The Scary Leap from Corporate Secure to Entrepeneur Free!

Maybe you've done it already, or maybe you're just sitting in your cubicle dreaming about it. No, I'm not talking about a date with your personal McDreamy, I'm talking about your leap from employee to entrepreneur!

I did it two years ago and most of my clients either have just made the leap or are teetering on the edge looking at the ground so far far below.

It can be a scary thing, but there is so much excitement, possiblity and freedom in becoming your own boss and seeing your own dream come to fruition.

In her blog Escape From Cubicle Nation (cute, yeah?) Pamela Stewart shares three things that we definitely leave behind when we leave the security of our corporate lives.

Transition and change always involve leaving behind and gaining something new. As you consider leaping into the wide world of being an entrepreneur take a look at your whole picture - not just the fact that you'll be able to work in your sweats and won't have to listen to someone's crackly pop station radio all day.

You definitely have to weigh the pros and cons for yourself. Know your values and what's important to you. If your primary value is freedom, like mine is, then at best being an employee will never feel completely satisfying, at worst it will feel like a straightjacket. But, if you are a person who values steadiness and security, then the entrepreneur road is going to be a rocky one for you and corporate life may be your satisfaction ticket.

There is value in the adage, look before you leap. Just be sure that you're looking inside as well as out.

Photo from: Don Getty