#QUIT MY JOB PROFESSIONAL#

These are the same pointers I applied before quitting my job. To stay or not to stay? How does one decide when to quit? Today, I share six things to do before you quit your job. Part of me wonder, Am I doing this to push myself, so I can get out? I am so sick of my job that I’ve even started telling some people at work about wanting to leave. I just make the best of it and I do love the people (most) I work with. I’ve been doing this job for the past nine years but I don’t love it. In fact, my client F just sent me this recently: Lately, many of my clients have been telling me how they’d like to quit their jobs, possibly to pursue something different. Perhaps you’ve been contemplating quitting. Now, some of you may be at a crossroads currently about your job. :) Are You Thinking of Quitting Your Job? I look forward to helping you achieve your highest goals, together. To all of you, thank you for being here, be it by reading my articles, being on my newsletter, participating in PE courses, buying PE products, or allowing me to work with you through my coaching. Personally, I’m extremely touched to have this opportunity to support you in your growth every day. Many bloggers I knew when I started PE are no longer running their blogs today, probably pursuing something else. In fact, we just hit a new (daily) traffic record of 46K pageviews last Sunday 58K pageviews today (July 13, 2015) and got featured on life hack giant Lifehacker earlier this week! In a domain like blogging where many blogs come and go, this is something that could only happen after relentless hard work and giving genuine value to others. PE is a leading authority in personal development with over a million pageviews a month. Today, it’s been almost seven years on this path. So Sep 30, 2008, I left my job (right smack at the start of the 2008 Asian Financial Crisis no less) to pursue my purpose and passion in life: to help others achieve their highest potential in life and live their best lives. This is something I have to pursue no matter what. For me, my tears were due to sadness of leaving behind the great relationships I had formed in the company to pursue my real passion. Informing my boss about my resignation was an emotional experience, with me bursting into tears and her tearing up (in a private meeting room of course). I was 24 then and had worked there for two years. I wrote this and handed it to my boss in Jul 2008. I have no doubt that we will continue to stay in touch and hope that the team will continue to have wonderful times. It will be a challenging path ahead, but as Randy Pausch puts it, ‘Brick walls are there for a reason - they let us prove how badly we want things and to keep out others who do not want it enough.’ Now, I feel it is finally time for me to move on and devote myself to pursuing my purpose with the same fierce passion and conviction (if not more) that I have done for P&G in the past. The challenges I have faced in the course of work have undoubtedly made me a stronger and better person and have definitely better prepared me for what is up ahead. It has truly been an eventful past 2 years for me.

This was after I signed the job offer in Sep 2005 but before I joined the company in Sep 2006.) In light of the fork roads before me then, I decided to put my purpose on hold first and join P&G, to experience its critically acclaimed trainings, rich learnings, growth opportunities, and dynamic culture - that I received, and a whole lot more. (Celes: I discovered my life purpose in about May 2006 as I’ve shared in my purpose story. My life purpose has taken a different turn in the past few years, between after I accepted my P&G placement offer and before I entered the company. I consider just about everyone I have met here to be great friends of mine now, and I will truly miss you all. I have always related with fervent passion to everyone that one of the key highlights of P&G is really its people - extremely intelligent, diverse, and assertive individuals who are at the same time spontaneous, positive, and growth-oriented - traits that I take personal pride in upholding as well.

#QUIT MY JOB PROFESSIONAL#

Thank you for the professional and personal development you have assisted me with over the past year. I would like to inform you that I am resigning from my position as Assistant Brand Manager in P&G. This was the same letter that officialized my departure from the corporate world and my pursuing my passion.

Last year I was spring cleaning and found my resignation letter to my previous company.

The envelope is all yellow now as it’s been nearly seven years! (Image: Personal Excellence)

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