I QUIT My $190,000 Consulting Job After Learning 1 THING.My Honest Experience & What I'm Doing Next
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- Опубликовано: 8 май 2024
- This is one of the most difficult video I've ever recorded. I've been hesitant to publish this until now, 6 months after I quit my job and currently experiencing the new chapter of my life living in Asia as a free man.
As fancy as it may sound, working in Startegy Consulting is not all about rainbow and glitter. I've been working in Strategy Consulting and M&A for almost a decade. I climbed the career ladder and earned a high salary that I couldn't have imagined when I started my career. But behind the closed doors, there have been a lot of challenges. I decided to break free after figuring one thing out.
It's a very difficult life decision for me to make and this video explains my rationale for making such a move.
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It takes a lot of courage to do what you have done and I am so glad you listened to your inner voice to go see your grandma, and not to your line manager. There is nothing more important than your personal wellbeing and your health. With best wishes to you.
Many thanks for your kind words. It was a very difficult decision back then because I was junior and the line manager made me feel fearful about potential consequences. But I personally feel like that's one of the best decisions I've made in my life and I will never regret no matter what.
I have anxiety attacks so I leave everything behind. I mean every thing and every one to heal myself. I understand. Thanks you for sharing. Hope you got what you really want.
Thank you for sharing this and I hope you are feeling better. We should listen to the little voice in our head and find our own happiness. Wish you all the best 🙏
@@ThePathsBeyond Exactly! I find peace in myself now through learning phycology and Dhamma. Thanks you. Let's keep on❤❤❤
@anikalee9012 😊
Appreciate your honesty 👏. I hate when others expect you to be perfect at all times.
Thank you for your comments. Really appreciate it. I cannot live up to everybody’s expectations since everybody thinks differently. I have to be happy myself before I can exude happiness to others.
you did the right thing…good luck to you. life takes priority.
Thank you for your kind words!
Thank you for your transparency 🎉good luck 🎉
Many thanks!
I really enjoyed your video and making this huge change in your life.
Many thanks for your support! Really appreciate it!
It's really nice to listen to you. Your authenticity and sharing clear and structured thought process made it that way. I hope that your new future will be great and I'm looking forward to hearing about your new conclusions 😊
Many thanks for your comment!😊 Stay tuned for my future updates in this channel and thank you for your support!
Im sorry to hear. I hope you ll feel better soon. There are other positions out there not that crazy, just have to dig deep
Many thanks my friend!
Beautiful video !!
Many thanks!
Thank you for sharing your experience, and I respect you for prioritizing the full human that you are, rather than just the money making side of who you are.
Many thanks for sharing your comment! At the end of the day, I don't need much money to be happy and it's a lifestyle choice. If luxury was a priority, then I would have continued to be in the hamster wheel.
Good luck on your journey.
Thank you!
Your upcoming journey will give you very valuable pieces that the $ cannot buy. Be safe and good luck.
Thank you so much!
I think it’s a beautiful thing that you have two parents to fall back up on. Many people like me actually have to support their parents instead for cultural reasons. So we have to put up with it longer. But ultimately money don’t buy happiness.
Indeed everybody’s situation is so different. In my case, I have been supporting my family financially since I started working and I’m lucky that they are still at good age that I might still be exercised not being around them and pursuing my own path. The point I referred to in terms of them supporting me unconditionally, it’s more about them being a safe harbour with a roof for me in case my personal ‘worst’ scenario happened. Nevertheless, it’s very difficult to balance personal path and family responsibilities / obligations. I’m trying to value more the present and be as happy as I can. Will cross the bridge when I come to it.
You’re so right about thinking about the worst case scenario and seeing if it is acceptable. If it is then accepting it and moving forward. A lot of us our worst case scenario isn’t that bad but everything is always worse in our heads.
Indeed. Often times our brain is playing games with us to make us feel fearful about changes and keep the status quo.
Good for you. I left my career after over 20 years because of similar situation. I wanted to take 6-12 months off and start a new career that was less stressful and better work-life balance. Problem is this was shortly before COVID hit, so I was out for over 3 years total, and it's been tough finding work after all that time off. Granted, I have kids and can't really relocate, and remote jobs are drying up faster than the Sahara desert, so I'm really restricted. But yes you are right, family and friends and personal time is worlds more important than having a high salary.
Many thanks for sharing your comment and your story! I'm sorry to hear about the challenges that have occurred to you and indeed the labour market has been evolving rapidly since the pandemic. Somehow I hold the view that there is certain equilibrium in our life that we cannot break. To me, my inner peace and meaningful relationship and friendship are my top priorities at the moment and I'm ready to accept whatever side effects (or say consequences) associated with this decision. Closing one door will open up new paths in life and looking ahead, I'm sure better things are yet to come! I wish you all the best!
@@ThePathsBeyond Thank you. Good luck to you too. It seems there's no middle ground. If I could work 30-32 hrs/week I would. But it's all or nothing it seems. Working 50 hrs/wk at a high stress high paying job or 20 hrs/wk at Walmart, LOL. Hope you find a good path going forward.
