ScottRams
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Everyone,
Looking for a bit of advice. I'm at a turning point in my career and potentially my life.
I'm a mid-level level manager in a publicly traded, global company. I don't hate what I do. But the stress is high and I don't have much time with my kids. My dream is to run a business (any type of business) that will allow me to separate my time from money and offer more freedom in my daily choices (I've recently finished Unscripted ).
A couple of perks about my job - the salary is pretty good and they're going to pay for my college. I'm one of the few people in my Organization who do NOT have a college degree and I just discovered that my employer is willing to pay for anything business related. This is basically an additional $30,000 on top of my normal salary.. hard to pass up.
Anyways, here are the options as I see them:
1. Continue working and climbing the corporate ladder. Pursue college classes on the side (BBA). The four years that this takes will sharpen my skills and knowledge, allowing me to be a more effective entrepreneur once completed.
2. Instead of spending time completing college classes, put my time and money into a side hustle with the hopes of growing this into a full time, scalable business (B2C, residential service based).
What course of action would you take? It's hard to turn down free money in the form of education.. but my fear is that as my kids grow, my lifestyle and financial obligations will grow as well. It may be much harder in the future to take a step down financially.
Thanks in advance for your input!
Looking for a bit of advice. I'm at a turning point in my career and potentially my life.
I'm a mid-level level manager in a publicly traded, global company. I don't hate what I do. But the stress is high and I don't have much time with my kids. My dream is to run a business (any type of business) that will allow me to separate my time from money and offer more freedom in my daily choices (I've recently finished Unscripted ).
A couple of perks about my job - the salary is pretty good and they're going to pay for my college. I'm one of the few people in my Organization who do NOT have a college degree and I just discovered that my employer is willing to pay for anything business related. This is basically an additional $30,000 on top of my normal salary.. hard to pass up.
Anyways, here are the options as I see them:
1. Continue working and climbing the corporate ladder. Pursue college classes on the side (BBA). The four years that this takes will sharpen my skills and knowledge, allowing me to be a more effective entrepreneur once completed.
2. Instead of spending time completing college classes, put my time and money into a side hustle with the hopes of growing this into a full time, scalable business (B2C, residential service based).
What course of action would you take? It's hard to turn down free money in the form of education.. but my fear is that as my kids grow, my lifestyle and financial obligations will grow as well. It may be much harder in the future to take a step down financially.
Thanks in advance for your input!
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