Sean: Our next question is from Erika. I want to resign from my current job to focus on my career, but my fear of failure is stopping me from doing so. What should I do?

JM: It’s very important for you to recognize why you're having that fear of failure. With your current job right now, do you want to resign because you really want to move forward and grow? Or do you want to resign because there are some things that you can't deal with in terms of your current job right now? So those are my questions for you because I think that's very important for you to recognize first why you want to resign from your job. Okay?

Because whatever it is that is hindering you or is leaving you that fear of failure, wherever you go, whether you're going to stay in your current job or focus on a new career, that will really affect you and your performance. So make sure that you take some time first and think about what are the things that are giving you that fear of failure. So deal with that first, and then after that, think about whether you need to resign from your current job. Because right now it's also very hard to get a new job. So unless you have a new job that will really take care of your financial needs, then I think that's also a go, but otherwise, really think about it. Okay?

Sean: Well, if you want to resign on to your current job to focus on your career, first, you have to know there are people relying on you and you are also relying on that job. Can you really afford to lose that job? Because if you can't, that's going to create financial problems. Were you able to build on your emergency fund, which is six months to a year worth of your salary? If you're able to do that, then you can take it a step further and finally think about that career you want to jump into.

How big of an opportunity is that really going to be for you? If the opportunity is bigger than what you're doing now in your current job, then it is worth considering transferring to wherever it is that you want to go to. I don't think the fear of failure should stop you. Life is about taking risks. You know, when you're in your job, when you have a job, you're just outsourcing the risk to your boss. But your boss still holds your risk. Why? Because if the business fails, if your boss feels the business goes down, you will be affected as well. You're also going to lose that job.

So where is your security really held? Where is your success really held? Why are we so afraid of failing? Life is about risks. So it's all about assessing if the opportunity is greater. And can I really afford to lose my job right now to shift into that opportunity? Those are going to be the questions that I'm going to be asking myself if I was faced with the same question. And if the answer is yes, the opportunity is great, I'm quite sure that it's going to be really good for me, and I am secure, I have my emergency fund settled in, it's not going to be a huge risk for me, then I am going to make the shift.

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