How to QUIT Your JOB Like a BOSS!

Hi, I'm Evan Carmichael. Welcome to another edition of Ask Evan. Today I'm answering a question from one of my Facebook fans, Josephine, who wrote in saying, "My biggest problem at the moment, I want to start a business. My biggest problem is how to have a conversation with my boss about my resignation. Any advice would be highly appreciated." I wrote back to say, "Why is it hard to have the conversation?" And she wrote saying, "Because it's hard because my boss takes things personally." and will give me a hard time as I prepare to leave? Thanks for the question, Josephine. Congratulations on being willing to take that step. A lot of people are stuck in a job that they hate, they don't look forward to going to, they may not like their boss or coworkers, or they feel there's no growth in what they're doing, and they want to start a business, but they just don't have the guts to actually go out and do it. Congratulations on being already at that stage, for being willing to chase your dreams, create your own destiny. Unfortunately, there are some hardships that come along with starting a business, and this will be one of them, having that conversation with your boss. I think for you to get started, it's figuring out how much loyalty do you have to your boss. Do you appreciate the work that he or she has given you and the opportunity you've had over the past X number of years you've been working there? And if so, you wanna try to give them as much opportunity as possible to find the replacement and be available as much as possible. I've had people who have left left my business and gone on to do other things, and it's great for them, right? You want to be able to follow your passion. You don't want somebody working at your business who doesn't want to be there. And, you know, they've always given me notice and enough time to be able to go out and find somebody else to help out, except in one case, and maybe I'll share that story a little later, the one guy. Anyway, So if you can give them, you know, give your boss some notice, be available after that time even just to answer questions, to help train the new person, be as open as you can, and that helps soften the blow. Any good boss should A, try to keep you if they think you're a good worker and they like you, or B, if they recognize that this is just not going to be for you, that it's limiting at, you know, whatever job you're at and you want to go off and explore your potential, any really good boss should be should be happy for you, should be welcoming of the opportunity for you to go off and do something else. As long as you're giving them the opportunity to find somebody new and be there, be available to help train and be involved in that transition process. Even afterwards, you know, after your 2 weeks notice or whatever it is you're gonna give. If you have that conversation and it doesn't go well, or you don't like your boss, or you're just dying to get out of there, this is an opportunity for you to start making a tough decision. You know, you have to start building some character. You're gonna have a lot of challenges as you grow your business. It's hard to start a business. It's not an easy thing to do. It's hard to get it off the ground. It's hard to get past that survival stage where you have enough money to, you know, pay your bills and feed your family. And you're gonna have a lot of difficult conversations that you're gonna have to stretch and learn from. And so this is maybe your first one. And If he's not willing to be supportive of you, then you know, you might have a rough couple weeks for that last time that you're gonna be there. But I would just try to keep in mind the opportunity that you have ahead of you and the excitement that you're gonna have in starting your own business. And hopefully that fuels you through. And it's a good learning opportunity for you because you're gonna have a lot more tough decisions and hard gut-wrenching choices you're gonna have to make that will push you beyond your comfort zone because that's what being an entrepreneur is all about. So thank you for the question. Good luck as you start on your journey, and if you have more questions about it, feel free to leave more questions and I'll try to answer you as you go along your path. So for everybody watching, please give the video a thumbs up if you liked it. I love seeing those come in. It always makes me want to do more. And if you have a question about this video or a question about your own business, I'd love to answer it for you. If you want to leave it, leave it in the comment section below. So thank you, and I'll see you on the next episode.