and have a predictable stream of income you really need to do these three steps that I'm going to be
going over today. So you can set yourself up and have the most success when you go into business on
your own. So whether you're going into business as a freelancer a consultant, whether you're starting
your own store, or something like that it really doesn't matter what trajectory you want to go on.
What matters is that you have all of these things thought of executed on and planned for
so you don't fall into one of the biggest traps that most people find themselves falling into
and that's just being in that repeated cycle. That hamster wheel of never really being able
to just escape that grind and maybe sometimes people try to do something on their own it
doesn't work and they just find themselves back in another job. Or they keep trying to find new
positions for them and each one might seem good for a little but then eventually that feeling
kind of creeps up again where they're just not happy. They get in that boring routine that rut
and they don't really feel that they're being able to feel fulfilled and not only that all
of the freedom is really kind of stripped away when you're working for someone else and you
don't really have a say in anything. So let's get right into the three different steps you can take
to leave your nine to five. So the first step is to really start to develop your skillset,
now this is really one of two things number one if you're in a job that really is just
something maybe like it's manual labor or you're a bartender or a server or something like that.
Obviously, that's probably not the skillset that you're going to use to escape that job so
in that case you need to find a skill that really suits your personality type best that is also in
demand. Now on the other hand let's say you do have a successful job or even a career
in a nine-to-five in a corporation and you're working for someone else and you like what you're
doing but you might just really not like having to show up to an office every day. You might want
to work for yourself as a freelancer in a home office or maybe you want to travel the world and
just work from wherever. That's kind of the other part of it, so if you already have some skills
you like the job you're in, you like what you're doing but you still know that eventually, you want
to go out into business for yourself. That's when you can not only just develop your skillset but
further develop it and this is something a lot of people really miss out on is that when they
want to leave their nine to five they kind of just ignore their nine to five and they
mentally check out. They mentally quit before they really quit however instead of doing that
you should really be doing the opposite you should go all-in on that job. Learn everything you can
try to advance yourself as far as you can so you can get all that experience that's going to help
build those skills that are going to help you when you really are out there on your own with
your own business. So that's really the first step is to develop your skillset not be afraid to
just embrace the job you're in now or even start to look for other positions that you can do on the
side, side hustles, things like that because that is how you're going to be able to start to trade
your value for money because usually in a nine to five even if you do have that yearly salary
at the end of the day you're clocking in. You're clocking out you need to show up there or you
don't get paid whereas when you have a business you have a consulting business you're a freelancer
you have something where it's a digital business you can trade your value. Now of course it's gonna
still take some time but you're not tied to your hour-making x amount your earning potential is not
capped. So really focus on developing that skill as the first step to leaving your nine to five
and getting into the second step to leaving your nine to five that's once you've already
established this skill you started to develop it further. Maybe you got some
accreditations or maybe you got some more skills learned and you really just took some online
learning. Whatever it is you use to really advance your learning now it's time to get hands-on and
remember this is when you still have your nine to five. So you want to now get what we'd like
to call proof of concept now proof of concept in business is really going into the real world the
marketplace and not just thinking about if something's going to work. It's proving if
something is going to work and the way you can do that is by actually selling your services
that you're offering. Or if you have a physical product selling your physical product and really
making sure that people want what you're selling that's such a important part of it right because
if people don't actually want what you're selling or they don't actually need it even if you might
think that they do it doesn't matter because what you need to do is have cold hard evidence. Cold
hard proof that people will pay you for what you want to do and once you start to get that proof of
concept before you've actually put it in your two weeks or even really left your 9 to 5 that's when
you can really start to build that confidence in yourself that you know that what you're going to
do is going to work in the real marketplace. It's not just a one-time thing that you thought was a
good idea you thought people would pay you for the skill or the service or product and then it didn't
go that way you need to get that real-world proof get those testimonials get those reviews. Start
networking outside of your nine to five hours of course on nights and weekends where not a lot of
people want to put in that effort but the ones that do are the ones that are like me that are
actually able to build freedom in their life. Work for themselves and do what they want every single
day so after you start to develop your skill then you're getting that proof of concept you
want to develop case studies. You want to really build your portfolio up in this time period and
then once you're doing that those are kind of a never-ending kind of process. That phase of
developing and getting proof but then you want to go into shift three the third phase and that is
saving an emergency fund up. Now I know this one probably isn't the funnest one to think about or
talk about but in reality, we're talking about how to do this the right way. How to leave your
nine to five comfortably have a predictable income and be able to really do it in a way
where you're not scared. Where your next paycheck is going to come from and in order to do that
really building up an emergency fund of six months even a year worth of your monthly expenses
that is really what's gonna help you build that cushion because as a freelancer as an entrepreneur
once you even have that proof that's awesome but there are going to be some fluctuations of course.
That's awesome because the more you put in the more you can get out but if something happens
and that your income does kind of take a dip once you've left for a little bit you want to have some
cushion there so you can continue to push through build up your portfolio your clientele and then
eventually the momentum will pick up. However, if you don't have that cushion that's where you
really risk all of your hard work going to nothing because then you can't pay your bills you have to
just go get a nine to five again then your time is all booked up at the nine to five for the most
part. So once you make the jump you do not want to go back. So make sure you have your foundation
you've developed your skill you've built a proof of concept and then you've saved up that
emergency fund and once you've done those three things I guarantee you that will really put you
in the best position to have the most success when you go out there and work for yourself.
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