Making Huge Life Changes, part 3

About the same time I left my marketing career where I was working in associations, another friend of mine had left his association job. He had written a speech – I think it was on the history of Washington DC, and I think his idea was to give it at conferences in DC. He had tons of connections, and I'm sure the speech was great. But I don't think he lasted 6 months on his own. My impression was that his role changed with his contacts. He went from being an association colleague to a vendor who is selling a service to them. And that is a big difference.   This week I'm talking about how to make big changes, and my tip for today is to make sure you have the right connections before you make a big move. The people you think are going to help you out, may not be the ones who actually can. For me, I worked as a comedian for 2.5 years before I went into it full-time. And during those 2.5 years, I didn't cultivate my corporate contacts as much as I did my comedy contacts. I certainly kept in touch with my corporate contacts, but I really spent time connecting with people in the comedy world. Don't presume the contacts you have now, are the ones that will help you when you make a big change.   Check out my website www.TheWorkLady.com to see how far I've come from shopping at depressing food stores mentioned yesterday, to being able to shop in regular food stores.   That's it for today. Take care and enjoy your journey.