The cost of living is going up and you might take this as a sign to stay put in your cushy stable job

And you’d be right.

I spent years at BlackRock partly because of the pay.

I just couldn’t leave – the salary, the benefits, the lifestyle I was leading was too good.

And of course, I NEEDED the money.

I kept asking myself:
How else would I be able to support myself?
How else would I be able to invest in my future?
How else would I lead the life I want to live?

But when I sat down to think about it…
Did I really need the money?
Or was this just an arbitrary measure of success?
Every year, no matter how much bonus they paid or how much of a pay increment I got - I was never happy, so is it really about the money? Or was this a convenient excuse to avoid change?
I have enough savings to last me at least a year, isn’t this why people make money? To take risks in life?

Your “difficulties” are not as insurmountable as you might think, but they do involve sacrifices.  For me, that meant taking a 50%+ pay cut to pursue my passion in fashion at Style Theory.

It was hard, of course, but I had a game plan.

Style Theory was my business school, my grounds to test drive if entrepreneurship was a viable career path.

I had a bigger goal I was working towards - to build a business that not only paid the bills but offered me flexibility in time and location.

And while on paper it seemed like I was taking a step back, I knew it could lead to a massive leap forward in the long term.


It was a risk.

But it paid off.

And so today, I want you to remember -

Short-term pain, long-term gain.

Our careers are long - don’t over-optimize for the short term.

Zoom out and see if a temporary “setback” / career pivot could actually be what propels your career to the next level.

Need help getting some perspective and figuring out your long-term career plan? DM me “LONGTERM”, I’d love to help you figure it out.