Most people are taught to build their lives around one source of income. Go to school. Get a good job. Work hard. Stay loyal. And everything will work out. I believed that too. Then life taught me otherwise. My husband and I shut down a business and were left with a six-figure debt. I returned to corporate life to recover. Shortly after, I was laid off while I was the sole provider for my family. That experience changed how I think about work forever. Not because jobs are bad. I've spent...

Hello Reader, 🎧 Prefer listening? Apple Podcast | Spotify — I felt a little sick after making that payment. It was for a mastermind I’d been thinking about for months. And the next day, the doubts came almost immediately. What if it doesn’t work? What were you thinking? You could’ve used that money for the kids’ university. — This is something people don’t talk about enough. Making decisions about money when you’re responsible for more than just yourself. — I didn’t make this decision...

Hello Reader, Prefer to listen instead? 🎧 Listen to the episode here (This is the audio version of this week’s Career Design Notes.) There are many ways to build a career. You can: climb the corporate ladder stay and deepen in your role start a business build something on the side Most people don’t choose. They default. I didn’t. I chose to build a business while keeping my job. Not because it’s easy. But because the alternatives were unacceptable. I didn’t want: to depend on a single income...