在自己不喜欢的事情上多浪费一天，就会离自己真正想要做的事情越远。回想当年辞掉第一份工作时，我心里所想的就是如此，即便我根本不清楚下一步的方向在哪。

但老实说，这真的取决于你的自身情况。比如，你在经济上承担不起辞职带来落差，就不应该选择先辞职。幸运的是我没有。因此，如果你有能力做这件事，并且强烈认为你目前的工作对你的职业生涯以及自己追求的成功没有什么益处，那么先放弃当前的工作可能才是你最需要做的事情，因为这样你才能尽快为自己寻找一个更好的未来。

关于这一点，我可以告诉你一件事，那就是直接辞职这一举动产生了一种真正的紧迫感，逼迫你去思考自己真正想做的是什么。当你在一个舒适或稳定的情况下，通常没有什么能逼你去考虑其他的可能性。但是你一旦离开了一份工作所提供的安全和保障，即使是一份不适合你的工作，你也会瞬间感受到压力。你会发现自己开始望着天花板，真正地开始思考人生。到那时你就会充满雄心斗志了！

至少这是我个人的经验，20多年前我就是这样找到了灵感，开了我的第一家公司——王李亚洲资源。就我而言，我可以很明白的说，如果当初我继续留在原来的工作岗位上，我永远不会想到创立自己的公司。

Each day I do something that I no longer want to do is another day that I’m not getting any closer to finding something that I really want to do. That was my thinking back when I decided to leave a job that I no longer wanted to be in, but had no idea what I wanted to do next.

But honestly, it really depends on your situation. For instance, you don’t want to quit your job first if you have financial responsibilities where you can’t afford to be unemployed. Fortunately, I didn’t. So if you can afford to do it and feel strongly that your current job is providing little benefit to your career and future success, then quitting your job first may be what you need to do to seek a better future for yourself.

One thing I can tell you about doing this is that it creates a real sense of urgency to figure out what it is you really want to do next. When you’re in a comfortable or stable situation, there’s nothing pushing you to think about other possibilities. But once you leave the safety and security of a job, even one that’s not right for you, you start feeling the pressure. You find yourself staring at the ceiling, and you start doing some real soul-searching. And you start getting inspired!

At least, that’s been my personal experience. And that’s how I got inspired to start my first company over 20 years ago, Wang & Li Asia Resources. In my case, I can honestly say that the idea for Wang & Li would never have come to me if I had continued to stay in the job I was in.