Why Jon Acuff Quit His Last Job: Reason 5
In Jon Acuff?s new book, Quitter, he explains how constantly leaving one job for another never led to anything different or worthwhile. So how did he and his wife decide to quit and go to work for Dave Ramsey? How did he know it was time to quit his day job and pursue his dream job? Reason 5 is below. Check out Reason 4 here.
We had the money to move and jump to a new job that wouldn?t initially pay as well as my old one.
We could afford to move. We could pay to put new carpet in our Atlanta home to replace the muted green look the lady before us chose. We could afford to have the entire interior painted so we could sell the house in the middle of a horrible economy. We could afford the first month?s rent and security deposit on a rental house in Nashville. We could afford three months of temporary health insurance while we waited for my 90-day probationary period to be over.
We could do all those things and many more that often come with a big dream and a big move, because we had our finances in order. How? Two things really. The first is that I hustled on freelance gigs and we had the patience to pay off our bills. We wanted money to fund our dreams, not limit them, and we worked hard to financially remove things that stood in the way.
The second big thing was that in 2004, years before I worked for Dave Ramsey, we read his book The Total Money Makeover. That book dramatically changed the way we looked at money and, unbeknownst to us at the time, allowed us to financially follow our dream years later. Clearly I?m biased about that book, but I don?t get any money for recommending it. If I did, I would have mentioned it a few thousand times already and probably had the title sewn into my pants like NASCAR. Nonetheless, I assure you it?s a great read and can play a big role in dream pursuit.
Read Quitter for more advice on the right way to quit your day job in pursuit of your dream job.
Excerpted from Quitter by Jon Acuff. Copyright 2011 by Lampo Licensing, LLC. Published by The Lampo Press. Used with permission.
Source: http://www.daveramsey.com/article/why-jon-acuff-quit-his-last-job-reason-5/lifeandmoney_career
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