What's missing from your life? When I was a corporate ladder climber, my soul gradually got sucked out of me. These were the things I found MISSING FROM MY LIFE:

• A good night's sleep

• Waking refreshed and eager to go to work

• Work/life balance

• Acknowledgement and appreciation for my efforts

• Enjoyment of simple pleasures

• Enjoyment of most anything eventually

• Friends - my job took me to different cities and I didn't have time to grow roots

These are the UNWANTED THINGS IN MY LIFE instead:

• Office POLITICS

• People pleasing, boss pleasing

• PERSONAL SACRIFICES of time, sleep, and peace of mind

• STRESS and frustration

• Being arm's length from decisions affecting my work and career

• LACK OF CONTROL over who I work with and what projects I worked on

• Not the best bosses

• LIMITS ON INCOME regardless of how well and hard I worked

With the cumulation of these factors over time, I decided to EXIT the CORPORATE WORLD. My next career move was ENTREPRENEURSHIP!

I decided it was time to LIVE A LIFE I LOVE. This meant BEING IN CONTROL of the decisions affecting my personal and work life. My decision: If it was to be, it was up to me.

For the past twenty years as an entrepreneur, franchise advisor and podcaster, I have modeled HAVING TIME FREEDOM AND MONEY FREEDOM as I help people live lives they love.