[Dive Bomb]

I think when Steve is referring to quitting, he means you should quit the mindset that the job you hate is the only thing out there and that you have no power to change. Remember, this is personal development for smart people. It wouldn't be very smart to quit a job with no solid financial resources to find or do something else. That would be like jumping out of a plane without a parachute.

Once you make the decision to quit and go after the career choice you want, than you can work toward leaving your current situation. That may mean working at the job you 'currently' hate in order to prepare yourself, but I think your attitude would be different knowing there is light at the end of tunnel. That is what I believe Steve is getting at. You won't become a poison. You'll still do the work you have to do but you'll do it with some sort of meaning, knowing you will find a way out of there. Things aren't hopeless anymore. In the words of the joker to the thief, "there must be some kind of way out of here."