💡 From Corporate Cubicles to a Cabin in the Woods - My 25-Year Escape Plan (Issue 165)
Make a plan now to facilitate your exit later
I took the photo below as I was returning home to our cozy cabin in the woods last night. It took 25 years of planning and preparation to end up here (and a few failed attempts). Now I coach people to help them achieve their dreams much more quickly than I did!
We’d always had a dream of escaping the city to live quietly in a forest near the mountains. For example, my wife gave me this book as a gift in 1996.
Slowly but surely, we eventually made it after decades of living in places like Houston, TX, and the Bay Area of California.
I finally got tired of waiting for a mythical retirement date in the distant future.
I gave up on believing the corporate world would let me live this kind of life (before I died).
I realized that no rural job paid well enough to make it happen.
So, that left me with one option: Strike out on my own and return to solopreneurship.
I left the corporate world in 2010 and never went back. I know building a small business might not be right for everyone, but it might be right for you. If this story resonates with you, I’d like to help.
I’m kicking off my new business coaching package in January to help people design their own exit, define their ideal lifestyle, and have a business plan ready in their back pocket to make it happen.
One new client already grabbed a seat, and another person is talking with me now about signing up. That leaves only three slots remaining for one-on-one coaching with me.
Message me or leave a comment if that sounds intriguing! Would you like to discuss it with me first? You can always schedule a complimentary call.
Larry Cornett is a business coach who works with ambitious professionals to help them reclaim their power, become more invincible, and create better opportunities for their work and lives. Do more of what you love and less of what you hate! Check out his new Invincible Solopreneurs Daily Journal!
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