From Buyer to Design Collective Founder “I'd talked about setting up on my own for years, but I was always too nervous to take the leap of faith.”
From Consultancy to Start-up “I couldn't see anyone five years ahead of me whom I wanted to emulate.”
From 9–5 to Freelance “I was living for the weekend, and spending too much money to make myself feel better during the week.”
From Retail to Pottery “I always felt like a creative person, but was never confident enough to do something with it.”
From Corporate Sales to Start-up “I felt trapped... Work was just a grind, and I knew there was something missing.”
From Fashion to Yoga “I woke up in the middle of another sleepless night... and I decided I couldn't go on the way I was living.”
From Aerospace Engineer to Investment Director “I was on holiday, and I had this overwhelming fear of returning home to my life as it was.”
From Teaching to Ceramics “I began to feel so anxious about going into work that I started to feel ill.”
From IT to Travel “Spending the rest of my days working on something that didn't mean anything to me started to feel like a dreary prospect.”
From Education to Own Business “My partner asked me what I would do if I was not afraid. Spontaneously, I answered ‘I would quit my job’”.
From Business Management to Portfolio Career “I genuinely thought I was the only person in the world to have made such a huge mistake with their choice of career.”
From Sales to Ethical Underwear “After leaving my corporate role, I couldn't possibly have imagined that I'd now have my own underwear brand.”
From IT to Food “I know that any sleepless night, any moment of stress and struggle, is for something I truly believe in.”
