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7 essential reasons to keep a draft resignation letter ready
Ensuring a purpose-driven approach to your career path
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and starting on the first one.” — Mark Twain.
It’s that time of year when many of us are thinking of life’s next chapter and eliminating the negativity from our lives, both personally and professionally. A few years ago, I started, what was a fun practice and one that has helped me focus, alongside the goal planning I tend to engage in on a weekly basis. So, what was this practice?
Well, it was more than just a one-time practice. Overtime, it became a way of updating my own life as I thought about — what next? It is the most purposeful and powerful action of self reflection, even though at times, I felt bound to a job. Today, I strongly believe that having a resignation letter, always on hand, is an activity that more of us should partake in; it can be unexpectedly motivating in various ways. Let me explain what I mean by way of a list, but first a personal story — that of a friend, who first got me into this practice.
