online business today, you can easily hone your digital skills through training options like the Six Figure Mentors (SFM) program (and this FREE 4-part video training series is our recommended way for you to get started).

Why Do People Want to Leave Their Jobs?

People leave their jobs for a variety of different reasons.

• They do not feel like their work contributes to the company’s overall mission.
• Workers feel unappreciated by their managers.
• They feel bored and uninterested in their work.
• There are problems with the employee’s boss.
• Employees want opportunities to use all of their skills.
• They lack close relationships with their co-workers.
• Workers want more independence and autonomy.
• Employees feel like they do not fit in with the company’s culture.

While many people quit their jobs because of a bad boss, there is another major reason why workers decide to move on. People leave when they stop enjoying themselves at work. When they can no longer grow in their careers, employees will move on.

If you feel like your strengths are not being used, you are not alone. Whether you are looking for a more rewarding career or a better salary, there are options available that can help you achieve your goals. An online business allows you to work from home on your own terms, doing work you love.

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do.”

Steve Jobs

The Benefits of Starting an Online Business

Starting an online business offers personal and professional benefits. As an online entrepreneur, you can set your own schedule and work in your pajamas. If you want to work from a sandy beach in the Bahamas, you can. When you need a day off for a soccer game or a doctor’s appointment, you do not have to get approval from a boss.

There are also a lot of emotional rewards in running your own company. After you leave your old job, you get to be independent. Your time is yours again. More importantly, you can choose projects that are personally rewarding. Instead of just working to earn a paycheck, you can work toward your dreams. On the way you add more value not only in your own life, but in the life of other people around you, and, further on, in your sphere of influence.

The benefits of an online business extend far beyond personal advantages. While a brick-and-mortar shop entails significant overhead costs, an online business does not carry the same expenses. This means it is far easier for an entrepreneur to start a business online than it is for them to start a traditional company.

Enjoy Having Low Overhead

With an online business, you can enjoy having low overhead costs. You do not have to pay for retail space or sign an office lease. In addition, you generally do not have to spend money storing your inventory and materials. If you work with a manufacturer to create a manufacture-to-order arrangement, you can reduce your overhead costs significantly. Depending on the business model of your choice, you may, actually, not have much of an inventory or materials to speak of, in the first place.

Simplify Your Transactions

When you operate a traditional business, you have to send out invoices each month. Then, you have to wait for the client to receive the invoice, write a check and send the payment back to you. All of these steps take time. When you operate an online company, you can get immediate payments for your products and services. You can accept online payments through credit cards, PayPal and debit cards.

Discover Better Scalability

Scalability is important if you plan on growing your income. Online businesses are easy to scale because they have a low physical footprint. When you run an online business, you generally do not have to invest in a second warehouse or manufacturing plant when you decide to expand. Instead, you can easily outsource your additional workers through sites like Upwork and/or Fiverr. As your client base expands, you can easily increase the size of your company.

Reduce Your Marketing Costs

Retailers often advertise their products in weekly newspapers and television advertisements. When you run an online business, people generally expect you to advertise online. Fortunately, advertising with Google, Facebook and other online companies is relatively inexpensive (not to mention that you can be laser-focused regarding the audience/people you are targeting with your ads). Basically, with Google Ads, you simply target people who are searching for certain keywords. You can also directly buy advertising space on websites.

Reach a Global Market

When you run a traditional shop, you can only sell products to people who live in the surrounding area. With an online business, you can bring in revenue from around the world. Thanks to the internet, these sales can come in at any hour of the day. Even when you are sleeping, your company can continue to earn money. While you can always target specific regions if you want to, you can also enjoy the advantages of having a global consumer base.

Discover Unlimited Freedom

Working online means that you do not have to be tied down to an office. You can work from home or travel the world. Thanks to business apps and VoIP communication systems, you can run your company from any location that has an internet connection. Many entrepreneurs find this independence and freedom extremely empowering. If you need a flexible schedule, becoming an online entrepreneur is a good choice.

Gain Job Security

Initially, your online career may be less secure than your previous job. Over time, your online business will actually offer better security. When you work online, you can diversify your client base and revenue streams. With a normal career, you lose all of your money if you lose your job. When you work online, you can lose a single client and still have a strong revenue stream coming in each month.

Work on Projects You Are Passionate About

One of the reasons why people leave their normal jobs is because they are not doing something they care about. If you are going to work 40 hours a week, you need to like what you are doing. By working online, you can pick projects you are passionate about. You can also pursue your interests and hobbies as a part of your career.

“Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.”

Teddy Roosevelt

Take Control of Your Earnings

When you work for a boss, your boss controls your paycheck. Even if you are the best employee in the world, your boss may choose not to give you a raise or promotion. As an entrepreneur, you are in control of how much money you make. If you want to earn six figures, you can start new marketing plans or product lines. Your financial future is in your control.

