Entrepreneurship is a career choice that takes resilience, humility, and strength. So, for those who aren’t afraid to work 80-hours a week, admit when they’re wrong, make mistakes, and keep going, owning your own business can be the most rewarding thing you’ll ever do.

Having built two companies from the ground up, I left my cushy, safe, lucrative job to build my own thing. It was one of the best decisions of my life, and I’ve never looked back since becoming an entrepreneur and working for myself.

But, sadly, as adults, we can get to a point in our careers where we stop pushing ourselves. We plateau and settle for less, incorrectly believing our time for growth has passed and that it’s too late.

But it doesn’t have to be that way.

American author Zig Zigler famously said:

There are 3 C’s in life: Choice, Chance, Change. You must choose to take a chance, or your life will never change.

If you’d like to make career progress think about this.

Choice

Choice is all about shifting your mindset. It can be so tempting to ride that wave of familiarity, especially if everything in your career or job is going well. But at some point, you’ll decide that good isn’t good enough. Maybe you have that nagging feeling in the pit of your stomach telling you something needs to give. You want something more, something different, something new, even if you’re not sure what that is. Maybe you are putting in 80 hours a week but for someone else’s gain.

When you make a conscious choice to do something, you’re taking the first step toward growth. Action is empowering and contagious; inaction breeds stagnation.

Chance

Have you been going back and forth in your mind about taking a leap of faith? Maybe harboring some fear about the unknown? This is understandable, but don’t let it paralyze you. Challenging yourself to leave your comfort zone helps your stretch your wings, gain new skills and insight, experience and confidence.

Still unsure about taking that chance? Ask yourself if what you are doing today is getting you closer to where you want to be tomorrow. Remember any shot you don’t take you will miss 100% of the time.

Change

Change sometimes gets a bad rap. If you’ve listened to any of my other, podcasts, you have heard me say, “change isn’t good, good change is good”, because change is often seen as a disruptor. When one thing changes, others usually follow suit. But if you flip that around, you’ll see that change is the antithesis to the status quo. Change shakes things up and breathes new life into old methods and routines. We’re forced to get out of ruts we may not even know we’ve been in, to view things differently with a fresh perspective. It’s about envisioning what’s possible, not just what is.

That being said, change requires a degree of focus and intentionality. If you want something you’ve never had, you have to do something you’ve never done. It’s not too late.

Remember, it starts with a choice; choose wisely.

I look forward to you joining me weekly with conversations about going from employee to entrepreneur. Are you Ready!