Comments on: Is Your Job Killing You? http://www.startbreakingfree.com/202/is-your-job-killing-you/ How to Quit Your Job and Start Your Own Business Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:07:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: David http://www.startbreakingfree.com/202/is-your-job-killing-you/#comment-1079 David Wed, 20 Feb 2008 06:14:45 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/202/is-your-job-killing-you/#comment-1079 I just got fired and I am so happy.... Well at first I was a little shocked. I have been at my current company for 7 years; It was the best place I have ever worked. 23% to 34% growth sales over the past 6 years we went from 267 to 1400 employees. Top promotional products supplier in the USA. Some great travel, even went to Hong Kong and China to see all the amazing growth there. At Leeds I supervised this industry leader in consumer product development with thousands of products a year. The people were cool, even the owners. It was fun and work. But it just drained me, I never wanted more money. I always thought there would be a big reward, or pay off or some kind of something that never was there. Others felt the same way but they said its work Dave. Not sure what really happen. I am not and (over) over-time person, I am a family first, balance health. I stopped loving to design products a year and a half ago. At Carnegie Mellon University we learned how important it was to” have your heart in your work” Andrew Carnegie. I even tried interviewing at other companies. So just over a year ago I started my own "dream job" company and even though it does not make much money for the work I put in. It has been the most rewarding exciting, job I have ever done. I picked the most outrages thing I could think of. Took a year to research and write a full 26 page business plan. A crazy dream I have had my who life to start a car company. It’s now an obsession. Every day is a new unknown adventure when a customer calls me, sends a letter or e-mails from anywhere in the world. They tell great stories and order parts from me to build their dream cars. I have had high highs and low lows of devastation. I just try hard to deal with whatever opportunity pops up. I ship parts to places I can even read the address or pronounce the names. Every month the sales double, ok so the first months sales were only $4.00 a year ago. I have been trying to find time to grow this business from part-time. My electric car division is really heating up now too. Well now I have the time, I need to be strategic and really go for it......sift through the opportunities to grow Sterling Sports Cars LLC. I just got fired and I am so happy…. Well at first I was a little shocked. I have been at my current company for 7 years; It was the best place I have ever worked. 23% to 34% growth sales over the past 6 years we went from 267 to 1400 employees. Top promotional products supplier in the USA. Some great travel, even went to Hong Kong and China to see all the amazing growth there. At Leeds I supervised this industry leader in consumer product development with thousands of products a year. The people were cool, even the owners. It was fun and work. But it just drained me, I never wanted more money. I always thought there would be a big reward, or pay off or some kind of something that never was there. Others felt the same way but they said its work Dave. Not sure what really happen. I am not and (over) over-time person, I am a family first, balance health. I stopped loving to design products a year and a half ago. At Carnegie Mellon University we learned how important it was to” have your heart in your work” Andrew Carnegie. I even tried interviewing at other companies.

So just over a year ago I started my own “dream job” company and even though it does not make much money for the work I put in. It has been the most rewarding exciting, job I have ever done. I picked the most outrages thing I could think of. Took a year to research and write a full 26 page business plan. A crazy dream I have had my who life to start a car company. It’s now an obsession. Every day is a new unknown adventure when a customer calls me, sends a letter or e-mails from anywhere in the world. They tell great stories and order parts from me to build their dream cars. I have had high highs and low lows of devastation. I just try hard to deal with whatever opportunity pops up. I ship parts to places I can even read the address or pronounce the names. Every month the sales double, ok so the first months sales were only $4.00 a year ago. I have been trying to find time to grow this business from part-time. My electric car division is really heating up now too. Well now I have the time, I need to be strategic and really go for it……sift through the opportunities to grow Sterling Sports Cars LLC.

]]> By: Tom Volkar http://www.startbreakingfree.com/202/is-your-job-killing-you/#comment-822 Tom Volkar Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:49:27 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/202/is-your-job-killing-you/#comment-822 Your last point is the most powerful for me. "More control over what you do with your time every day of your life!" This principle of self-determination that allows us to work when we want to, on what we want and with whom is the essence of freedom. Nothing tastes sweeter! Your last point is the most powerful for me.
“More control over what you do with your time every day of your life!”

This principle of self-determination that allows us to work when we want to, on what we want and with whom is the essence of freedom.

Nothing tastes sweeter!

]]> By: PHP Encoder http://www.startbreakingfree.com/202/is-your-job-killing-you/#comment-819 PHP Encoder Tue, 06 Nov 2007 13:01:42 +0000 http://www.startbreakingfree.com/202/is-your-job-killing-you/#comment-819 Thanks for this interesting blog!!! Thanks for this interesting blog!!!

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