Jon Gordon on when the signs are not clear

What happens when the signs aren’t clear?” asked Josh. Sometimes they seem to be pointing in both directions, if you know what I mean.”

“I know what you mean,” George said. “When the signs aren’t clear, you ask a few simple questions: Have I learned all that I’m meant to learn in my current job? Is there still an opportunity for me to grow there? Have I put my heart and soul in to my work to be the best that I can be? Have I reached my full potential?”

“If you’ve learned all you can learn at your job and there’s no room to grow and you’ve given everything you have to your work there and you feel as though you’ve reached your full potential, then it’s time to move on. However, if there is still something for you to learn where you are and there is still an opportunity for you to grow and you haven’t reached your full potential there, then you are meant to stay. You stay and you decide to devote 100 percent of your energy to being the best you can be.”

“If you are meant to develop yourself somewhere else, something will happen to remove you from your job. You’ll either get a promotion in the form of a new position with your company or you’ll get a promotion in the form of being fired, which is a sign that there’s a better job out there for you. 

— George on The Seed