3 Signs You Need To Quit Your Job

As of March 2022, 8.6 million people quit their jobs. There's a massive number and it's actually become known as the Great Resignation and for good reason. Nowadays we're seeing so many people start their own online businesses or just start their own businesses. And people are quitting jobs and getting other jobs where they can work from home and live a fulfilling life that gives them more freedom in their life. And I think more and more people nowadays want that, which is why I do what I do, because that's what I wanted as well before I had quit my 6-figure job. And I'm going to tell you more about that in today's episode. But the bottom line is that there are so many ways for us to make money today, whether it is starting your own online business or if it's just finding another job that gives you the kind of freedom and fulfillment that you do really want. Because the truth is that we're going to spend about a third of our life working and trying to find some way to make money. So you might as well enjoy it. At least that's my philosophy. And today, I mean, imagining that you found this piece of content, I'm going to guess that you're not really happy in your job and you're kind of debating, is it time to leave? Is it— should I stay in this? Does it get better? You're asking these different kind of questions. So today I'm going to share with you 3 signs, telltale signs that you need to quit your job. Let's dive in. Welcome to episode number 24 of the Profit Your Knowledge podcast. I'm your host, James Allen, here to help you turn your knowledge, passions, and skills into an online business so that you can be your own boss, do work that you love in this world, make a difference, and ultimately live a life of freedom. Super excited to have you here today. Super excited to talk about this. I think this is the first episode where I've actually talked about if it's time to quit your job, which is— it's not an easy decision. This is something that is difficult. It's, it's something that takes planning. I wanted to quit my old job, which was a 6-figure job, and I'm going to touch on that in today's episode. I wanted to quit it for a long time, but I didn't just want to leave. I had to have another plan or something else in place because I have to make money. My dad always told me, James, if you don't make money, you don't eat. Super blunt, but he had a point. And it stuck with me ever since then. You know, you got to make money for yourself in some way, but it doesn't mean you have to dread what you do. So that's what today's all about, making sure that you're on the right path towards something that's fulfilling and enjoyable for yourself. Because I took that leap myself and I know that you can do it as well. So I hope that you get that value and clarity from today's episode. Now, these are 3 different signs. All 3 are incredibly important. They actually go hand in hand. The last one, probably the most obvious. So do stick around to make sure you get all 3 of them because it is a big decision. It's worth taking the extra 20 minutes out of your day to focus on you really and the right decision for yourself. Before we get into the content, I do want to share with you that if you really are in a job right now and you're looking at different opportunities or avenues and ways that you could potentially make money, especially online, then I have a gift for you. I put together a 5-step action plan or action guide that's going to help you start an online business and show you the method that I have learned from my mentors who are doing 7 figures and multi-7 figures, and even mentors of mine who are doing like 6 figures or multiple 6 figures as well. And I, I've been able to develop that into my own life and create income teaching the things that I know online and teaching the things that I'm passionate about, which for me is online business and teaching all this. 'Cause I know so many people want to start it and they don't have the clarity like I did when I first started. I developed the clarity, still doing it obviously because it's a never-ending journey. and I just like to share the things that I do know. So this guide is going to walk you through the method that has been the best method from all the trial and error that I have done in my business, that I have stuck with, and now that I get to teach other people and see them grow with it as well. But it's all about creating a business online that works for you without having a team. So if you're interested in building a business on generosity and letting that business grow for you, even if you're not working, then this is the guide for you because it's going to show you how to do all that. I'm also going to walk you through like the best type of products that you can make and how much to sell them for, especially if you're just kind of getting going, getting started. And at the end, I'm going to wrap it up by showing you a very simple formula to automate the entire process. And this works even if you don't know what your business idea is. So if you want to earn your first $100, $500, or even $1,000 online, this is the guide for you. To get the guide, just go to ProfitYourKnowledge.com/guide, or there's also a link in the description of this episode as well. So let's dive in to 3 telltale signs that you need to quit your job. Number 1, there's no room for growth. It's a big one because this ties into the whole saying of if you're not growing, you're dying. You know, we're either growing or we're going backwards. We're either going forward or we're going backwards. There's no real middle. Um, that is the same thing with a job that we have. If you're not able to grow in your career, then you're just kind of like working the job and it's not really giving you the fulfillment that you want. Because I mean, the truth is that like, I, I encourage you to start an online business for many reasons and I'll touch on them throughout this episode. But one of the biggest ones is like with an online business, you can forever grow. There are endless ways to grow, which is part of why it truly is so fulfilling. And there's an art to doing it and everything like that. I'm not going to dive too deep into it, but with a job, usually your income potential is limited, which could be okay with you. I mean, if you're making, you know, $500,000 a year in your job and you enjoy it, then that's awesome. There are many different ways to grow, not just in terms of your income, but also in terms of what's fulfilling to you. Maybe growing in terms of different ranks. For me, in my old job, I used to do construction