{"id":73459,"date":"2020-02-24T20:27:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-25T04:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/?p=73459"},"modified":"2020-02-27T20:06:24","modified_gmt":"2020-02-28T04:06:24","slug":"i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/","title":{"rendered":"I Did Not Quit My Mundane Job After Reading Robin Sharma\u2019s Book"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/div>\n

I don\u2019t know if you can relate with me, but\never since I stepped into university, I have dreamt of changing the world (I\nthink most people do). The na\u00efve me thought that the world would be my\nplayground as soon as I graduated from one of the best universities, and then I\nwould be on the path of achieving great things (including working in a Fortune\n500 company!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Things, however, did not turn out to be as\nI expected. Once I was out of the cocoon, reality hit hard. Companies weren\u2019t\nthat eager to hire me, the job market was tough, there was a lot of competition\nand I could see my dreams shattering in front of my eyes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is difficult to stay\nmotivated when things don\u2019t go your way<\/a> especially when you are unemployed\nand you have to pay the bills at the end of the month. So, I thought of just\ntaking up any job that came my way regardless of whether or not it was a part\nof that Fortune list or related to the field I wanted to go to. (Bad idea.\nDon\u2019t even think about it)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thankfully though, after an excruciatingly\nlong wait, I did get an offer from a well-reputed organization, and the work\nwas also related to what I wanted to pursue (remotely, but something is better\nthan nothing, right?). So I jumped at the opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I was pretty excited to start. However, my\nexcitement couldn\u2019t live for long. I am one of those people who live to tackle\nchallenges because routine bores them. And soon after I started working, things\nstarted to seem mundane because of the small learning curve. I wanted to learn\nmore and contribute more, and I kept feeling like I was underutilized. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

To Quit Or Not To Quit?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

When you don\u2019t like your job, each day\nfeels like a drag and you hate waking up in the morning to go through the same routine\nagain. My first instinct was to quit and look for greener pastures, but this is\none decision that you can\u2019t just take spontaneously. Some\npeople do that<\/a>, but in my case, I still remembered that agonizing long wait\nand ever growing pile of bills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, I turned towards self-help books to dig\nsome hope and motivation for continuing my job. I have always been a fan of\nRobin Sharma and his books. I have learned some great lessons\nfrom The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari<\/a> <\/em>and The 5 am Club<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I then came across this book, The Leader Who Had No Title<\/em> and it\ncompletely changed my perspective towards my job. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leadership Is Your Birthright <\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Contrary to the popular belief that\nleadership is meant for a few chosen people, this book pitches the idea: everyone\nis a leader, regardless of what their job role is in an organization. In this\nbusiness fable, a retired veteran, who is trying to search for a purpose in his\nlife and work; talks to four people, who are not considered to be in leadership\npositions as per the norm. But they are happy with their work and they believe\nthat they play an important role in their respective organizations.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This book challenged my perspective i.e. a\nmundane job is not meaningful. The four leaders that the veteran met, had\nordinary jobs that of a librarian and a waitress. And our usual perspective is\nthat the success of an organization doesn\u2019t lie in such jobs, which are easy to\nreplace. But the book breaks the stereotype and shine light towards a fresh\nperspective; which is, when people are good at their jobs, they automatically\nbecome a pivot of an organization and success flows through them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat I\u2019ve learned about leadership is that\nleaders are those individuals, who do the things that failures aren\u2019t willing\nto do\u2014even though they might not like doing them either. They have the\ndiscipline to do what they know to be important\u2014and right\u2014versus what\u2019s easy\nand fun.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Patience Is Virtue<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

I will be honest, I have been told many\ntimes that I am not a patient person and perseverance\nis the key to success in life<\/a>. I will admit that I need to work on that\nweakness of mine. After completing this book, I realized the fact that my job,\nno matter how mundane or boring it may seem to me, has a role to play in the\norganization. And that was the reason I was hired and all I have to do is to\ngive it my 100 percent. Also, I need to be the best at it and prove that I am\nworthy of more responsibility. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe farmer has patience and trusts the\nprocess. He just has the faith and deep understanding that through his daily\nefforts, the harvest will come. And then one day, almost out of nowhere, it\ndoes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stop Comparing Yourself<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

