Listen To The Stories And Find Your Muse

I stood in front of my taxi on a busy Roman street and my taxi driver got out of the car to shake my hand and wish me “in bocca al lupo” — good luck.

It was one of those moments when everything seemed to come together and I finally realized that I knew what I needed to do.

But for me, I did not find what I needed until I kicked off the structure of my day to day life and took a fanciful month-long trip exploring Portugal and Italy.

Listen To The Stories

I had been side hustling as a marketing consultant for years while I always worked for other organizations. I had grown increasingly unhappy with my job working for “the man”. But I was scared to jump off into working for myself.

I now know this is a common story. But never the less, I was scared.

What would happen to my savings account? What if my plan didn’t work out? What would people think of me?

Then I heard so many stories while traipsing through Europe.

(1) Carlos in Lisbon. My first Airbnb host in Lisbon quit his career and pivoted to work for himself in the growing real estate marketing, specializing in servicing foreign clients.