If you had this option would you take it?

I would keep your regularity at this stage. IM is a tough business and you need to be sure you can be a success at it. Best to figure it out while you have the comfort of your income.

Good that you have support though, you'll need it so cherish it.

I don't know, sometimes I can be quite impulsive and just go and do something, other times I do hang back and think about things, so I'm the last person you want to take career advice from right now.

Don't quit your day job right away unless you've got a lot of money saved somewhere! First of all i'm a giant fan of outsourcing. If you're making $3000 per month you can outsource 8-10 full time workers on odesk! So I would suggest keeping your job while doing research online and then outsourcing 400 hours of work per week from odesk. This will allow you to start making a good income online quickly before you quit you job. Hope this inspires you

you mention "I've felt this way for years."

If that is the case, and you have not taken any action to make going to the job you hate un-necessary, you need to take a really long look at things before you make a decision.

Either you don't hate your job as much as you say, or something has prevented you from taking action on your entrepreneurial journey up to this point.

The single greatest difference in those who fail and those who don't is taking action.

Up until now, you have only been "passionate" about business and the internet. What is so different today that make you think you are now ready to take action.

Just to be clear, I am not against you. But I think you need to take a long hard look at things and make sure you are really ready to do this. Or is this still just a passion and a dream?

I'd keep the job and focus on my passion - in your case IM.
Awesome that your wife supports you! And another good thing is the fact that you have zero "bad" debt (there's also good debt )
Try to spend less time at work - do your job and do it well - but if possible shift in priorities and go home earlier. This way you'll be able to work more on building up your own business.

The absolute WORST thing you can do is quit your job right now. Trust me!

I would just do a little bit while your working, make your first dollar (to prove you can make money online) and then consider quiting.

But definately not now.

Do both until your totally confident its for you

Sort of, yes. Maybe work part time or on call.

Maybe definitely a yes, if you will be passionate about pursuing income streams online.

Ultimately, you have to weigh the pros and cons and decide for yourself.

Good luck.

You want to keep your job and do IM on the side until you can prove you can make it...

Jumping now in the hope that it will make you swim
is NOT the path to success in business of any kind.

The path to success lies in acquiring the skills necessary
for success in your chosen field then applying those skills
on a consistent daily basis.

Outsourcing is NOT for people who don't have working
knowledge of a particular skill. It's for people who do
have that knowledge but can invest their time more
productively on other tasks.

Non-swimmers who jump into deep waters hoping that
act will somehow miraculously turn them into swimmers
almost always drown.

Maybe for you now, you just need to improve yourself in the aera of what you want to be in, and then just leave the IM and do what you really want, but first you should keep yourself a good salery to keep your family, because wife is always worried about the family.

I don't believe in playing it safe. I believe that in order to achieve true success you must be willing to take chances, go all in, make mistakes, and cut your safety nets.

Life must be all or nothing. Otherwise, you will never achieve greatness.


No. this is called fear... And fear is a liar.



Fear is the very thing that has held you back.. Fear is what's telling you not to quit your job... So let's call a spade a spade. It's fear. and it couldn't be more wrong.



If you HATE what you do so much... and you've felt this way for years...

Why the hell are you still working there? Why is this even an issue?

Let's get real bro. Yes. you hate your job.. but as much as you hate your job, the reason why you haven't quit already is because you're afraid.

That's what your problem is... Fear. You're scared to death. And fear has kept you trapped inside a box.


And it starts with finally being real with yourself. Admit it, you're afraid.

You're afraid of change. You're afraid of failure. You're afraid to take a chance. You're afraid of stepping out into the unknown and leaving the 'familiar'. And you are scared to death of cutting your safety net and leaving your job behind..


You're afraid. And it's ok...





We all get scared sometimes... But you have got to see it for what it really is.. and then push through it!

Face your fears. Face it head on.. And cut that safety net..

Because until you do, NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE.

Because as much as you can't stand your job and hate going to work each and every day.. the honest to God truth is that you're comfortable as hell.

You said it yourself. You make good money. You've got a great boss. You live in San Diego. it's beautiful. sh1t, you're living the 'american dream', son...



You've got it too good. You're too damn comfortable.

Life has got to be all or nothing.

You need to stop being comfortable.

Comfortable people don't chances. They don't take risks. They don't put in blood, sweat, and tears.

Comfortable people don't bust their ass off. They don't pull all-nighters working on their business. They don't work hard.

Why would they? They're comfortable. Sure, you hate your job. But life is 'pretty good'.


You're comfortable... and you have got to ditch your comfort zone.

Do whatever it takes to light a fire under your ass, and start taking some chances asap!





Personally, if it was me. And I was in your shoes...

