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Don’t Ever Quit Your Job if These Four Things are Present
In two days I’ve had three conversations with friends about their desire to quit their job and their reluctance in doing so.
I’ve been there. I even had to walk away from a job earlier this year.
But life is full of synchronicity (and inquisitive algorithms) and it led me to a Joe Rogan podcast episode with former mixed martial artist George St-Pierre. In the podcast, St-Pierre admitted that there is no such thing as a perfect job and that he hated being a fighter.
Naturally this raised an eyebrow. How could one of the best fighters to ever do it hate his job? He had a record of 26–2–0. He held titles in two divisions. He’s about to be inducted in the UFC Hall of Fame.
Well, this was tied to St-Pierre’s fear of uncertainty on fight days. What was he uncertain about? He was uncertain if he was going to win or lose. He was uncertain on whether or not he was going to be humiliated, or worse, die.
Rogan then shrewdly asked St-Pierre how he felt once the fight started.
St-Pierre responded that all his anxiety was gone once the fight began. What he hated was the day of the fight, the anticipation and the uncertainty of what the result would be.
