Don't Settle If You Hate Your Job
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- Опубліковано 27 лис 2016
- Hey, guys! Fulfillment in your work might seem like a fantasy, but it’s possible for all of us!
What keeps you in your career? Do you love it? Are you sticking to a specific zip code? Are you scared of the unknown?
Are you in your current job because of fear or love? If you're doing it based on fear, then you’re working around 5 days/week, 40-60 hours/week minimum (many of us spend more time with co-workers than family and friends), because of money concerns and a lack of self-confidence.
Work isn’t always fun. Like anything, there are good and bad days. But we’ll never be happy without fulfillment.
I live my life looking forward. I’m enthusiastic and curious for the adventures ahead. I want you to have this same excitement!
Extreme changes aren’t necessary. Like your employer, but work is boring? Seek advancement within the organization. Always wanted to be a pro in another field? Pursue training opportunities. Want out of your dead-end position? Apply for new jobs.
Don’t give up if it doesn’t happen immediately.
DISCLAIMER: I’m not saying quit your job. Explore, learn, but never settle.
ACTION: Believe in yourself. Fulfillment in work can happen. Decide what you want and how to do it. Envision the next phase of your career NOW. Not tomorrow.
I know you can do it - I have confidence in you. Now it’s time for you to believe in yourself, too!
Thanks for watching! See you next time.
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Fear will keep you stuck and looking back after wasting years. I’m in the process of leaving a job I hate right now. It has sucked the life out of me and I am done!! I deserve better.
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Most companies I have worked at go out of their way to make things complicated and anal about dumb shit. Which is why my resume is all jacked up. The older I get the less I tolerate bullshit so I don't stay at jobs for long.
Jay Sovereign I feel the same. I have not worked a job for more than 2 years since I was in my 20's and I am now 49. Just can't tolerate the office politics and incompetent management
I just graduated from college, it took me 1 month to get a job, now I hate it, just wanna cry. I can quit it, but I’m scared that I won’t have another one soon. This job really causes pain. I hate me life so bad!
I hope you found a way out.
Working a job you hate just isn't worth it. I've seen my very own family members work jobs that they hate for years on in. All they have to show for it is a ton of health problems.
Wait What? Health problems?? ! WOW!!!!
The best job is no job. I'm trying my best to come up with a plan to retire at age 30 and just walk out of an office one day and say "fuck all of you", leave and never come back.
trilfy winning the lottery should do it
okay but how do you manage to survive ? I am curious ?
Start an Amazon business and start selling clearance items at various stores for profit. Try to aim for 100% return on investment on each item. Build this business up for a few years then hire some employees to run it for you and pay yourself a salary for doing nothing. Or sell the business.
Your plan is actually extremely doable if you start in your early 20s and you're totally committed to it. Just get really, really good at selling things on Amazon.
Dragon Fist I know how you feel
Dragon Fist couldn’t agree more
The problem is, many of the things we enjoy are not financially rewarding.
ceeloc Where there's a will there's a way. The best example I can give is youtube. Did you know there's a channel that is just videos of a child opening new toys? His parents get hundreds of millions of views. Point being people will watch anything and there's always someone to sell to. Won't be financially rewarding at first but persistance and consistency is key.
I agree with GodLee here. With the internet, you can make anything a job. A good place to start on that topic is the book "Crush It!" by Gary V
lol that channel is an anomaly in the thousands.
Don't use that as an example, not realistic.
TheGreatslyfer You're pessimistic. There is thousands of channels with millions of subscribers. All you gotta do is focus on a niche and people will watch. Look at how many gaming channels there are. Why would you want to watch someone else play games on a regular basis. There are channels where you watch other people eat food. Like not even good food fast food. There are countless channels that are just about drama and usually get all of their facts wrong. People watch stupid things. There are daily vloggers who mostly record their boring normal lives. There are people who just watch other people try on make-up and clothing hauls. Firearms, science, comics, fitness, automotive, Dancing, Cooking, trick shots,unboxing, travel, singers, comedians, sports, TV show and movie reviews, magic, psychology, dating, life hacks, self-defense, compilations, economics, mathematics, and even react and list channels. Humans are social animals and most people just want to hear another opinion. Each of these are equally boring and uninteresting to someone as much as it is interesting to the next. I 100% guarantee something I just said is interesting to you and I didn't even think of everything. It's perfectly realistic to succeed on youtube. Don't be such a pessimist.
