I know a man who works as a realtor in an office with over 35 realtors.  His office is one of several offices in a town of about 65,000 people.  As you can imagine, realtors are dropping like flies now that the bubble has burst — but not all of them.  In fact, some are having their best year ever.

How is that?  My assertion that there is always room at the top applies everywhere.  If you are good at what you do (meaning if you are in the top 10% - 15%) there will always be a place for you and you will always do well.  It doesn’t matter what field you’re in or what your place is in that field.  There is always room for someone who’s great at what they do.

What if you’re not in the top 10% - 15% ?  You have three choices: 1) get enough training / education that you can be, 2) change to a field where you can be, 3) accept the fact that you’re never going to reach your potential.  Why anyone would want to work in a field where they were always struggling and never getting ahead is beyond me, but they do.

I think I’ve told the story before about a brilliant marketer who decided to become an accountant.  Not only did he hate his work, he wasn’t very good at it.  And the truth is, he was never going to go very far in that field.  Like you, he had three choices: 1) go back to marketing and make the big bucks, 2) stay where he was and make half what he made before, 3) find something else.  He went back to marketing.

Make sure you are good at what you do.  A love for what you do, coupled with talent and ability is unstoppable.  Don’t languish in a field where you will never succeed.  Get out now while you still can.  Follow your dreams and leverage your talents and abilities.  That’s the high road to success.