Hey 5 Point, this is Ann,
Dean asked me to respond to a comment on his website:
What do I do if I know I’m not in the right job and actually hate my job?
 
Stay in the job you are working until…..
Focus on becoming financially free, gives you the ability to work on a better plan
Discover your passion in life – what is it you love to do – what are your skills
Pray for God to reveal to you avenues to pursue that passion
Act – try new things, dream big, be willing to go through open doors
Don’t be afraid of failure – failure only eliminates some possibilities
Trust God to see to your needs and to use you for something bigger
Once you succeed, give credit where it’s due and teach others how achieve success
 
In a 2007 survey by Life Science more than 60% of workers were unhappy in their current employment situations.
 
As some infomercials say - That was me before I came to work at 5 Point.
Mike and I had started our quest to be debt free. Since I’m a reader I had been devouring books on the subject and listening to Dave Ramsey’s radio station on line. Dave suggested several books to read. One was 48 Days to the Job You Truly Love by Dan Miller and as read it and others I became more and more dissatisfied with my job, not because of money. I earned a good paycheck. I enjoyed the people I worked with. I was doing something I knew. I was not frustrated with how to do the job. I couldn’t put a finger on the dissatisfaction, but I felt stagnate, like I wanted to do something more.
 
Then it hit me, what Joe Sangl says all the time was so true. I was not doing what GOD called me to do. I began to pray for answers, asking what it was I loved to do and what it was that God had gifted me with. After more praying and still working the job I had becoming so unhappy with, I started to look for open doors. Many times we are afraid to even peek in an open door. We are such creatures of habit, afraid of the unknown, of what might be behind that door. It could be the best job ever, the best friend you will ever have, the spouse you’ve been looking for, maybe the best dream you have ever conceived. Sometimes we just have to be bold, take a leap of faith because if you don’t you will never know. Jeremiah 29:11 (my favorite verse, tells us, “For I know the plans I have for you," declares the LORD, "plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
 
My open door was 5 Point, which brings up another point. I think we want to do something that makes us feel like what we are doing makes a difference, like we are contributing to something bigger than we are. Not that you have to work for a church to accomplish this, you can do what you love and help others too.  Think about it, Dave Ramsey and Joe Sangl do financial stuff for a living and are helping others too. They are on crusades. They have taken a set of skills and used it to benefit not only themselves but others as well. You can find something like that too. Find your passion and look for the open doors.
 
God’s Plan for me:
God gave me previous jobs (good and bad) to build a set of skills
Put various people in my life (good and bad) to mold me
Chose me to be a child of God so I could depend and call on him (Pray) in times of need
Put Dave and Joe in my life – to help with financial stability
Made me miserable to cause me to change
Gave me courage to take a demotion and cut in pay
Opened doors for me (5 Point)
Uses me to help others in a multitude of ways
Gave Mike and I financial freedom. YEAH!!!!
Allows me to be a part of something greater than I am
Gives me hope and a future beyond my wildest dreams
 
There is so much that I left out. God’s plan for me may not always be what I intended.
He sees and guides the bigger picture, but I have to step out there (trusting Him) and see what he has in store for me behind the next door. 
I dare you to ask or beg God to reveal His plan for you.