From Law to Education “That feeling of not bringing my whole self to work ultimately became frustrating.”
From Marketing to Own Business “I couldn't picture myself spending the next 30 to 40 years in an office job.”
From Journalist to Not-for-profit Founder “The work I was producing felt pointless and, to some extent, self-indulgent.”
From Management Consultant to Childcare Entrepreneur (Plus Post-shift Update) “I couldn't miss the chance to fix something I could see wasn't working.”
From Nursing to Own Charity (Plus Post-shift Update) “My gut was screaming at me, ‘You have to do this.’”
From Retail Buying to Toy Company “I was expected to work 12 hours a day, and to drop everything when the business required my attention.”
From the Music Industry to Own Business “I wanted the freedom to choose where, when and how I worked, as well as whom I worked with.”
From Market Research to Refugee Support “I decided then that I must do something or I would live the rest of my life as a fraud.”
From School to Consultancy “The day-to-day bureaucracy was taking me away from the core work I wanted to do.”
