Episode 7: BTC Series - Six-Step Approach to Plan Your 9-5 Exit with Jennifer Covington

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Do you sit at your desk at work and feel that there is no way out?

Well, this episode shows you the way out.

Jennifer Covington, life coach and business strategist, joins Martha to discuss how you can find your way out of a corporate job dead end - and to quit your job in style!

Jennifer started her coaching business in 2013 and has been helping people infuse a little bit of soul into their side hustles and entrepreneurial journeys ever since. She previously worked with Fortune 500 giants such as Anheuser-Busch, MGM Studios and 20th Century Fox. Also, she spent 3 years in Ecuador teaching small business development to poverty-stricken single mothers and orphaned youth as a means of livelihood and sustainability.

 

In this episode: 

  • [01:00] Episode overview and who is Coach Jennifer Covington?

  • [01:51] From ‘doing what you are supposed to do’ to ‘there’s gotta be something different’.

  • [06:02] One question to ask yourself if you are stuck in a rut.

  • [10:35] How can you monetize what you are good at?

  • [11:11] Why advice like ‘follow your passion’ is misleading’

  • [12:48] Six step system to jumpstart your entrepreneurial life beyond a 9-5.

  • [16:32] You don’t know what you don’t know...so how do you find out what you don’t know?

  • [17:53] How Jennifer learnt what she doesn’t know (and how to level up as an entrepreneur).

  • [20:35] Biggest challenge as a full time entrepreneur: the curse of MORE.

  • [22:20] Debunking the myth: being an entrepreneur is unpredictable.

  • [23:59] Always bet on yourself (just like Queen B).

  • [24:34] There’s no such thing as corporate job security, only THIS is true job security.

  

Listen to the full episode here:

Key Takeaways:

  • Instead of focusing on what you don’t want, name what you DO want.

  • Doing something unfulfilling can feel suffocating. If you feel that way, take some time to figure out what you want to do. You don’t need to have all the answers.

  • You can use your education, experience, and God-given gifts to shape your brand; the brand of you.

  • You cannot monetize everything you are good at, but you can unpack one or two things that the market needs.

“Betting on yourself, you tend to do better. Small businesses only need so much to make it and thrive” - Coach Jennifer Covington

 

What are YOU good at? Three things you should consider.

  1. Listen to yourself (get clear on your soul-centered vision)

  2. Who would you love to serve?

  3. What will your approach be? The way you package your offer will be different than how others do.

  

Connect with Jennifer Covington

Website: https://jennifercovington.com/  

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/covingtonjennifer/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/therealjcov  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therealjcov/

 

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