When considering a change of career or lifestyle, we tend to focus on ourselves – after all, it’s our own choices we’re looking at, our own dreams we’re trying to fulfill. But the reality is that the upheaval that comes with a big career change doesn’t just affect us, the individual, but has repercussions for […]
The first step you have to take as you think about leaving the 9 to 5
Leaving your corporate job and saying goodbye to the 9 to 5 for good means stepping out of your comfort zone. And, as we established last week, one of the best ways to get comfortable with being uncomfortable is to take action. Getting moving will get you unstuck, create momentum, and build your confidence to […]
How to get more comfortable with being uncomfortable
Leaving the corporate 9 to 5 and everything that is so familiar in that way of working and living means stepping out of your comfort zone. By definition, that’s always going to be pretty uncomfortable! You can do a lot to address and manage your fears but you can never remove those fears altogether. There […]
Why do something scary instead of staying in your comfort zone?
Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve looked at the fears that can get in the way of you leaving your corporate job, even though you want to (or at least think you do): the fear of failure, as well as the fear of starting from scratch, the fear that the grass won’t actually be […]
Why leaving your corporate job to set up on your own is not as scary as you think
As we’ve been exploring the reasons why you might not leave your corporate job to set up on your own – assuming that you want to – we looked last week at the fear of failure. We saw how failure could mean making the wrong career choice, not earning enough money, and being judged by […]