Quit early bird syndrome and quit your job……

Although the corporate people in general are born as human beings, in truth, many would act differently and does not show sufficient courage to take decisions like real wise human beings. They often try their best to postpone the decision process and would prefer to endure insult, sufferings and injustice in the corporate life justifying it to be due to their fate or horoscope or due to family compulsion.

Many employees may not even dare to think of leaving the job and search a new job. Even if a new offer is made available to them, they still doubts whether they could perform well in the new organization if they join. They doubt their capability but ironically trust the current organization that constantly insults and ridicules them.

The eternal truth is that if an employee stays long in one organization, his or her ability to believe in the ‘self’ will be lost and they progressively would become as insensitive / sluggish as buffalo. Staying long in one organization would generally cause erosion of the self confidence and self belief in people. The point is not about the people working in same organization for long period but they should be aware of the fact that they are born with vibrant capabilities and uncommon talents which they should explore.

The ‘early bird struggle’ should be a struggle to win and not to succumb. As soon as the nestling (bird in the nest) develops its wings, attempt to fly from the nest. The young bird slowly and clumsily tries to walk on the branches of the tree. While walking, it tries to jump from one branch to another and then flap its wings. In most instances, the bird refuses to leave the branch. Its trust in the wings is poor in the beginning and its faith on the legs is great. As long as it holds onto the branch, it cannot fly. To fly, it has to free itself from the tree.

Reason for the ‘early bird struggle’ is more because it doubts its wings and believes that holding onto the branch of a tree is safe.

The wings for a bird are to explore the world beyond the trees and its nest and with time the bird recognizes the above truth. The message to be drawn by the corporate people is that they need to shift their belief system from one level to another at different time points. What may be relevant at one stage can go meaningless when one aspires to graduate to next level.

The employees should not feel shy to accept the truth that if the organization in which they are working is not making any relevance and meaning to their career, must quit and find a new job.

The early bird believes in its feet and also in its wings. Only when it believes in its wings it could fly high. Similarly, the corporate employees having faith or gratitude in the current organization is not just enough, they also should believe and trust in their ‘self’ that they can do wonders if they join other organizations as well.

Early bird struggle does not last long and so are worries about resigning from an organization and how the new career would be.

Only when you leave the organization, you can find your path to the world. If you hold your faith only in one level means you may never grow to the next level. Then naturally you will prove that you worth only the current job and must endure the associated insults and injustice as well.

Dr S Ranganathan