GodLee103 oh I thought you meant the real world not youtube.
Yea you are right from my perspective it would be perfectly reasonable to think that one could be fairly successfuly if they know how to improve themselves and do everything they need to do in order to become a successful UA-cam channel.
Mike preaches the truth! You should never spend your life working at a job that sucks.
I think the most crucial point is, that most people don't what to do with their lives, because they don't know themselves well enough. In most cases "institutions" like the own familiy, schools and/ or colleges are the ones, that hinder us from getting to know us better and explore how we want to live and who we want to be and who we can be. If you are a child or a teenager no adult is really interested in what you think or feel or what you have to say - you are only allowed to follow the rules and to do what you are told to do. That's it. And this can't be the right preperation for a life as a grwon up.
If this ain’t the truth
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My college degree is so specifically focused in one professional field that I can only do this for a living. I cannot quit. I cannot do anything else that will bring me the same level of income. This is the only trade I know.
I almost got depression from having to wake up and go to a job I hate ( bus boy / dishwasher ) ... then I got fired ... BEST DAY OF MY LIFE
Mr. Big Simba can start his food truck businesses.... let me know if you made it!
I hate my job and my first step was to figure my bare minimum expenses and figure out to reduce it to the point where I can work at a guitar shop or something like that which would be just fun for me. Granted I don't have a family or debt but my job creates a hopeless mindset that takes a while to get out of, wasting my time.
great video mike. I was one of those people just settling for a job and working day after day for something that didn't make me happy and when I would feel that way I would also wonder am I ungrateful? that's what I would tell myself but it all boiled down to taking action and not settling for something that Made me miserable. now I am doing youtube full time making so much more and I get to do what I love on my own terms. it takes alot of hard work but it's worth it.
Bijuu Mike How do you do UA-cam?
I was really following you until you said to stay at the job I hate. Thing is... I don't have any energy or time to look for another job when I need to recover on my days off because I'm drained. I am at a place where I just want to quit but like you said I'm very afraid that at my age I will not be able to find another job. I don't know what I want to do.... that's the problem. I'm only experienced with the job that I'm in and I hate it. I cry all the way to work and all the way home. 😢
I am in a similar position too. But don't use that as an excuse to not find what you love to do. For example you can just think and experiment with the things you like. What do you like most? Travelling? Playing? Dancing? What? SO MANY THINGS COME ON MAN GET YOUR ACT TOGETHER!
Your not ungrateful man. I quit a few jobs within a couple of months because I truly hated it and it made me miserable. It is just a complete waste of time going to a job like that. There are good jobs out there.
'You work there because some type of fear'..spot on..fear of not having money to pay the bills...there must be a way other than stuck in the job u are not happy at all..
*I think that feeling of being trapped is what holds most people back. You don´t actually get out until you start challenging those thoughts. Great share. :-)*
Thanks Mike I needed this, I'm in a tough spot. I feel currently stuck at my job and every night or day before work, I dread it and get really anxious. It feels like it's honestly gotten worse.
Ascended Breath I've been there too. I really believe we can take control, and use our job now to get us closer to the life we want. Even if it's a job we hate, even if it has nothing to do with what we'd rather be doing, even if we're going to leave it as soon as we find something better. I think this video is right; work takes up a ton of our lives. We shouldn't have to spend all that time at a place that's stressing us out, making us unhappy, and taking away from what we'd rather be doing. Find what you love. And know that for the time you have to be at that job you don't like: you can use it to get what you want.
