the end that they do not like what theyve achieved and are not happy they may even have been chasing goals set by others and lived lives that others wanted them to live this awareness is the first step towards making a transformational change one that brings a person passionately alive vancouverbased business coach azim jamal whos the chairman and founder of corporate sufi worldwide inc gave up his job as an accountant to become a motivational speaker he calls this trend betterness ie choosing a life guided by a holistic focus social wellbeing and community welfare he says people on the quest for more have lost out on purposeful living being aware of your surroundings being true to yourself pursuing a hobby or a passion and being content with what you have we tend to get bored with our lives soon these days because our lives are not aligned with this purpose anymore we are too distracted by gadgets useless tensions and complications but life remains a wonderful adventure if its purposeful sonia sharma was at a senior management position with pwc london before she quit and founded her own organic food company in india you come to a point where success isnt defined by the hours you put in at work you want to breathe live a meaningful life a life of purpose and purpose doesnt come with earning fat pay packets there was this massive urge in me to spend much more time with my family and do creative things with them she saysdreams of breaking out author and business coach pamela slim in her book escape from cubicle nation says you dont have to stay in a job you intensely hate theres a better opportunity waiting out there and escaping from cubicle nation is easier than you think you need to do something that fits your life plan many su persuccessful employees at companies har bour secret dreams of breaking out canadian travel blogger mariellen ward spends her time between toronto and del hi she says i quit my work as a corporate writer for two reasons one was to pursue the life of my dreams travelling in india and writing about it i was taking joseph campbells famous advice and following my blissi started to follow my dreams when i was in my 40s success is personal or at least it should be everyone should ask themselves what success means to them to me it is to achieve my potential to find out why im here what is it that i have to offer like ward mumbaibased reshmy kurian 35 quit her tech job and turned food blogger she says i was heading a whole division for a decade but i felt i had nothing to show for it i was longing to do something different success for me was starting a food blog so i reinvented my work and personal space i realigned my life kurian now runs a food blog