I would walk into work, first thing tomorrow morning and tell everyone I quit! I'd immediately clear off my desk.. put my stuff in a box..

Scratch that. I wouldn't bother putting anything in a box. I'd save myself the trouble...

I'd throw all my work stuff straight into the trash. Because I would never need it again.

MWUAHAHA...

There's no turning back now!



As I was leaving.. I'd flip everyone off.. knock over the water cooler and tell my boss that I hate his tie.

That way I could pretty much guarantee that nobody would ever hire me again.

It's all or nothing baby! Now you're all in. lol.

Honestly. if I was you...

I would never step foot into a job after that..

...Even if it meant I had to start sleeping on park benches for a while....





I'm ok with that... but that's just me.


Why am I so adament against them?

Well.. I got good reason. I hate cancer. And that's exactly what a job is. Cancer.

A job is the absolute WORST thing you can have.

...And a high paying job! OUCH! - That's even worse. the doc may as well placed you on life support.



I HATE high paying jobs.. and you should do... because high paying jobs steal your soul.

Think about it.

It makes you extremely comfortable.

And comfort KILLS.

Let me ask you this. Do you know why it's against the law to feed wild animals in a national park?

If you go to a national park and start feeding wild animals.. you can get FINED.

it's a crime. Why?

Well. think about it. What happens when you start feeding wild animals?

They become dependent on you. They quickly lose their killer instinct. They stop hunting.

Getting hand fed by humans is a heck of alot easier than chasing down food..

so why do that anymore?



And so they stop hunting all together. They'll show up every single day at the exact same place at the exact same time.. and expect to be fed.



That's because it is.

That's exactly what a job does to you.

It makes you dependent. You lose your hunger. You lose that killer instinct. It's death.

Do you know what happens if you leave and no longer show up to feed those animals?

They die. They stopped hunting. They forgot how to. They became 100% dependent on you. And suddenly you stopped providing for them..

and as a result, they starve to death.

So that's why I treat this job stuff like it's life or death... because it really is.



You could do what everyone else is advising you to do.

You could play it safe.

You could continue to work your job...

You could save up some money and do IM in your spare time..

and then leave your job once you start making full time money with IM..



Is that how a true mackdaddy does things?

Is that the route that a LEGEND takes?

Is that how successful people do things?

If Donald Trump had to start all over.. is that how HE would do things?

Hell no. So why should YOU?

You just said you've been trying to do IM for years and STILL haven't made it.. so what's your REAL problem? Why haven't you made it already?


Hand fed animals don't go hunting for themselves. They don't need to.

So you have got to do something DRASTIC. You have got to step outside of your comfort zone.

You've got to do something different.

You have got to do WHATEVER it takes to cut that safety net and light a fire under your ass..




..If that means quitting your job and going all or nothing.. Hey. maybe that's what it'll take for you to start getting serious...



YOU HAVE GOT TO START BELIEVING IN YOURSELF BRO. THERE IS NO ROOM FOR DOUBT.

You said:

HOPEFULLY... I can make enough SOMEDAY... I am going to TRY.. I do know one thing... I THINK...

Do you see what you just did?

There's no room for all that BS!

You just said all kinds of stuff with hopefully/someday/try/I 'think'.



Get rid of it.

That's DOUBT. and if you have that much doubt going into something, guaranteed you will fail.

You need to start believing in yourself man. There's NO ROOM for this 'hopefully', 'someday', BS!


You ARE going to make $5,000/month in IM in the next few 4 months.

Say it with me...

You KNOW beyond a shadow of a doubt that you will make it. It's as good as yours.

Because you're going to do whatever it takes.

Come hell or high water.



You're a champion. You're a winner.

And that's how a winner talks.

All this 'hopefully' nonsense is what DEFEATED people say. 'hopefully' is no longer in your vocabulary. From this point on YOU KNOW you're going to make it.

See the difference? Tell me that doesn't just sound waaay better?

So rise up my son. It's your time to shine. Grab success by the freaking horns. It's yours for the taking.

Take back what's rightfully yours. Reach out and grab it.

Believe it. Feel it. Know it.

Kick doubt to the curb. Take chances. Go all in!


-Jarrett Stevenson

Jarrett,

Will you Pu'leeeze marry me ?????

That was the most awesome post I have ever read. Thank you!!!!

Just the kick up the butt that I needed.

Di

Hahaha freakin love it... the master has dropped a truth bomb again.