I feel you
Same i just feel so miserable i just dont know what to do
I know how you feel. The night before I have to get up for work, I’m anxious and upset at myself. I wonder why did I even apply for the job. I should be happy because it’s a pretty relaxed atmosphere, the pay is good and it’s close to my home, but I don’t like the work. I am pretty good at it but I’m never excited or motivated. I’m ready to go home as soon as I start. I try to make notes of reasons why I should like it, I make plans to do fun things on the weekend or I’ll meet up with friends after work or do things I enjoy and still I think of the eleven hours of commute and work. It’s a struggle. But I’m saving money and taking classes to go into another field I’ll enjoy more. It’s hard but it helps to be optimistic and If you can use your day job to fund your dream job it might keep you encouraged. I wish everyone who hates their job a brighter future and better job or career.
Agreed. I was making a lot of money to teach in NJ, but i wasn't happy. I spent a lot of time breaking up fights to actually teach. I had a guaranteed raise on one end, and a pay cut moving out of state. I chose the paycut b/c i prefer to teach over referee kids.
Thank God my job made me disabled and I don't have to have a job lol Allows me to pursue my music & singing, & flow literally gets rid of my pain. TY!
Do whatever you can to get a lifestyle, which has meaning, and value.
Most jobs don't do this. Most jobs you're living a meaningless life, for money. Better to live on the streets, than to live working a bullshit job.
Mike Chang is my favorite natural Asian guru.
I guess he is not asian, but a Chinese American.
That means he is Asian lol
@@xinchen3547 He is just an American. Great inspiration to many people.
He is just an American. Great inspiration to many people
@@wisdomandlove1661 hot take: you can be asian and american at the same time
I’m in a well paid job now after changing career and hate it, dread every time. Great pension and shift work and lots of time off, but I hate it, feel like a zombie. Can go back to my old career as a security systems technician tomorrow as there is a job open for me, but financially it’s a 8/10 grand pay hit. Basically losing my shift allowance as it’s Monday to Friday work again which I prefer.
I’m in a money trap, and it’s doing my head in.
Rab Mc how did things work out for you? What route did you take?
I'm putting in my 2 weeks the end of this month and then I'll be spending the next 4 months just purely training before I leave for my travels around the world.
You can be happy BOTH in day job and side hustle, many people use a day job for money to fuel their hobbies but you can have fulfilment in all areas. Amazing video.
Dude, I know this is from 2016, but I'm finding this now and we seem to think alike in this regard. It was like listening to a good friend kind of pump you up. Thanks for the inspiration! I feel hopeful!
Mike Chang, I love what you're doing! A little over a year ago, I embarked on getting more muscle after decades of running. I chose you as a mentor and virtual coach. I got pretty ripped by my standards, lol. I joined six pack shortcuts and worked hard. I love what you are doing now because you are focusing on more than image and you are real about it! Mike, you have a personality that resonates with common people. Your new movement is powerful, stay with. Love your vulnerability in your posts! I'm following man! My career is coaching skinny distance runners, which is very cool! But after 30-35 years, I wanted to be coached. Thank you for being that coach. For helping a skinny dude change his focus, learn, and even bring some of those workouts to my runners! You're authentic because you are revealing your journey. That's a bigger mission than having a six pack! Love your stuff! Keep on! And keep it real!
Good points Mike as always. However I think, from my experience people that hate their job are just actually bored and complacent and they’re no longer challenged. Their first 6 months of that job they were enthusiastic because it was new and challenging.
A huge thumbs up to your video!!! You preach the truth!!!!👍👍👍👍
I absolutely love this guy...he is genuine...very helpful
Yes! Thank you! I’ve been in a job for a year where I am absolutely miserable. People have tried to blame me saying that it’s because I’m always talking about it or always “dwelling” on it. Well, I’ve also done plenty of things to try to distract myself from it or tell myself it’s not that bad, but recently my health has started to deteriorate. And it’s EXACTLY because of what you’re saying. You can’t “turn off” your subconscious and if you try to shut down your thoughts, your body will eventually SCREAM at you.
Love you Mike, thanks for inspiring us 🙏🏻❤️ keep it up
i hate my job i feel like the guy from office space.
