4 career tips to keep you going when you feel like quitting your job

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Working life is indeed stressful in Singapore. Sometimes, all we can think about is throwing in the towel and simply giving up. More often than not, there comes a point in everybody's career when the daily grind gets uninteresting and slow, gradually tapering off to a plateau. We lose focus in the midst of clocking hours at our desks just so that we can bring home the bacon - we feel defeated and our career becomes meaningless.

Whether you're stuck in job that you can't seem to handle or you're just feeling dreadfully fatigued, hence the thought of giving up, we at GET.com have 4 career tips to keep you going when you feel like giving up. We hope you'll find them useful if you ever need to boost your morale and uplift your spirit to get back on track!

1. Always Believe In Yourself

This is a difficult thing to do when you're on the brink of giving up. But no matter what you do, constantly remind yourself that you're here doing the difficult task because someone believed in you. Someone thinks you're capable enough to tackle the challenging task, someone thinks you're more than good enough for the job.

If every single day at work is mundane and challenge-free, how can we possibly emerge stronger and hone important life skills such as determination and perseverance?

Case in point, as much as I like to write, I don't get to write anything and everything that I want to all the time. There are times when I have exceptionally challenging topics to write about and things to deal with because that's the way it is. When that happens, all I have to do is to believe in myself and just...try. The work gets done ultimately because I told myself that it must be done, and can be done regardless.

If you're currently feeling overwhelmed and very demoralized, make sure you stay this way only for a short while, then pull yourself together and always believe in yourself. If you don't believe in yourself, who will?

2. Quit Comparing

Although easier said than done, comparing is a form of disservice to yourself. There's no end to comparison, so why bother creating additional misery for ourselves when it's totally uncalled for?

I'm pretty sure everyone is guilty of comparing themselves with others at some point in life. It is a very natural thing to do, but the act of comparing usually makes us feel worse than before as we tend to compare where we stand with those who are in better positions than us, those richer than us and those who just seem to have it all. How often do we take a step back to reflect and compare with those who are worse off than us? Almost never.

So, before you start whining about why your admirable colleague is where he or she currently is, appreciate what you have and think about how much effective work this person has done, how much effort and time did this colleague put in to generate positive results the management recognizes.

3. Embrace Persistence

Do yourself a favour by being resilient or learning to be resilient if you aren't already resilient. Resilience is incredibly important in helping us tide over stress and adversity. Do whatever it takes to keep yourself motivated and happy so that you don't cave under pressure.

Simply by being persistent, you'll discover sides of you which you didn't know existed; you'll learn and grow professionally and increase your productivity amidst all these seemingly distressing tasks that you have to deal with on hand without assuming defeat.

4. Never Be Afraid To Take A Leap Of Faith

If there comes a point you're so unhappy with what you've been doing even after all these years at work, and you'd like to do a career switch, make sure you weigh the pros and cons and chart out what values are important to you, what you're after, what you're seeking, how much pay cut you're willing to take (if need be) so on and so forth.

And if you've decided to really do the switch and follow your passion, do it and never be afraid to take a leap of faith. You will be terrified, you will be uncertain, but you'll never know how it's going to turn out unless you try.

What you majored in at university doesn't quite matter in the work force, unless you're looking at joining professions that require technical expertise the likes of engineers, computer scientists, doctors, lawyers, etc. Just so you know, I read economics at NUS but here I am, writing for a living instead of suiting up and getting stressed out working in big corporations and banks!

If you don't try, you'll never know how it all pans out.

This article was originally on GET.com

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