One of the biggest reasons for my\ndisappointment was, perhaps, seeing my batch mates in higher positions with\nfancy titles while I was stuck in a not-so-impressive place. Comparison is like\na vortex that sucks you in and robs you out of joy. It is a natural reaction,\nconsidering that the availability of\ninternet<\/a>, smartphones and our constant use of social media makes us compare\nour lives with others. But you need to realize that your journey is different\nfrom others and not having a flashy title doesn\u2019t mean that you will not be\nsuccessful in the long run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hang in there!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The crux of my entire experience is that taking\nspontaneous decisions without giving them a second thought is not the answer to\nyour problems. The answer is to be the best at what you do, persevere and then\nlet success find you.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I don\u2019t know if you can relate with me, but ever since I stepped into university, I have dreamt of changing the world (I think most people do). The na\u00efve me thought that the world would be my playground as … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16775,"featured_media":79480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[12,9,34],"tags":[1674,66,4629],"yoast_head":"\nI Did Not Quit My Mundane Job After Reading Robin Sharma\u2019s Book<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The crux of my entire experience is that taking spontaneous decisions without giving them a second thought is not the answer to your problems. The answer is to be the best at what you do, persevere and then let success find you.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I Did Not Quit My Mundane Job After Reading Robin Sharma\u2019s Book\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The crux of my entire experience is that taking spontaneous decisions without giving them a second thought is not the answer to your problems. The answer is to be the best at what you do, persevere and then let success find you.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pickthebrain\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-02-25T04:27:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-02-28T04:06:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-24-at-8.26.45-PM.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"737\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"481\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@pickthebrain\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@pickthebrain\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"TinaAnderson\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-24-at-8.26.45-PM.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-24-at-8.26.45-PM.png\",\"width\":737,\"height\":481},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/\",\"name\":\"I Did Not Quit My Mundane Job After Reading Robin Sharma\u2019s Book\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/#primaryimage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-25T04:27:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-28T04:06:24+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/848f7891fe2947044436b43192ee00d0\"},\"description\":\"The crux of my entire experience is that taking spontaneous decisions without giving them a second thought is not the answer to your problems. The answer is to be the best at what you do, persevere and then let success find you.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"I Did Not Quit My Mundane Job After Reading Robin Sharma\u2019s Book\"}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/848f7891fe2947044436b43192ee00d0\",\"name\":\"TinaAnderson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb4f8c7dbe824b92276c4bc9fd76bfe1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb4f8c7dbe824b92276c4bc9fd76bfe1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"TinaAnderson\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/author\/tinaanderson\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"I Did Not Quit My Mundane Job After Reading Robin Sharma\u2019s Book","description":"The crux of my entire experience is that taking spontaneous decisions without giving them a second thought is not the answer to your problems. The answer is to be the best at what you do, persevere and then let success find you.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"I Did Not Quit My Mundane Job After Reading Robin Sharma\u2019s Book","og_description":"The crux of my entire experience is that taking spontaneous decisions without giving them a second thought is not the answer to your problems. The answer is to be the best at what you do, persevere and then let success find you.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/","og_site_name":"Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pickthebrain","article_published_time":"2020-02-25T04:27:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2020-02-28T04:06:24+00:00","og_image":[{"width":737,"height":481,"url":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-24-at-8.26.45-PM.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary","twitter_creator":"@pickthebrain","twitter_site":"@pickthebrain","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"TinaAnderson","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/","name":"Pick the Brain | Motivation and Self Improvement","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-24-at-8.26.45-PM.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Screen-Shot-2020-02-24-at-8.26.45-PM.png","width":737,"height":481},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/","name":"I Did Not Quit My Mundane Job After Reading Robin Sharma\u2019s Book","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/#primaryimage"},"datePublished":"2020-02-25T04:27:32+00:00","dateModified":"2020-02-28T04:06:24+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/848f7891fe2947044436b43192ee00d0"},"description":"The crux of my entire experience is that taking spontaneous decisions without giving them a second thought is not the answer to your problems. The answer is to be the best at what you do, persevere and then let success find you.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/i-did-not-quit-my-mundane-job-after-reading-robin-sharmas-book\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"I Did Not Quit My Mundane Job After Reading Robin Sharma\u2019s Book"}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/848f7891fe2947044436b43192ee00d0","name":"TinaAnderson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb4f8c7dbe824b92276c4bc9fd76bfe1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/eb4f8c7dbe824b92276c4bc9fd76bfe1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"TinaAnderson"},"url":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/author\/tinaanderson\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16775"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pickthebrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}