Decide First, Plan Second.
Changing your stressful work situation is often hindered by fear of risk and loss.
What will you do for health insurance? How will you pay off your school loans? How will you pay your kids’ tuition?
But planning before you firmly decide to make your change is perilous. Planning before deciding might prolong damage to your physical and emotional health or even cause you to give up on the idea altogether.
I was a guest at an event for physicians transitioning into entrepreneurism from clinical medicine. The fear of losing benefits was palpable and real. Financial fear can be so overwhelming that we stop our dreams in their tracks, resigning our change to a “right” time that may never come.
Although this and other responsibilities are real concerns, having a clear plan is not the first step.
Change requires a breaking, a severing, of the ties to your present status quo. Your new future demands a shift in attachments.
First and foremost, be committed to your change....
