Every morning, literally hundreds of millions of people head for their jobs with emotions ranging from unpleasant dread to deep despair. Statistics tell us that between 60 and 80 percent of U.S. workers are unhappy with our work lives and would like to make a change. Are you one of them? If so, I’ve written a book that may help. Its purpose is to help you to make smart decisions about the rest of your work-life. If you’re unhappy with your work, you should consider a change. I’ll guide you through the process of making your decision and, if you decide to leave, will advise you on how to do it. Quitting a job is simple; quitting your job the right way isn’t. But haven’t we all been taught that winners never quit and quitters never win? Yes, but that was one of those big lies that we were told. The fact is, winners know when to quit and know how to quit efficiently and effectively. When the going gets tough, winners can quickly determine if it’s worth continuing. If there’s a big payoff at the end of the road and there’s a reasonable chance to get there, it may be worth sticking it out. But more often, the road is getting rough because it’s a dead-end road. If you throw out childhood and any final years you may live with dementia or immobility or similar life-sapping disabilities and toss out the time spent sleeping and eating and bathing and doing all those other necessary functions that you don’t necessarily want to do, you’ll find that a large percentage of what remains is spent working. It will vary by person, but it comes out to spending about a third of your working years sleeping, a third working, and the remaining third doing everything else. Since everything else includes many things you really don’t want to do—from getting ready and driving to and from work to mowing the lawn to getting a root canal—then you can see that you spend a lot more of your waking hours working than doing those things that you really want to do. So if you’re going to spend such a large part of your waking hours for forty-five years or so working, shouldn’t you be working at something you enjoy? In fact, maybe you have it backward. Instead of working to fund all the things that bring you pleasure you should instead simply find work that brings you that pleasure. After all, doing something every day that you really enjoy doing is likely to bring a lot more pleasure to your life than the few hours per week you spend playing with the expensive toys that you’ve slaved to purchase. The bottom line is that if you’re unhappy at work then you’re spending way too much of your life being unhappy and should do something about it. The quality of your work-life is very important to your overall happiness with your life. Don’t waste another day on a miserable job

Every morning, literally hundreds of millions of people head for their jobs with emotions ranging from unpleasant dread to deep despair. Statistics tell us that between 60 and 80 percent of U.S. workers are unhappy with our work lives and would like to make a change. Are you one of them?

If so, I’ve written a book that may help. Its purpose is to help you to make smart decisions about the rest of your work-life. If you’re unhappy with your work, you should consider a change. I’ll guide you through the process of making your decision and, if you decide to leave, will advise you on how to do it. Quitting a job is simple; quitting your job the right way isn’t.

But haven’t we all been taught that winners never quit and quitters never win? Yes, but that was one of those big lies that we were told. The fact is, winners know when to quit and know how to quit efficiently and effectively. When the going gets tough, winners can quickly determine if it’s worth continuing. If there’s a big payoff at the end of the road and there’s a reasonable chance to get there, it may be worth sticking it out. But more often, the road is getting rough because it’s a dead-end road.

If you throw out childhood and any final years you may live with dementia or immobility or similar life-sapping disabilities and toss out the time spent sleeping and eating and bathing and doing all those other necessary functions that you don’t necessarily want to do, you’ll find that a large percentage of what remains is spent working. It will vary by person, but it comes out to spending about a third of your working years sleeping, a third working, and the remaining third doing everything else. Since everything else includes many things you really don’t want to do—from getting ready and driving to and from work to mowing the lawn to getting a root canal—then you can see that you spend a lot more of your waking hours working than doing those things that you really want to do.

So if you’re going to spend such a large part of your waking hours for forty-five years or so working, shouldn’t you be working at something you enjoy? In fact, maybe you have it backward. Instead of working to fund all the things that bring you pleasure you should instead simply find work that brings you that pleasure. After all, doing something every day that you really enjoy doing is likely to bring a lot more pleasure to your life than the few hours per week you spend playing with the expensive toys that you’ve slaved to purchase.

The bottom line is that if you’re unhappy at work then you’re spending way too much of your life being unhappy and should do something about it. The quality of your work-life is very important to your overall happiness with your life. Don’t waste another day on a miserable job—take charge of your life!

Alan