The Honest Truth About Quitting Your Job To Start A Business (And My Exact Blueprint)
6/17/202622 min
There’s a special kind of frustration that hits when you realize your future at work is still in someone else’s hands, no matter how hard you’ve worked or how much you’ve proven yourself. If you’ve been thinking about walking away from your job to build something of your own, this episode gets right to the part most people avoid: the fear, the doubt, and the moment you finally decide you can’t keep waiting for permission to build the life you actually want.
In this Q&A Wednesday episode, Omar answers a question from Henry, about what it really looks like to leave your job and go all in on your business. You’ll hear Omar break down the reality of making that move, what changes once the safety net is gone, and the bigger things you need to face before you make a decision that changes everything.
If you’ve been circling the idea of making the leap but need a real-world gut check before you do, click play at the top of the page and get the honest version of what it takes to walk away from the paycheck and bet on yourself.
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First 90 secondsOmar Zenhom· Host0:00
I wanna tell you about a meeting that changed my life. It was 2012. I was in my teaching career. I was the acting chair of the department I was working for at the college I was at for 18 months. I was doing the job, I was running the team, I was getting the results, but I didn't officially have the promotion. I was acting chair. So I asked my boss, the dean of the college, for a meeting. I wanted to sit down across from her and ask her two questions. Why I did not get the promotion yet, and am I doing a good job? She looked at me and said, "Omar, you're doing a fantastic job. The department has never been better." And then she said, "But I gotta level with you. The director of the university wants to make an outside hire for this position." In that moment, I was crushed. Something happened inside of me when I left that room that I didn't expect. My frustration finally outgrew my fear. In that moment, I realized something that changed everything. I had zero control over my career. Zero. No matter how well I performed, no matter how hard I worked, no matter how much good I was doing, someone else always is going to make a decision, make a final call that dictated my future, and I was just done with that. I handed in my resignation one week later, and today I'm giving you the honest and ugly truth about quitting your job to start a business. I'm gonna give you the exact eight-step blueprint I used to build a seven-figure business when I left. If I had to start completely over tomorrow with nothing,