work and I was in the highest paid plumbing and pipe fitting union in the world. I did HVAC, so pipe fitting. Like high-pressure water systems, refrigeration, that kind of stuff, steam, a lot of stuff like that. And it was cool. Like, I got to drive cool tractors and toys and all that stuff and do welding and things like that. But it just wasn't for me. It was my dad's dream that he had. And in terms of growing, I was an apprentice and then you could become a journeyman and then you would become a foreman where you're actually running the jobs and then After that, it was like general foreman, superintendent, you know, things like that. But if I did stay, I would have become— I would have wanted to become a business agent. These guys had the best— they made like $200,000 a year and like got everything basically paid for them. And it was just like the coolest thing. Also, I just— I was always attracted to the business side of things, but people would always tell me, oh no, there's no way that you can become a business agent. Like, you have to be in the family in some way. And that was probably just like a limiting mindset that these people had. But that's what I wanted. And I was actually pursuing that in my job. But then it came to a point where it's like, these are the other pieces that we're going to touch on, the other signs where I just wasn't, I wasn't really happy with it. But the other, I mean, then that kind of touches on, touches on to the question of, do you actually want to grow in your career? Because initially in my job, I did want to grow. I mean, I was like I said, I was making good money. I was making like $80,000 to $90,000, right around $100,000. It was probably around $100,000 a year with like bonuses and different things. And I was young, but I was just like killing myself all the time. I was waking up at 3 a.m., going work my ass off for 12 hours and like commuting. And there's all that stuff. And I was getting home at like 4 p.m. It's just a lot. So I didn't really care about growing in that career. I just didn't want to because I didn't like the job. I didn't want to run the job and like the people per se. But you got to think about this, like, is there an income potential for you? Is it limited? But are you okay if it is limited? Like, is $300,000 or $200K or $100K or maybe $50K depending on where it is that you're working, is, are you okay with that? Because if you're not and you want to have that unlimited income potential, then it might be a sign that it's time to go. But also, I think the bigger question is, do you even want to be in that career? Like, if you look at your boss, do you want their job? If you don't, that's a pretty big sign. If you're like, I don't want to do that. I believe there are a lot of people when I was in construction that would see the general foreman, the guy running the job, and they even had tried that and they'd rather just be a journeyman because they got a bit more flexibility that way. But I think, I think it's really important to think about, is there room for growth for you? Are you going to get capped out and you're going to be okay with that income? Something to think about. Number 2, second sign, you actively avoid work. This was really true for me. You know, thinking about like being late, procrastinating, you're not motivated to actually do your work. You're calling out sick, even if you're not. I did those things because I just wasn't happy. And I'm a very ambitious person, as you can tell. I mean, I run an online business. Like, it takes being an ambitious person to even go down that route and be an entrepreneur. And I have no problem with working hard, and I did work hard in my job. But I didn't really procrastinate. I just dreaded. And I think that was the biggest word, was the dread. I dreaded doing the work. I'd kick ass in doing it because I have a rule with myself from reading The Four Agreements, great book, by the way, of doing your best, always do your best. And I just developed that agreement and that habit with myself. So I'd always do that. I was usually on time, but ironically, when I had a job that was actually close to my house, I was late because I would stretch it as much as possible. And I ended up being like late and they had to actually pull me aside to talk to me about it. But even when I left that big job doing the construction stuff. And I went over, I worked at REI after because I had started my business and I was like, I'm just going to do the business. I'm going to go for this, go 100%. And I wasn't making any money because I didn't know what I was doing. And I was like literally pinching pennies to like buy scraps of food for myself. And one day I was just like, do I need to get some kind of job that gives me some flexibility, gives me some income? So I could put that towards growing my business and to just take care of myself at least, because this is not working. It caused a lot of stress for me and I wasn't able to really focus on building the business because I was so stressed about not having money. So even there in REI, I was being late because I was trying to work on my business and the thing that I actually did care about and it just wasn't really working out. So I ended up calling it quits. And leaving there as well. But if you're, if you're just like avoiding your work at all costs, being late, you're procrastinating, you're not motivated to do the work, you're dreading the work more importantly, then that is a really big sign that it's time to leave. I mean, even with my business, like doing content and things like that, like it's still work. It takes freaking work. Don't get me wrong. Like this business model and that 5-step guide and whatnot and the thing that I teach, like It's about passive income. So you can create what I like to call effortless income to where it's just like you have robots and systems and things working for you. Robots meaning, you know, software and things like that, leveraging copywriting skills and those kinds of things. But it's still work. It takes work to develop the skills, but I never dread doing this. I never dread creating content. There's some days where like, you know, I just don't really, don't really feel like it because like it's work, but I still do it. And after doing it and doing it, it's fun for me. So I never dread it, even if I do start it, which is why I love what I do. But for you, if you're actively doing everything you can not to actually go to work, that's a big sign. Or just being at work, it's also known as quiet quitting, which I'm gonna create an episode on and talk more about because that's a whole