10 Reasons You Should Not Give Up Your Day Job

Recently a "Personal Development Guru" or Twit, as I prefer, posted an article on his Blog called "10 reasons you should never get a job", encouraging people to quit their day jobs and become creative.

Someone then posted on his forums "Hey Steve I took your advice and quit my job!" then later in the post he said he was really excited but that now he had no money and no income and did not know what to do next. Steve then went on to congratulate him on breaking the chains and gaining freedom, then said go and be creative.

Wow such sagely advice, here's some much better advice:

10 reasons you should not give up your day job... 

Wishful Thinking vs Positive Thinking / Affirmations vs Action

When I was in Australia I would hear many people say to me "I wish I was like you".  After a while I began to ask them "What? The pizza and icecream I cannot touch, the tuna and rice I have to eat every 2 hours, the TV I do not watch as I have to go to exercise 3 hours a day, the relationships I lost from girlfriends not understanding the big picture? What exactly is it you wish to be like?"

Are you wishing you had the ideal life or are you enacting it? 

Is It Time To Give Up Dreaming And Get A Real Job?

Should I give up my Hollywood Dreams and get a real job?

The continual chase, the lack of reward for effort put in, dealing with situations beyond your control and the uncertainity and irregularity of income. Or I get a nice comfortable (safe?) job that pays me a good sized pay check each and every week?

This is a question I have had to ask myself often in my career, now more so than ever...

Making A Decision

All of us at several times during our lives are forced to make decisions that are difficult to make. We are put in a position where we do not know the best path to take, often at least one choice will be emotionally painful.

When I am stuck in this position here is how I quickly come to a decision....