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This week is the fifth in my series of articles about transitioning from employment to doing work that’s more fulfilling and on-purpose for you (I find that most people who want to make this move don’t have a clear sense of exactly how they’re going to do it, and what it’s going to look like). We’re walking through the five main “transition strategies” involved in starting your own venture, and highlighting some of the key advantages and disadvantages of each. As you read through the five strategies, you’ll start to get a sense of which strategy (or combination of strategies) makes the most sense for you.
Transition Strategy #5 – Go with the flow
The “go with the flow” strategy involves a) preparing for opportunity, b) noticing it when it shows up and c) acting on it. Sometimes people refer to this as “just following your wisdom”, but a closer analysis reveals that when people have followed their wisdom successfully, it’s involved these three elements.
Pros / Advantages
– Highly “organic” approach.
– Lends itself to boldness, courage and taking action.
– Can be very successful, especially when used in conjunction with one or more of the other strategies.
– Benefits from cultivation of high levels of awareness and perceptiveness externally (E.g. for noticing opportunities).
– Relies on willingness to act on intuition / wisdom / gut-feeling.
– Relies on you taking a proactive / responsible position with relation to your venture (rather than a reactive / passive position).
Cons / Disadvantages
– Risk of a counter-productive and passive attitude (“Why hasn’t it happened yet?”)
Next week, in the final article in this series, we’re going to be looking at some of the things you need to develop whichever of the five strategies (or combination of them) you’re going to follow.
By the way, if you’re looking to transition, I’ve just finished shooting the video-segment for Project Jupiter, which is starting in a couple of weeks. The feedback from the people on the video-shoot was wonderful, so I’m really excited about it. Here’s how you’ll know if you’re right for my experiment (and vice-versa):
– You are currently in full-time employment, but…
– You want to transition from your job to something more fulfilling and “on-purpose”
– You sense that it’ll probably take 1-2 years to complete the transition, but…
– Your goal hasn’t been getting much closer; it seems to stay the same distance away
– You want to make progress, but lack clarity about either the ‘what’ or the ‘how’
– You know that if you were clear on those, with a solid plan, you’d do what it takes to make it happen
– You’ve been thinking about it for long enough, and you’re ready to do something about it NOW
If that’s you, send me an email at info@jamiesmart.com, create the subject line with “Project Jupiter” so I know what it’s in relation to and tell me a bit about yourself. I’ll be choosing people in the next week.
Big love
Jamie
Jamie Smart
Sunday Times Bestselling Author, Speaker and Executive Coach
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