How to Start Running an Online Business

Before you can run a successful business online, you have to figure out what you want to do. Are you interested in selling customized products? Do you want to offer services like copywriting or website design? You can sell a range of online services or products, so you should take some time to consider your unique abilities. If you already have skills you can market online, you can immediately get started on your business. There are also training programs that can help you learn skills like programming, editing, website development and app design. While some people like to use affiliate marketing to grow their revenue, other entrepreneurs build online agencies and offer consulting services. Because your skills and goals are highly unique, your business model should be just as unique.

Being unique does not mean that you have to invent the wheel. There are certain business models that you can choose to go after (at the beginning you should choose to focus on one of them), and there are people who have already been successful and can act as your mentors, either directly or indirectly by you modeling what they have done.

If you are unclear as to what your options are and what you want to do, let me assure you, this is, in fact, quite normal. If it is the case, then our FREE 4-part video training series (3 Workshops plus 1 Webinar “How To Make Your First 10k Online”) is exactly what you need. Not only will you get clarity on what is possible online (including 2 business models you can start with immediately) but, should you choose to continue your training, you will have access to some of the topmost, most comprehensive training resources to develop your digital skills, and, maybe even more importantly, you will have the mentors you need on your side to guide you every step of the way.

How Does the SFM Program Work?

The SFM program is designed for anyone wishing to get away from the rat race. This comprehensive, empowering training program walks you through the process of setting up your online business. You can pick different membership levels based on the level of support and training you need. Through SFM’s digital system you can learn digital marketing, starting from the basics to the most advanced. This system provides you with the support you need to sell world-class products or services, and includes hands-on learning step-by-step. Your education path is clearly set out for you, and each education module is concise, so you can quickly build on your previous knowledge as you learn how to run an online business. But, most importantly, this training program and the support from the SFM community empower you to do work you love, on your own terms.

“Success is doing what you want to do, when you want, where you want, with whom you want, as much as you want.”

Tony Robbins

Get started today with our brand new, FREE, powerful 4-part online training video-series, including a special BONUS training, how to make your first 10k online and learn:

• The exact steps to turn your interests into income.
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• Develop the skills to create a life and business that you can sustain in any economic landscape.

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You can do work that is meaningful and fulfilling, invest in heart-warming, rewarding relationships that lift you up and bring out the best in you, and focus on hobbies and activities that fit your personality.

In a sense, you are building this new life on the foundations set from your old one. It’s as if you are reborn, like a phoenix, from the “ashes” of your previous life. Through your experiences, the good and the bad, but, maybe, mostly through the pain and the suffering, you have learned a lot about yourself, about who you really are, what your mission in life is, and how you can be your best, happiest self, not only for you but for the people around you also. This understanding of yourself is the most important part in building your new, better life.

I watched Robin Sharma in a video titled “How to be comfortable being alone”; there were a couple of interesting quotes about knowing yourself, “life’s greatest betrayal is not knowing who you truly are“, and, “if you want to rise to legendary, if you want to live a beautiful lifestyle, it starts with getting to know who you truly are“. As you can infer from the title of the video, he also talks about how spending time alone can help you know yourself better, and you can watch the whole video if that’s something that resonates with you. The point here is that armed with a better understanding of yourself and the world around you, imagine how your life would be improved if you could have a fresh start.

And in case you are thinking “I’m too old to have a fresh start“, I will say to you, that is one more of your limiting beliefs, one of the limiting beliefs that act as an excuse and keep us from achieving true greatness, that keep us from truly living, rather than just existing. I largely got this idea of a “fresh”, better start of our lives from the book “Ageless Body, Timeless Mind” from Deepak Chopra, M.D.. Dr. Chopra explains how the concept of aging is very much misunderstood in our times, and how it has a strong correlation with our mentality, our mindset and attitude. Just the intention of being youthful causes biological changes in our bodies. More or less, it’s the same concept that many other authors and speakers have pointed out, in different contexts, that what you think becomes your reality. It is a read (or listen, if you prefer audiobooks) that I recommend to anyone who has such, age-related, limiting beliefs.

If, on the other hand, your limiting belief is one related to time or money, such as “I don’t have the time“, or “I don’t have the money“, then I will say to you that if you really want to, you will find the time and/or the money to do something, or, at least, you will find a way around it (not that a lot of time or money is required to start creating change, the key is consistency and commitment).

And if you’re a little too concerned about what other people might think of you, you should get over it. Honestly, in actuality, people have their own lives and their own problems to care about, so they can’t afford the luxury to care much about what you do anyway. What matters here is your own growth and happiness; and fulfilling your own potential.

They say death is the greatest teacher, so I challenge you to think of this, if you knew you had one week to live, how would you live it? Would you spend your time the way you do now?

Finally, if your excuse is that you don’t have the skills, or you don’t have a clue as to where and how to start, or, maybe, you have tried a few things in the past but they have not worked out (maybe you even feel like you were taken for a ride), this is where I can extend a helping hand and guide you so that you will develop the skills, the mindset and the understanding that will empower you and will enable you to be successful, even more, they will enable you to see that you have all that it takes to be successful in your own unique way (let’s not forget that success has a different meaning to each one of us).