Chabert Garmin me too. I hate my office job. I'm going to work hard to leave this place.
because you are not a worker. you are a thinker.
I hope you're not still at that job! Did u know a desk job is literally more carcinogenic than a cigarette (according to scientific analysis, anyway)
I feel great, confident and ready to jump into purpose. So glad I heard your video. God bless you♥️
Hope it all worked out
Thank you brother! Truth, truth and more truth. After nearly 20 yrs at the same job, I feel as I'm in a box. Unhappy, snappy, fatigued and have decided it's time. Time to be fulfilled, time for change, time for family, time for LOVE, time for balance and time for me. NO FEAR! 👍
Thanks Liu Kang for your inspiring words! Your positive aurora is intoxicating. Today, I have decided to take action by having a positive attitude every single day no matter what & to change my situation when things get dicey. I just subscribed & I look forward to more vids.
Seeking Solutions haha Liu Kang
Man this whole video is spot on
I remember being at school and my teacher tried to explain something to some kids that were talking in a little group, the teacher said “you need to pass this to be better than the other people your age, the world is like a big competition”
Which is made even worse now that the population has grown by so much..
Great video, I feel as if you were describing my life. I landed in an accoubting job, nice pay, nice schedule, nicest boss but I feel dead in this job. I've been at this job for 15 years!!! I need a change but I have to wrap my mind around the concept of taking a huge pay cut plus I'm not sure what it is that I want to do. I mean, I love anything artistic but I lack the education or skills to make money doing what I love. So I feel I have to find a half way point where I do a job that I somewhat like and still make enough money to support my family, what that is I don't know.
Rosa Alba
marry me and never work again
There's at least one thing you are truly passionate about that you do whether you get paid or not. Look yourself in the mirror and ask what is it that you absolutely love that you can't imagine doing something else. Easier said than done but really talk to yourself. I work at a job I hate too and I'm working on following my passion. I can't imagine dying with regret so I'm going to live the life I always wanted. Good luck!
I work in a retail. I hate my job but i cant change. I have too much commitment to quit my job. I'm in my mid thirties now and i seriously dont know where to go from here. I have no qualification to change job. I'm hoping i get a better job soon as i am searching even now. I hope everything is better for you now. Good luck.
Maybe get into marketing?
I know it’s been one year.
If you don’t have the skills take a couple of hours each day to learn them alone. For example if you like graphic design or painting take a couple of hours a day to learn Illustrator or Photoshop or make art.
Create those passionate moments and increase how much time you spend with them gradually until you feel ready to leave your current job.
i watched you over 5 years ago till couple years ago cause i didnt saw any new videos from you, thank lord i searched your name on youtube and remembered you, thank you for this video and i learn alot from it cause its relatable. thank you
man you've simply described exactly what i'm living up to right now hahahaha,, crazy , !!! need to get out of this job that i simply do not like
Quit immediately if you hate your job. Don't stick it out. You will be just wasting your time. I quit a few jobs within the first couple of months because I truly hated it. I also spent years at a couple jobs I liked. Its not worth wasting your time and doing something you hate for a paycheck.
AMEN BROTHER, PREACH! PREACH! PREACH!
Dude I fucking love you bro your positive energy is incredible and you’ve touched my life!! Much love boss.
I feel trapped, lonely, scared, and hopeless right now 😥 i feel like im wasting my life on a job im not passionate about
thanks mike.. very inspiring and i feel that you are sincere with wanting people to reach their potential.
Thank you! love you Mike! your my mentor always have been buddy
Man you are good! You really pumped me up...I am doing it! Awesome video. I love you too!
Thank you
I think some people have “secured” themselves into a life where they can’t get out of a job they hate. They got married, have kids, have mortgage, car payments and the fear is that they will lose it all. I can’t blame them. I would say, design your life from the beginning and only bring on those responsibilities once you actually have the job that you love. But most people choose to settle with the mediocre life.