different topic in and of itself. But basically you're doing like the bare minimum and it's not really giving you the kind of joy that maybe it once did or that you were hoping that it would. And that you don't see any potential for that. Even when I was in construction work, which was like, it was a big deal for me and my family, especially like my dad, because that's what he did. That's where he found success. Like if your, if your parent was a lawyer and they wanted you to follow their path because they had success there. It was kind of like that, but with construction work because we actually made pretty good money doing that job. But I mean, I would run away from my work as much as I could and go into the bathroom and bathroom, meaning a porta potty, smelt horrid, terrible. They'd literally clean them and then they were wrecked within a couple of days. But I would rather sit in there and look on my phone at other ways to make money and other jobs that I could pursue than actually do the work. If that's you, where your best friend is the bathroom, like you're spending more time in the bathroom, uh, like that's why I like to say is like you could tell how much you enjoy your work by how much time you spend in the bathroom. Because if you're in the bathroom, we know you're not actually doing the thing. You're, you're on your phone looking at other things. And most likely you're looking at other opportunities for yourself where you could, you know, quit your job or other opportunities and avenues for yourself. If that is you, it's time to consider leaving, to at least pick up a game plan of what else you could do. Picking up my 5-step guide, by the way, great place to start if that's you. So if you're actively avoiding your work, looking at other options, clear-cut sign. Number 3 is going to be my biggest step. Excuse me. Number 3 sign that you need to quit your job. Is that you just know. You just know that no matter how much you try and make it better, you just won't be happy. It's just not going to make you happy. When I was in construction doing the thing, I knew that it was important to my dad that I make it happen and that I just like go through the motions, become a journeyman at least so I'm vested. That was the whole thing. I was like a year and a half, 2 years in, I really started to realize that I hate this. I don't want to do this for 30, 40 years. I can't do it. My body's just not going to hold in. I'm young, I'm strong. People told me that. I'm like, yeah, but I'm not going to be that way forever, especially if I keep doing this work, which is physically intensive and mentally stressful as well. I told myself, when all these thoughts coming inside of my mind, like I want to leave, I want to find something else to do, looking at other options. And I said, no, like I got to do this. I just had that agreement that I was going to do with myself and for my dad to show him that I at least went through my 5 years. I ended up leaving 4 years in because I got fed up and I ended up leaving that job to start my online business or to start a business in general. Then it moved to online, but that's a story for a different day. But I told myself, like, there's got to be a way that I can make this more fun for myself. And I did everything that I could, no matter how hard I tried, no matter what I did, took extra time off, anything. That word dread was still inside of me. And I knew I just, no matter what I do, it's not going to make it any better. And I think I told someone that, like, does this ever get better? And they literally laughed in my face. Because other people felt the same way too, but they would still stay there because the quote unquote money was good. Excuse me. So if that's you, we're like, no matter how hard you try, you just know, I'm just not happy. This isn't going to give me, if I stay on this path, the type of freedom and fulfillment that I really want. It's time to leave your job. Okay. So those are my 3 signs. Number 1, there's no room for growth. Number 2, you actively avoid work. You're actively looking at other options. And number 3, you just know. You could try and battle around it, but if you know, you know, okay? And that's, that's all I need to say there because you know. So if you resonate with any one of these 3, do drop a comment down below because these are real. I mean, these are things that I was experiencing myself. And, um, in leaving, it was one of the best decisions that I ever made in my life because I grew more than I ever thought that I would and still am. You know, it's a never-ending process, but those are my 3 signs. Um, let me know in a comment if it did resonate with you, which one really stood out to you, or maybe all 3, or just 2 of them, whichever one you feel is like, that's it for me. Let me know down in the comment or leave a review on the podcast as well. I'd love to hear. Maybe give you a little bit of coaching inside the comments as well, depending on where you're at. But, um, also if you're, if you're really thinking about starting an online business or looking at different avenues, pick up the 5-step action plan. Again, it's going to walk you through how to earn your first $100 or more, could be $500,000 in passive income. The passive income piece is huge because this is the guide that I wish I had when I had first started. Because if I had this when I very first started, and knew this, I could have been building my business on the side of construction and then made it a lot easier of a transition instead of just going cold turkey. I did have a plan, but I wish that it was this plan, uh, because I've learned so much more, um, from starting my online business. So it's my gift to you. It's going to be super impactful and it gives you the action steps. That's why it's an action plan on how to sell your knowledge on autopilot. Really, it's really what it's all about. Knowledge, passions, skills. Click the link in the description again, ProfitYourKnowledge.com/guide, link in the description. That's all I got for you today. Take what you learned here. Really think about these 3 signs. Watch this again if you need to listen to it again and just, just really think about those 3 signs. And if it really is the time to take the leap, create a game plan first. Don't just leave on a whim. Make a game plan of some kind. At least make sure you're in a good position. At least if you start your online business, you have a job on the side, something to start making money because it takes time. It doesn't just happen overnight. Take what you learned here, get out there, have a good day, and I will see you in the next one.