Comments on: Staying at Work http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/staying-at-work/ A Personal Blog Mon, 07 May 2012 18:40:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jon Payne http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/staying-at-work/#comment-4450 Jon Payne Tue, 07 Dec 2004 19:20:02 +0000 /?p=1607#comment-4450 Exactly one week from tomorrow will the one year anniversary of my "we've decided to shift away from internet marketing to focus on direct mail, so we're going to have to let you go effective immediately" one-way conversation with my last boss. In my case this provide the *encouragement* I needed to start my own business. IMO the best way to do it is full-force. I took six months before that day of slowly building my business, but the results of jumping in and building your business full-time are so much more productive. That said, since you've got 3,500 reasons to stick around for a while I think you are making the right decision. You mentioned some time off and vacation time... perhaps you could use some of that time to help launch the business... Most businesses are slow to agree to new contracts and such around Christmas-time anyways, so I don't think you'll lose out much on new business. Best of luck!!! Exactly one week from tomorrow will the one year anniversary of my “we’ve decided to shift away from internet marketing to focus on direct mail, so we’re going to have to let you go effective immediately” one-way conversation with my last boss. In my case this provide the *encouragement* I needed to start my own business.

IMO the best way to do it is full-force. I took six months before that day of slowly building my business, but the results of jumping in and building your business full-time are so much more productive.

That said, since you’ve got 3,500 reasons to stick around for a while I think you are making the right decision. You mentioned some time off and vacation time… perhaps you could use some of that time to help launch the business…

Most businesses are slow to agree to new contracts and such around Christmas-time anyways, so I don’t think you’ll lose out much on new business. Best of luck!!!

]]> By: Paul Chaney http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/staying-at-work/#comment-4449 Paul Chaney Tue, 07 Dec 2004 18:50:59 +0000 /?p=1607#comment-4449 What's eight weeks against the rest of your career? This is a bump in the road, nothing more. Keep your eye on the prize! Paul Chaney Radiant Marketing Group What’s eight weeks against the rest of your career? This is a bump in the road, nothing more. Keep your eye on the prize!

Paul Chaney
Radiant Marketing Group

]]> By: Patrick http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/staying-at-work/#comment-4448 Patrick Tue, 07 Dec 2004 18:08:54 +0000 /?p=1607#comment-4448 It may be a step back, but its not a big one. You'll be fine. :) Then, in 8 weeks, you're free to go! Count down the days... ;) It may be a step back, but its not a big one. You’ll be fine. :) Then, in 8 weeks, you’re free to go! Count down the days… ;)

]]> By: Sean http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/staying-at-work/#comment-4447 Sean Tue, 07 Dec 2004 17:11:40 +0000 /?p=1607#comment-4447 I'm surprised it wasn't pro-rated across 12 months or something like that. Look at it this way... At HSC you could probably do half your side work during the day, and still be more productive than most of the other people. Sean I’m surprised it wasn’t pro-rated across 12 months or something like that.

Look at it this way… At HSC you could probably do half your side work during the day, and still be more productive than most of the other people.

Sean

]]> By: Oliver Thylmann http://www.ensight.org/2004/12/staying-at-work/#comment-4446 Oliver Thylmann Tue, 07 Dec 2004 16:36:07 +0000 /?p=1607#comment-4446 Very good decision. Don't overdo it! One step at a time. If it is a truely good idea, which I think it is, it will be there in a month. Very good decision. Don’t overdo it! One step at a time. If it is a truely good idea, which I think it is, it will be there in a month.

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