Very encouraging video. Thank you Mike. You made very good points and helped me think differently today while I take action.
Wise words. Mike! And here's the fitness angle. If you've been doing something you hate four 8 or 9 hours, how can you work out?
This is fantastic and so true. Thanks Mike
Thank you very much for posting it. it helped me decide my next step 200%. Thanks
this applies to me 100% ...fear of not been able to be good enough on my Own...thank you for sharing !
mike im liking the new you and these videos are great
It is a luck whether you can leave your job or not. i am living in Hong Kong, and facing exorbitant prices and earning tiny salary, my bank account balance go to almost 0 at the end of month, if you living in USA, that is other story.
With this comment i just wanted to tell you mike, that you are a really big inspiration!
Getting so much inspiration right now with Mike Chang on autoplay working in my garden right now! I love all of the messages and I love what I am doing right now! Sweating and digging in Mother Nature💖. Thank you deeply.
What is the meaning of life? One gives it meaning. It is to find, follow and be one's niche. It is to live one's life passionately, even if one doesn't get paid.
Blessings
I felt as if you were explaining my life. I’m 20 years old, I went to college straight out of high school and done fine my first year. I was working at McDonald’s during this time, my first job. I done pretty good until I got this new job I’ve been at for a year now. I had to take a break from school because of it. I wanted a job that paid a lot more so I left McDonald’s and went to a factory type job. We prep veterans files so vets can get their claim and their files can be scanned into a system. Amazing pay.. not even 2 minutes away from where I live..but they are working so much overtime I feel overwhelmed, depressed, and un-inspired. I work 9 hours a day, 6 days a week at this point. It’s taking a huge toll on me. Not to mention the hours are from 3:30pm to 1am.. that’s basically my whole night and evening being taken from me. I feel like all I ever do is work, sleep, eat and repeat. That’s not something I’m okay with it makes me unhappy. I hope that I can stick it out until my yearly anniversary date and find a new job. I have a goal of saving a certain amount of money while I work there, while living at home. I hope it works out. Until then I’m just feeling dead. ☹️
Thank you for sharing your video with us!! A huge thank you and thumbs up to you!!!👍👍👍👍👍👍
almost made me cry. thx for ur wisdom mike.
Sometimes you are trapped. I know I can't find a job with the same pay. So I suffer everyday in a job that kills me.
Thanks Mike. Awesome message - time to make that change. 👍
Thank You Mike.. ♥️✌️
people are creatures of habit.
I love you mr. Mike Chang! :)
exactly
Mike Chang i love your videos, and i am still using your workouts. :)
Great video Mike, its weird that this morning before i saw this video i was in a job interview, so they might call me tomorrow. I think i might get it.
Thank You for this video I shared this with my mom
She works 7 days a week and she is so exhausted and unhappy
She has to work to be able to hold down the household
I pray that one day she can be free to be able to be happy and be able to get some joy in life rather then letting her job get the best out of her
I’m not built to be restricted in a workspace I am committed to building UA-cam as my empire and bring her in my world of creativity
Thank You for this video 💕
Amazing
This is very true I love working as a watersports instructor which is only a Summer job so in the winter I'm working in Hospitality in a 4* Hotel, long unsociable hours not much better pay but it keeps me motivated towards studying personal training qualifications I just keep thinking if I don't study to pass I'm going to end up stuck in this dead end job and not doing what I actually enjoy doing in life
Appreciate this! Thinking outside of the box society puts us in is a fundamental direction towards personal happiness
I hate my job my sweetest supervisor was very sweet she was the best I was every where the store she put put me on the sales floor and it took me years to get up there after she left my new supervisor put me in the back room unloading boxes after he left the new middle says you are staying in the back room unloading boxes lost my enthusiasm miss working on the sales floor it is boring in the back room it’s draining me my middle manager acts too bossy what happens if I leave this job how would everyone feel and I am afraid my mom will say you’re staying at that job 12 years
I can relate to this,my first chinese bosses we're ok ,respected my work but wen they left ,we were left with a grumpy crybaby manager who it almost felt he could not survive a day without shouting at someone and an arrogant racist overweight director who spends his day disturbing every department by correcting experienced workers if not done his way
I didn’t want the video to end😄 great job I
thank you....
keep up the good work I love your videos :)
Easy to say when you’re rich enough to film this video while walking around the literal freaking MANSION that you live in. Out here in the real world, 99% of us can’t afford to just quit our job just because we aren’t exactly happy with it.
