How one can become successful? Making The Leap From Employee To Entrepreneur

Personal Story of Suzanne Mulvehill, Author   Employees at Entrepreneurship   I was so determined to stay in the corporate world that I went back to school in 1993 to get my MBA. Two years later, I graduated and had a better-paying job than ever. I thought I had everything. The problem is really unsatisfactory.   As I was trying to convince myself that I  was truly satisfied with my work, one day I received a disturbing visual message that what I was doing wasn't "it". I realized that I wanted to be or do something different. I know nothing. For two years, I hesitated between feeling satisfied with job security and feeling dissatisfied. Around the third year, I gave in to this wish. I started keeping an idea diary - listing ideas for the kind of business I wanted to start and spending some time thinking about becoming my own boss.   This phase of discovery came to an abrupt halt when I had an experience at work that left me feeling betrayed. I was given a position to manage a sales team and was fired because I failed a test. I have worked with this boss for 2.5 years at two different companies and know that he knows me better than test answers. I was so angry that I asked for leave the next day and defended myself, perhaps for the first time in my professional career.   Once the anger is over, the fear immediately sets in. I was stunned. I realized that in two weeks, I wouldn't get any more pay. Salary to me is like a lifesaver. Here, I raised two children alone. Thoughts and feelings about not getting paid and being a full-pocketed hostess. I was so scared that after two days of stomach pain and feeling more scared than I thought I could handle, I fought my fear and agreed to go back to my job. I have been assigned a sales position at a new location. I'm relieved. However, when the relief has worn off,  the desire persists.   I realize I'm back where I started. Stuck in a job I don't want. I feel trapped and don't know how to get out. I think the next time I quit my job, I'll be ready I attended seminars on entrepreneurship. I learned two things from these seminars - that I needed to save money and write a business plan.   Now I'm on a mission. I researched which business to start and wrote a business plan while working full-time, managing a household, raising two children, and saving money. I decided to start a magazine. I have worked in the publishing industry for many years and love it.   Five months after my first unsuccessful resignation, I met with my boss and asked for a second leave. I left that meeting feeling completely devastated when he shared that I needed a million dollars in capital to start this business and told me I was an idiot when it came to starting a business. start such a business. My budding idea was completely extinguished and I still haven't quit.   I'm depressed and emotionally tormented - hate my job and do it anyway because I can't leave. This time I made plans and tried but still couldn't leave. In a moment of humility and despair, I asked myself, “What am I supposed to do? I've got an answer. I need to change and grow. I realized that everything I had done to prepare for this transition was outside of me. I did nothing to address and release my fears, develop confidence, and ultimately to face the unknown. So this time, I took care of myself. I began an inner journey. I examine my fears and develop "if" situations I can live with. I started doing something different every day, to get used to the change. I ask for spiritual guidance and daily meditation. I have read books like The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success by Deepak Chopra. Slowly, I started to change from within. My business plan this time is a  draft to become a consultant. I'm really taking a step into the unknown.   Nine months after I quit the first time and four months after the second, I quit for the third and final time. The night before I made this final announcement, I had a dream that said I was now free. It's reassuring because I'm not sure I can make it past the two-week deadline and go back to my job.   I took a full month off after leaving the job market. I was exhausted, mentally, physically, and emotionally. During my meditation, I began to imagine myself working as a consultant and starting a project next month.