In case you had any more doubts (which of course would be ridiculous after reading this) - listen to this man, he knows what the hell he's talking about

Hey,

The man is right, we always play it safe in life.
I can tell you this, if you want to do something, do it right.
People who got to live to the fullest, never played it safe.
And believe me, only when your life depends on it, you will make it the way you wouldn't have ever made it if you had the chance to play it safe.
I say- dare yourself.Do you know how many people just went for it? not a lot. Many are doing what you are doing right now, working in office jobs , dreaming of having the guts to do what you can do. Again, you will feel the urge to learn and make money, after all you have a family.

If you are new to IM, then you need to educate yourself a little before you dive in. You don't have to do this full time. Though I agree with Jarrett that you need to overcome your fears because fear, belittle you in every way possible.



But I also think that you need to establish and reinforce your foundation before you can build on it. You need confidence and that will come with learning, research and testing. Then you can let go of the sides and swim to success!

Jarrett what an awesome post. Kick in the but inspiration, just at the right time.

Yeah you need to either go all in, or stay with the 99.9 percent of people that have to deal with jobs they hate. I started my business 3 months ago, my wife's in the military so we get by quite well and we don't need to pay for childcare

I'm still in the "making money, putting it all into investment" stage but the fact is... I'm all in, there is no room for failure.

Due to a move interstate I basically lost my business and income. Decided to go the IM route and am finally making it work for me. But having been through the times of 'learning the ropes (o.k. you never stop but the basics) and trying to juggle finance, I would say hold on to your job until you have at least started to make a living online. You're very, very fortunate to have a supportive wife, count that as a massive blessing and give gratitude every night. Again, from experience, having a partner who was and still is the complete opposite makes the going twice as tough.

Good luck and start now with your IM business but hang on to that day job - for a while anyway - you've stuck it out so far a bit longer will not hurt.

Phase into IM slowly. You might not be good at it. Since you are married you should also be thinking about your wife and the economic strain you will put on her if your attempts at IM fail.

I hate to sound trite but it rings true in this case: "you must learn how to walk before you can run"

best of luck to you in whatever you do.

First of all, sounds like you have a really great wife, congratulations!

You need to realize that "the perfect opportunity" is never going to present itself. You're going to have to trust in yourself and make the jump. I'm speaking from personal experience, I was in your position not too long ago. I made it... If you're truly passionate about it then you will succeed and you'll never "work" another day in your life If I had the option (which I did) I would take it.

Let me know if there's anything I can do to help you out.

Honestly IM is an ALL IN ONE business, there's really nobody that it isn't meant for because you can literally put ANY skillset into it.

Anyone who says it's not for them is a quitter and deserves to be on the life-support that is the job market.

I would stay. I have the "I wish I could quit right now..." saying running through my head everyday at work. I hate my job.

I'm just waiting until my IM income is good enough so I can live comfortably without stressing.

You don't want to give your wife extra stress while your grinding to grow your online business. It might even give tensions between you two.

It's not as easy as most WSO tell you it is. Stick with your job and use that as motivation to work harder at IM.

Well, I know how you feel. I just quit my regular job so I can work at home. For a long while I was working a regular job while working at home but it was becoming too stressful. I felt I was spreading myself too thin what with my kids and all. I also wanted to stay at home so I can have more time with the kids. So I discussed this with my hubby and we decided that it will be best if I work from home while he works a regular job and a few odd jobs at home if he has the spare time. If your wife's salary is going to be enough for your family, then go ahead take the risk.

I know the feeling of doing something you have no heart for. It's stifling and stultifying.

well if you hate your career, you should do what you like, that would make a difference

Hi,

I would suggest that you don't quit your job until you get a stream of money from IM, because you need to have the flow of income in order to do big business in IM such as media buys...

I suggest you not to quit. Doing IM sounds easy but it's quite tough when you are already there. For now, keep your career and look for extras. If you are planning to endure in IM in the future, take sometime in thinking for strategies before getting into the field.

I wouldn't dive right in to IM and quit your job just yet. I would give it a try first and see how you feel about it and what your success is like. After all, a lot of people try IM and end up giving up very quickly for multiple reasons. I say try it while you're still working and go from there

Don't make the leap until you're earning almost enough to survive on.

If I were You, I would do both until I can make enough to quit my job. because IM is though but you can make good living with. And you also need some money to invest in, if you want to get serious in IM so....

Good luck

Well, I built my business, part time, over the course of 7 years before I was ready to go full time. But, if money had been no object, who knows perhaps I might have been able to do it in half the time

If my wife had been supporting me in the way you described your wife is prepared to do, I bet she would be thinking twice after that first year of effort produced hardly any results. I'm not saying you could not do it within a year, but the real key is knowing how you are going to tackle it.

Just having more time available does not necessarily mean you will succeed.

Will

To anyone who did take a big risk by quitting their day job BEFORE making any money with IM, do you regret your decision of not waiting until you were making enough money to live off of?