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If you’re in the pre-quit phase of a job, where you’ve started a side gig but haven’t left your primary job, you may be feeling like there just aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything accomplished. But there are. This week’s guest, Tara Button, Founder and CEO of BuyMeOnce.com and author of ‘A Life Less Throwaway,’ talks about how she cut down her hours at her primary job and ensured that she worked only the hours she had promised so that she could fully dedicate the rest of her time to developing her passion project. Audio: Bensound.com
Many of us imagine that leaving the corporate world is akin to freeing yourself from cubicle prison. However, that world does come with some exciting benefits that those making the exit may fear they'll miss. Such was the case with this week's guest April Shprintz. When making the quit from her sales job (in her most successful year!), she had to overcome both the fear of missing out and the fear of failure. However, April didn't just persist in the face of fear, she found a way to eliminate fear altogether, and she shares her process in this weeks episode. Audio: Bensound.com
All too often the one thing keeping people stuck in a job or career they don’t like is the fear that financially they won’t be able to survive if they quit, because so many of us have been raised with a mindset surrounding money that tells us we both have to continually chase it and that we’ll never have enough. Initially, this week’s guest, entrepreneur, author, and founder/ host of the “Life by Design not by Default” Virtual Summit Darrah Brustein, had a similar mindset. However, in this episode she’ll tell you how mapping out the costs of your goals to can decrease the anxiety that stems from constantly chasing the dollar, and how to make other beneficial money mindset shifts to allow you to put some of those financial fears to bed and make whatever quits necessary to follow your calling. Audio: Bensound.com
They say the only two certainties in life are death and taxes. Some of us spend all year doing financial tricks to ensure that we don’t have any regrets on tax day, but how many of us spend anywhere near that much time making sure we have no regrets on our deathbed? That’s exactly what this week’s guest, coach to social enterprise entrepreneurs Daniel Pointer, suggests doing when we encounter fears about leaving one area of life and transitioning to another. Take a listen to find out how reminders of your death can help you quit your way to your best (regret-minimized) life! Audio: Bensound.com
While quits can be temporary, sometimes you've decided so definitively that you want to close a chapter of your life that you'd like to make sure your quit is permanent. This week's guest, Nathan Church, owner of On Track Wellness and OTW Martial Arts, did just that. When he left the corporate world and decided to begin working in fitness and martial arts, he took several steps to make sure the lure of a regular paycheck didn't draw him back in and away from pursuing his dreams. Audio: Bensound.com
If you're not in your dream job or your ideal city, you may think of quitting it all and moving. But how do you get to where you'd like to be...and how do you know that new reality is going to serve you better than the current one? This week's guest, entrepreneur and storytelling consultant Mark Guay, knew he had to leave New York and his teaching career. So he began to envision living in a new climate and working from home. And over time, the exact visions he'd been manifesting slowly became reality. Audio: Bensound.com
Once you've checked all the boxes on the list of societally-mandated goals, what comes next? And what do you do when you realize those goals weren't at all what truly mattered to you as a person? This is exactly what entrepreneur, humanitarian, and all-around inspirational human Retta Abraham faced a couple of years ago when he'd gotten married and achieved a successful career on Wall Street. And his journey from that realization to quitting Wall Street to starting his own company is a beautiful guide on how to successfully undertake self-evaluation and transformation. Audio: Bensound.com
Many of the biggest fears related to quitting a job come from the uncertainty - the not knowing what comes next. Will we find another job? Will it be better than the one we're quitting? If you happen to be facing those fears, let Mark Lovett, the founder of Storytelling with Impact, and the organizer for TEDxSanDiego, give you some great advice on how to alleviate those fears, with bonus advice on how to combat the dreaded 'imposter syndrome.' Audio: Bensound.com
On this Independence Day episode, Lynn Marie discusses five quits that can lead to increasing YOUR sense of freedom: freedom from others' expectations, from attention distractions, and from societal norms, among other things. So grab a hot dog and a firecracker (or not, that actually sounds like a dangerous combo!) and take a listen to the quits the founding fathers forgot to tell you about! Audio: Bensound.com
People commonly get stuck in jobs or careers because they don't know what they'd rather be doing...in other words, they haven't found their passion or purpose or calling in life. And often the struggle to find that passion leads to a feeling of desperation if nothing comes up right away. Well this week's guest, author/speaker/coach extraordinaire Dominick Quartuccio, went through a strategic quit of his own in which he stumbled upon a creative way to let his passion find him. This is a must-hear for anyone who's searching for their purpose! Audio: Bensound.com
Episode 2 What is it like raising a child with Chromosome 18q-? Life as a full-time Carer? No work...feet up...bills paid...#easy...or not This episode we start to unpick some of the challenges faced by parents on this unique journey Check out latest at Caringinthechaos.co.uk Audio BenSound.com