Quitting your job: How many women out there who earn a hefty salary would dare give up their lifestyle? With my salary, I had so much freedom to give away money freely, just throw it to the wind, but it wasn’t really for free because obviously a heavy responsibility came with it. Snort. Despite being a Director and only needing to make decisions from my head, I still felt the incredible stress that haunted me daily especially when there was a problem that I had to resolve and although I was good at my job, after awhile as expected, one tends to lose momentum when you start feeling that your value no longer commensurate with salary. I didn’t get shares. Just a big salary.

And because I have great self-esteem (yes, I do know what I am worth!), I will not give more than I get. Especially when I do not feel the sincerity of the other party. So yeah, quitting your job is always a hard decision and it took me an entire year plus to do it. I would keep talking about it and then resign only to be pulled back in with more promises or counter offers. Not proud of it.

But enough is enough. My health issues pushed me over the line and when the Hubs said to stop working, I obeyed my master. He did not want to raise the girls alone. But you know what? It has been a great lift off my back and despite not being able to afford an Hermes bag any longer (cue: *roll your eyes with me altogether now!*), I am not phased one bit. I have always been adaptable after all. So we can no longer eat out all the time without a second thought, well, eating out is bad for you anyway. Just today, we were discussing how we didn’t know if the meat we had just eaten was diseased or not, because even if it was, they just cut off the disease and sell it at the supermarkets still anyway. Awful, right? It’s real though. So real.

I now have time to actually pay attention to my body, fitness and health. Oh yes, the health of my family too. I am officially a STAY-AT-HOME-MOM again!!! I cannot believe it. For that, I have started daily yoga (OK, with 1-2 rest days) forcing myself up at 5.30am to be at the studio for 6am. Did I tell you it was a year of change for me? Mind over matter. I am so not a morning person but heck, if I cannot even do this, then what good am I? So I’m doing it. And then my bum is so itchy that I have already started a new project and am exploring others including one for the Children of Myanmar.

EXCITING!!!!

Quitting your job takes guts because there are so many factors at play including the emotional loyalty that you tell yourself to have but if you are not happy with your job, then quit. When you dread going to work to do work, that is a sure sign that you are not happy. Things somehow happen when you least expect it and more doors open for you. That has always been my experience. You just have to take that leap of faith and quit. Money is like the devil. It will keep sucking you in so you can continue to buy more unnecessary stuff but who needs unnecessary stuff anyway? And if money is needed to pay the bills, then my advice would be to start a side business and build it to a point where you can afford quitting your job!!! ANY business is possible if you have your head and your heart aligned, and if you are passionate about it. Honestly. At the end of the day, business is all about relationships. Good thing I learnt this a long time ago. I still remember being interviewed by Regus for 3 hours and then a further interview via video-conference for another 2 and was asked how I was going to increase the bottom line for Regus Malaysia. I doubled my salary and got the job because I had prepared so well for the interview and gave them the right answers. Business is all about relationships. Assuming you have a product that is as good as everyone elses, what is going to make A buy from you versus B? It’s the relationship.

Good business is having the endurance to persevere. It’s about convincing your users how they will benefit from using you. Never destroy a competitor. Never say anything bad about other people’s products or services. These are things people need to find out or learn for themselves. Never play dirty. As long as you are passionate about what you do, even if it is selling spring onions, you will succeed and make a nice income if you worked hard. Working hard and being honest go hand in hand. If you are not succeeding, you have to work harder. Find out why you are not where you want to be. There is always a way to get ahead and it is only a matter of you wanting to get your hands dirty and doing the work, or not. You WILL succeed. Quitting your job is a good choice unless you are blessed enough to have an employer who TRULY remunerates you with your real value. Never sell yourself short.

For me personally, having a business of my own would be one of the most gratifying achievements. I don’t need the money because I have a husband to take care of the bills but heck, my soul needs the challenge. The buzz excites me incredibly and I know I will succeed. Helping others ties in too with my nature so win, win, win, win. India, here I come!!! Quitting your job will be one of your best decisions ever!!!

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Who is Mamapumpkin?
Mamapumpkin spent 7 years in London committing crimes to gain her Bartlett degree in Architecture. She then spent 7 years as a Stay At Home Mom raising her children as documented in this blog of over 15 years thereafter returning to the Corporate World stronger than ever as the Country Director of a British Multinational. She sets out to prove to all, that you can have anything and everything that you want; if you have that fire of desire burning within and the drive to work hard. Even better with much love.

Mamapumpkin has not only grown corporate businesses successfully in the past but has grown not one but TWO network marketing businesses in the notorious MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) industry, achieving success in under 2 years. She believes in the MLM business model but realises the DRASTIC PITFALLS and great stigma attached to it, understanding EXACTLY WHY the majority would shy away (or RUN for their lives) from ANY MLM business. But open your eyes and take time to understand it intellectually, remove your hang-ups, confirm your research, and you may just want to seize an opportunity. She did. And no, she never went about chasing people for sales. She had a sophisticated system work for her through technology and a smartphone.

She now impacts lives authentically with proven strategies amassed through the last decade of her own transformation offering online coaching programmes and always supports the underprivileged. She believes that we can all have a life of our own desires to enable real contribution into the world. But first, one needs to understand what this all means.

A beautiful life without limits.

If you wish to learn some tools to propel your life forward guaranteed, be brave enough to make contact as her life's purpose is to build people. She operates through a discovery call after which she will commit to helping you. Or not.

Most lose out on an opportunity because they are afraid they would be sold to, conned or whatever fear resides in their brain without even trying. And that's on them.

Mamapumpkin is a living testimony that women really can have a lot. Being financially and time free has enabled her to travel the world anytime, anywhere, doing anything, and she spends most of her days with her children, having fun, and supporting others wherever she can. Also having fun.