If you expect it to be a free ride though, I have to warn you, this is not the case. This is not one of those programs that promise overnight riches magically, just by copying some kind of secret strategy. If that is what you are looking for, I sincerely wish you good luck. If, on the other hand, you are ready to put in the effort, focus, and dedication, this training system, that I have been through* and I can now guide you to, virtually guarantees your success. Success, in this case, is not just measured materialistically, in how much money you can make (even though there is limitless potential in this area, in the training you will soon learn that it is not what you should be focusing on). It is of extreme importance that, with this system, you have the flexibility to choose to do work that aligns with your interests, values and personality.

Furthermore, the specific training system ensures that your efforts are not wasted, but directed in an optimized way, so that, depending on your unique situation, they will lead to optimal, and truly meaningful results for you. Your learning will be streamlined (no confusion as to what to do next), and you will have all the help, the learning material, and the support you need along the way. Not to mention space and time freedom to work where and when is most suitable for you.

The training I am “talking” about is, of course, on building your own online, digital business. It’s about digital marketing and online entrepreneurship.

In the times of the digital revolution it is, really, tantamount to a sin, it is extremely sad, at least, that anyone should stay in a job they hate, that negatively affects their life, drains their energy and maybe even, literally, makes them suffer (I can relate to this personally).

Through the power of online entrepreneurship, by suitably developing your digital skills, you can set yourself free from all this and choose to live life the way you want, the way where work is no longer a source of suffering but a source of fulfillment and joy, as it should be.

This is what the Liberation Project Online represents. Setting yourself free from that which brings you down, setting yourself free from your old self, where, like most of us, you likely made most of your choices and you lived your life the way other people expected you to (maybe you just wanted to fit in and be accepted, maybe you didn’t feel you had any other choice, or maybe you were deceived, and just didn’t know any better), out of line with who you really are and what your mission is; and to have a new beginning, from the “ashes” of your old self, harnessing the lessons you have painfully learned, through your experiences, to propel you towards a meaningful, happy life by developing your digital skills and capitalizing on the power of the digital revolution.

“Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.”

Steve Jobs

Free Training – How To Start A Successful Online Business From Scratch

I expect that you may be doubtful. It is understandable. After all, there are so many people out there, especially online, making promises, often big ones, that they can’t or don’t care to keep, just to get your money.

This is why I want to offer you a FREE training, a 4-part video series that has helped THOUSANDS of people just like you and I start an online business from scratch, often around their day jobs.

There is no trick here, you just give me your email, and I will send you the FREE training, you check it out, get the benefit, and then decide if you’d be interested in moving any further.

I am sure that you, just like me, will be pleasantly surprised by the transparency, clarity, and honesty of this training, not to mention how much you’ll get out of it.

So, go ahead, take the step, there’s nothing to lose and lots to gain. They say death is the greatest teacher, so I challenge you to think of this, if you knew you had one week to live, how would you live it? This could be the start of your new life.

*I am still a member of this training system and I am still learning. If you decide to join me you will understand why. I believe the right approach is that of a lifelong learner. You have to keep learning, you have to keep growing, evolving and getting better. And this is one more of the reasons why I recommend our system. In one place you have, concentrated, all the training and support you need to be a successful online entrepreneur, from the basics to the more advanced. These are high-quality trainings, from people who care and who have the necessary relevant experience to be able to lead you in the right direction.

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I want to open people’s minds to the immense possibilities that digital marketing and online entrepreneurship present to us today. Ultimately, my vision is to help as many people as I can create the happy lives of their dreams.

Developing your digital skills you are building the most future-proof foundation for a truly fulfilling life, living it on your own terms. And there is no better time to start than today.

Through my experiences in these areas, having seen the good and the bad, the beautiful and the ugly, I can show you how to safely and effectively start on this journey, assured that you are in good hands, hands that will support and guide you along the way, step-by-step while letting you grow in the best way for you. And you will learn and grow among a community of people who have been there, done that, and truly care about your success as well.

So, free yourself from the shackles of everyday unsatisfying, oppressive work, and let me serve as a catalyst for you to begin on your way to freedom and happiness, doing the work you are meant to do, fulfilling your true potential.

Be “reborn”, like a phoenix, from the ashes of your “old” life. Start your life anew, only this time you get to live it the way you really want, not the way others expect you to. And you get to live it truly happy, full of purpose and meaning.

You can learn more about me here.

And you can always get in touch here. Please don’t hesitate to contact me if there’s anything you want to ask and clarify. Or, maybe, you just want to say hi. In any case, I’ll be happy to hear from you.

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Learn how to appropriately develop your digital marketing and online business skills to start building for yourself a life of meaning and happiness where you are in control, where you have the freedom to live your best life and be your best self.

Join the digital revolution, develop the skills of the future, and emancipate yourself.

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