I wish i just had the money so i could just quit working for ever im in a huge hole right now i do make some money from youtube but its not enough I just want to give up :(
Maybe think about other venues of making money!!
I used to have a job where I was actually losing money. The gas was eating up my commute and I didn't make much at my job. Since I was on the phone a lot, I lost my voice and took time off being sick until I regained my voice back. What is the purpose of going to the job if ur not happy and you don't make much money and ur job was making u sick
Time to leave that job
Mike, you're a great guy and I'm so thrilled that my half-Asian sons have a good role model with you, but as a man without children, you simply don't understand the pressure faced by parents. Yes, you stay at jobs you hate for security, health care, etc because your children's well-being is more important than your happiness. That's part of the deal you sign up for when you become a parent. Single people and child-less couples have far more freedom and can pack up to become employment nomads and find themselves. Parents have to have decent health care so they don't worry that their kid's appendectomy will bankrupt them. Parents find happiness in the time away from the job; that's why family is important.
Inspiring words Mr Chang as always 👏
I'm taking steps to becoming either a web designer (I have over 10 years hobby experience) or software engineer, because I rather work a computer job rather than minimal wage slave jobs.
Excellent, Mike. Very inspiring!
yess it is so fucking draining. The problem is I don't really have anything that I am passionate about. And then because of my job I don't really have time to find a passion, you know? Vicious circle. Plus, I'm sorry but this really depends on where you live. Living in Eastern Europe, there are basically only a few jobs that pay enough for me to pay the bills. If I were to switch my profession, I might starve.
I'm dropping this comment here to check back in 3 years where I am, and to update you guys. I built a plan 2 months ago - I have a great-paying office job (six figures), excellent benefits, health insurance, paid time off, etc. But I fucking hate picturing myself in an office for the rest of my life. Unfortunately, I don't expect that to change much, but I do have a side-gig in the form of a podcast which gets average listens (200-400 listens per week, nothing great). The hope is that someday this podcast will break through and make some money. Even bigger than that, on the side, I'm planning to pay off all my debt and have $100,000+ in savings in 3 years. That is, by March 2023, I hope to have an awesome, money making podcast as well as $100,000+ in savings. I don't like what I do all the time, but at least I can build some security and plan for the long term ? I'll check back yearly to update you guys, tag me if I forget =)
Where are you at today? Did you lose the momentum? What is the name of your podcast? Where can we find you ?
Great message dude!
Time to take action, yes!
Mike,
I am in the same situation. Btw, i really think you should become a motivational speaker. Honestly, i enjoy your vids more after you left sixpackabs.
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Very nice video Mike!!!!
I just love this💕
Thanks for This video
Nice talk. Great perspective.
I need to leave my current job. I actually like the industry but the hours are inhumane and leads me to not having a life for myself. Only problem is the salary I earn is locking me in to pay debt
greatest video of all time.
Really inspiring and also i think this is your most humoristical video, you have i think a potiental for that and you should develop it ;) Love from France (since a looong time).
thanks for this video
Your Cool man. Thanks
Nice, but hope you upload some workouts !
You deserve more views.
Awesome video......
I’m in a position where I like what I do but something is not all the way there with being fulfilled. Everytime I think of attempting something new the worry of money comes up. It’s the worst. I don’t want to wake up 65 wishing I took a chance.
Fear accomplishes much
Through survival
But love accomplishes what is worthwhile
Through excellence
Addendum:
Far and away the best prize that life has to offer is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Theodore Roosevelt
The highest reward that God gives us for good work is the ability to do better work.
Elbert Hubbard
July 2020