On Leaving the Rat Race

This was exactly how I felt when I decided to resign from my first job. That was November 2007 when I told myself that I should move to another job that would allow me to do my business part-time. This time, the weird feeling is the same. I feel tensed and very uncomfortable with the idea that I'll be facing my boss and handing over a resignation letter. With my first resignation, I made sure that I had a back-up plan. And that is to transfer immediately to another employer. Now, it's going to be a different scenario. I have decided to burn the boat and go full-time with my business.

What marks the difference between then and now? I remember what my mentor said more than a year ago, "If you can't produce results part-time, how sure are you that you can make it full-time?" Now, after a year of learnings, breakdowns, breakthroughs and results, I am prepared.

The resignation that I made is highly necessary. It's a resignation completely aligned with the future that I see coming at me and I'm actually thrilled with the thought of it happening in a month's time. I am leaving employment not because I think of employees as small or mediocre people but because I know that I can be of service to more people with my choosing the path of entrepreneurship. Continue...