#197: 5 signs it's time to branch out with your own business - Tash Corbin, Heart-Centred Business Podcast

In today's episode, we're going to be talking about five signs that it's time for you to branch out with your own business. Now first, I want to say before we talk about the signs that it might be time to start your own business - the motivating factor of wanting to run away from something isn't always enough. For example, a lot of people would say that if you're peeved with your job and you don't love your boss, then it's a sign that you should branch out with your own business, and I actually think that's often not enough for sustainability. Running away from something and not having something you're running towards, can be a good motivator to start you off. But it doesn't necessarily help you keep that momentum and sustain what it takes to really grow a thriving business. However, if you are peeved with your boss, you are on maternity leave, you don't want to go back to work, you've got financial issues, you don't want to be lining the pockets of someone else with your efforts… or any other reason for wanting to start your own business right now, then that's a great motivator to get you started. But we want to make sure we're also tapping into what's going to sustain you long term, so here are five signs that it might be time for you to branch out with your own business. You have an epic vision. This was definitely one of the big things for me - my epic vision.  When I first started my business, it was being able to make enough money to live an amazing life of luxury, and have a giant beach house and travel a lot. And also run a not-for-profit that I had a very specific vision about at that particular point in time. My desires and goals and what my vision is has changed a little, not a lot, but it has changed a little, and that epic vision really motivated me, even when I was first starting out in my business. And it allowed me to really tap into the bigger goals of wanting to start a business. I didn't want to just start a business and make the same salary I was making in my day job, which was a very handsome six figure salary at the time.  I didn't want to just replace that income. I wanted to have a million dollar business and a multi million dollar a year business from when I first started my business. Part of the reason was that big epic vision that I had. I had a vision of wanting to change lives, influence people, and really help those who wouldn't otherwise get help and support that they need. And I was sick of relying on the government to do the right thing, to be 100% honest with you.  Young Tash had political aspirations, and business-starting Tash had already decided politics was not the way that I was going to enact the change that I wanted to enact. I started to see entrepreneurship as a pathway for me to create that change. And so that is what really drove me to get my business off the ground. It drove me in those times when I was feeling like, “well, maybe I could just take my foot off the accelerator and just be happy with $75,000 a year,” and then I’d remember, “no, my big vision is epic."  And I want to make sure that I stay aligned with that vision. You have transferable skills and knowledge. This one is really interesting because a lot of people assume that the skills and knowledge they've developed through their career or through their job or through university or wherever, would be thrown away in order for them to start a business because it's completely different or in a completely different space. But if you actually sit down and do an assessment of the transferable skills and knowledge that you have, chances are, there's a lot more that you have to bring to the table than you're giving yourself credit for. Something that I did before I started my business was use Marcus BuckinghLet me know your thoughts via our Text FanMail!