Are you moving from a corporate job to your future as a successful entrepreneur?
When I first started coaching, my clients were executives, consultants, and professionals - mostly corporate folks who wanted to be ex-corporate like me.
Some of my clients who found themselves in jobs they liked, were still searching for the next challenge, a new calling, and the meaning behind what they were doing.
I knew exactly how they felt. By age 35, I had a job making more than I had imagined I would, a nice glass office with a view. I had 5-figure bonus checks, too. Beautiful and inspiring to me.
My job was satisfying. In my corporate position, I worked with many people I truly liked and respected. I had opportunities to do cutting-edge work which inspired me to get up each day, stay late, and take work home with me.
Then what happened to me is what I think happens to so many people. I had succeeded in the game I had chosen to play - "successful woman as corporate executive" - and I began to wonder what was next. I began to question "ME".
- Who I was.
- Who I wanted to be.
- What I truly valued.
- What I honestly wanted to do with my life.
- What I was meant to do in this world.
- Who did I want to become.
Have you ever asked yourself these very same questions?
Back then, my closest friend and I would take lunch-time walks and ask ourselves,
"Is this all there is?"
We came to the conclusion that no, this was not all.
I had achieved my goals as an executive, and would probably succeed in anything I chose to do. It was time to choose to play -
- where I was more at home with myself,
- where I could follow a new calling to have more of an impact in the world, and
- where I felt I could make money and make a difference.
After much searching, I discovered and fell in love with coaching. I found out the cost of tuition and hesitated, yet knew I was on the right track. Within days, a check for almost the full tuition amount arrived in the mail from a forgotten account. My husband and I knew why it had arrived, and I signed up immediately with Coach U.
I continued working for my Fortune 100 employer, I trained to become a coach and I used my new skills with my teams and my business partners. Then with a dream in hand, I next set out to create my own business that fueled my soul as well as my bank account.
Since at heart, I am a blend of business person, healer, project manager, researcher, and artist, my business style is really a mix of coaching, mentoring and "get-it-done, make-it-real" consulting
Over the last 10 years,
- I have run my own Life and Business Coaching company, a healing business called Harvest House Healing LLC, and a Design and Publishing Company.
- I have created signature programs including the Passionate Purpose Program™ and Meaningful Streams of Income™.
- I authored the book/audio series called "Grow It! The $1000 a Day Business Model"
- I have coached people in groups, privately and through my coaching clubs, plus much more. (You can read my quick bio here.)
I will not kid you, it has not all been smooth sailing. Leaving the comfort of a good position, not to mention steady paychecks, bonuses, benefits, and retirement plans, can be unnerving at times. No one wants to risk their family's future. (Did I mention that I am a wife and the mother of 4?)
However, I would say this journey is worth it. Each day, I continue to work to grow my business and each day, I get to enjoy the work I do, the people I get to work with, and the opportunities that show up for me again and again. And the bonus - I get to show up fully as I am, doing work I love, working with the people I love to serve, and getting paid to do it! And of course the testimonials and praise from my clients is fuel for my soul, too.
So that's my (short) story about my move from corporate executive to Meaningful Streams of Income coach and entrepreneur. The purpose of this post is to remind you that you are not alone on this journey. There are others who have walked the path before you and are here to help.
Very soon, you can join others and create your own $1000+ a Day, Meaningful Streams of Income business...doing what you love.
Stay tuned for my new Meaningful Streams Master Success Circle starting on May 1st, 2008. There are some very enticing, yet limited, early sign-up bonuses (hint: private sessions) that are an unheard of gift for coaching clubs. Get yourself on the list, so you can be one of the few people who get to take advantage of this unique offer.
Get on the List and Get Started Today with a free 4-part audio sampler from the $1000 a Day Business Model.
If you want to read about others who also made the choice to leave their corporate jobs and start a business that fueled their passions, check out these quick reads:
- Escape From Corporate America | Entrepreneur.com | Liza Porteus Viana | Feb 2008 | "Six-figure jobs on Wall Street and elsewhere just aren’t enough for "Millennial" workers, who want their work to have 'meaning' too."
- Want to read about some successes, too? Then check out these Case Studies.
- And I love watching Donny Deutsch on TV as host of The Big Idea, too.
Enjoy.
Blessings and Possibilities,
Maiya Rose
Meaningful Streams Master Success Circle | Free Meaningful Streams Club | $1000 a Day Business