@htwingnut in the end it also depends on how much is enough for ourselves and what lifestyle do we choose. If the aim is to have more luxury, then it will require higher salary / more working hours. We have started exploring to live in different countries and you’ll be surprised how little you’ll need to live well and you can get some insights from our other videos. Then of course, it’ll imply relocation / re-establish new social life, get used to new culture, etc. We are still on this exploration phase and will share more as it unfolds 😊
I've mainly worked normal full time jobs but in-between jobs I did do some consulting (some on the side). After years of watching and working with consultants, I'm glad I didn't work in that part of the industry. There is a lot of politics and perception games to play and I tried to give them what they needed but sometimes not what they asked for. One company that let me go early because I pushed bad on the design was closed down completely 2 years later. The entire division not just that group. Most consultants come in and take simple tasks (if you let them). Others will create abstractions which is another con-game since they are putting a wrapper on something that works and they can waste a year on it. Consulting is a tough gig now.
Thank you for sharing your experience which really resonates with me. In my experience, I have had more internal political wars within my own consulting firm which is very emotionally draining to me. It's not a good feeling knowing that whatever I do or say, my co-workers may take advantage of that to their own benefits. The one who is louder often times takes all the credits. I understand it can happen everywhere but in consulting industry, it gets more intense. Now with AI advancement, consulting industry is indeed getting more and more challenging if they can not upgrade their services fast.
Echoing a lot of things I've been thinking lately. Time rich, family rich, experience rich.
Thank you for your comment!
That is why you trying youtube. Good job.
Indeed, working on this RUclips channel is one of the ideas I would like to try out. Thank you for your support!😊
Dude that's crazy, that takes a lot of balls. How did you do it? What do you think will be next? Any regrets in the last 6 months? We need an update!!! Also, where were you living in Europe?
Hello my friend, thank you for your comment. We have a separate video about why we both quit our jobs at the same time so you can check it out from our channel! I’m preparing for a 6-month update video as well so stay tuned! There is no regret at all for the past 6 months and I’ve been my happiest self😊 I lived mainly in London and then the last few years in Brussels
I feel where you are coming from. I also was in consulting and money did not bring whati thought it should. Do you have a plan how to find the right thing for you?
Thank you for your comment. I do have a few personal projects to see how things may unfold which you can find more details in our separate deep-dive video in our channel. I don’t exclude the scenario that I may go back to the corporate world again in a part-time / contractor capacity. I’m planning to share more updates in this channel along the journey. Stay tuned! 😊
Health is a priority, if you are dead , salary wont be a matter. We all looking for that life work balance,but modern society dont want us to be balanced..
Unfortunately balance is very relative and it’s difficult for most of us to understand where our boundary lies…
I ain’t making good money like you, but I am Chinese too. I refuse to sell my time to the corporate just so someone else can make a profit. I know I only live once.
That’s true we only live once and we actually don’t need much money to be happy.
5:08 Wow. Just wow.
That conversation with my former line manager has left a scar in my heart. I couldn’t imagine that a person I was working closely with would have said something like that.
🙏🙏🥰🥰
🙏😊
Only working 8-5? Seems like a dresm
I wish…9-to-5 in the video is just used as a reference to typical corporate life. My working day was always very unpredictable and quite often I finished very late in the evening. I don’t recall I’ve ever finished at 5pm…
@@ThePathsBeyond worked in financials as IT FOR 10 YEARS.
Not sure I understand. What do you mean?
@@ThePathsBeyond typical job was 9-7 back in my time.
@ctjmaughs I see…that is very similar in consulting now although it really depends on the phase and types of the projects, it can be much later than that before the day finishes…and after Covid, it’s becoming impossible to stay disconnected even after work so basically my brain was wired for work most of my waking time…
why do people keep quitting after they only learn 1 thing? shouldn't you maybe learn 2 or 3 things before quitting?
Bad times create strong men, strong me create good times, good times create weak men.
Thank you for your comment and I agree with you that along the journey of my professional experiences, there have been many lessons learned which I'm planning to release in a separate video. Based on my personal experience, I highlighted 1 particular topic in this video because that's really the most critical thing I figured out before I decided to quit my job. I hope this clarifies your question.
@@thecowegg that's very well put!
and they create a youtube video after. 😅
Well, rest assured, I didn’t quit just to create this video afterwards 😅
China 🇨🇳 needs educated technically talented people, you should come back to China and help your country to advance, becomes PROSPEROUS and STRONG. In western countries, you will always being DISCRIMINATE and facing RACISM, you will never be happy in the work place.
I’m afraid in my case it’s not about being unhappy because of discrimination or racism. As a matter of fact, majority of people in my workplace had been very respectful and inclusive.
@@ThePathsBeyond you are in SELF-DENIAL, be honest to your self and admit you are facing RACISM. That OFFICE POLITICS you are facing occurs everywhere at U.S companies, you will suffer the most if you're Asian.
@UnitedAsia thank you for your comment and I’m sorry that you might have got the wrong impression from this video. Over the past decade of my career, I have been working in London and Brussels where my working environment has been inclusive. There have been office politics but it is common in the corporate world. In my case, I’m afraid it’s not linked to racism because I would otherwise have spoke out.
@@UnitedAsia짱깨 아웃 브이피엔썼냐?
bro quits a 190K job lol
It was a very difficult life decision.
Who care if you quit. You are just another worker. You better have some savings to cover your expenses.
It’s all carefully thought out and planned but thank you for your reminder. 😊