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"Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress."

~Thomas Edison

**Are you discontent with your job? 

**Do you ever wonder if you should stay or go? 

If so, read on. 

In 1995, I (Phil) was in the same position.  Something inside me was yearning for a new career path.  I chose to leave a position as a college grant administrator to pursue a new career in the healing arts.  I thought I was following my bliss, my intuition and my spiritual guidance.

Two years later and $60,000 in credit card debt, I returned to the employer I had left.  Fortunately, I hadn’t burned bridges.  They welcomed me back.  I remember wondering how I came to repeat the same type of work I had done before … that was less-than-fulfilling and only using a small portion of my talents.

Several months after my return, something happened that changed everything.  I traveled with a team to visit a unique business-education partnership in Greenville, South Carolina.  In a classroom, a trainer from Michelin (the tire company) held up a 5-inch thick, 3-ring binder with a huge smile on his face.  He said that he had been given this binder from the previous trainer before him.  He was told to take good care of it, add to it, then pass it on to the next trainer after him.  He beamed ear-to-ear with pride.

At that moment, I realized what was missing for me.  I had not documented everything I had learned in my job up to that point.  I had done great work, but I hadn't fully honored the most important things I had learned. 

MY MICHELIN BINDER

So, I went to work.  I asked myself, “How can I document the most important things I’ve learned while being a grant writer and administrator?  What specifically about what I know and have learned would be of value to others?” 

These questions led me to write my second master’s thesis, called the “Metaphysics of Successful Grant Writing.” The thesis led to my first book, “Dream-Making to Billions: Grant Writing Tips from the Experts.”

I didn’t stop there. I made note of ALL my successes. 1) I had written and managed grants totally over $6.4 million for the college. 2) I had secured funding for all my dreams, getting 48 out of 52 proposals funded ... a 92+% success rate. 

As I listed my successes, I could not see myself continuing down the same path much longer.  Sure, I had made good money for myself and the college.  Deep inside, I yearned to do something even greater. 

A few days afterwards, an idea for how to do something greater came to me. I began outlining a series of college courses that embodied everything I knew "that worked" around grant getting and management. Some were 1-day seminars, others were longer courses. Together, they totaled 12 college credits.

I went to work to design the curriculum. Next, I sought approval from the academic standards committee at the college. They made some changes and approved the curriculum. The result was a certificate program in grant writing, the first of its kind in the nation. 

The certification program was launched in Fall 2001.  It was met with immediate success.  I was confident, energized and eager to see how others could be successful, too. 

The results were amazing.  In the first 2.5 years, 285 students enrolled.  With the skills they learned, they got over $1.2 billion in grants and fundraising ... success #3.

After writing my book and designing/teaching the core curriculum for the certification program (which is still in operation today), I felt complete.  I had documented everything of value.  I left my equivalent of the Michelin training binder. 

I felt content and confident.  I had honored all my primary learning experiences.  I had given it my all, and I was truly ready for my next big adventure!

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TRY THIS

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Ask yourself …

How could you bring “all of you” to your current job?  What "Michelin binder" could you leave?  What would it take to feel complete in your job right now?

Don't get stuck on the form.  The form you use to document the lessons you’ve learned need not be a 5-inch binder or a book or a series of courses. Allow to emerge within you (your thoughts and dreams) the best way, the easiest way, the genius way for you to document everything of value. 

You don't want to have to come back to "get your lesson" later. Get it now!  Honor and appreciate others and yourself. Honor your experiences.  Do whatever you need to do to feel at peace and confident.

Do these and you will be ready for your next big adventure, whether or not that means staying or going.  You will move on not from a place of discontent or despair ... but from a place of inner strength, contentment, appreciation and confidence!

Until next time,

Phil and Megan

 

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