Ep. 159 If you're contemplating an exit from the corporate world to pursue your own business full time, then this conversation is for you. In this episode Ebony Nicole Smith, the visionary founder and CEO of Ebony Nicole Smith Consulting, shares the transformative tale of her own career shift, divulging the red flags of burnout and the methodical steps she embraced to eliminate debt and bolster her savings in preparation for this significant life change.

Together, we delve into the crucial steps of recognizing your inherent skills, the need to make tough sacrifices, the art of upkeeping fiscal discipline, and constructing a solid action plan to accomplish your entrepreneurial aspirations.

Key Takeaways:

Recognizing Burnout: Understanding the personal signs of burnout, such as loss of motivation, emotional distress, and lack of engagement in work.

Financial Preparation: Importance of paying off debts and building a financial safety net before making the leap to entrepreneurship.

Discipline and Sacrifice: Identifying unnecessary expenditures, cutting non-essential costs, and focusing on long-term financial goals.

Support System: The significance of a supportive network of friends who understand and aid in your entrepreneurial endeavors.

Growth Strategy: Planning beyond the initial excitement of launching a book or business to ensure sustained success and financial returns.

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Resources:

Website: https://ebonynicolesmith.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coachebonynicole

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

About the Guest

Ebony Nicole is the founder and CEO of Ebony Nicole Smith Consulting, LLC, a boutique writing and publishing company based in Rochester, New York. She is a writing coach and publishing engineer to faith-based men and women who desire to release the book God gave them. Ebony Nicole designs and structures a personalized plan for her clients to ensure they do what has been commissioned.

She is a 2015 ROC Awards nominee for Author of the Year, recipient of the 2019 Mayoral Recognition for Small Business, and recipient of the 2020 100 Successful Women in Business award and 2022 Monroe County Recognition for M/WBE Certification. She is a recipient of the 2023 Black Men Achieve President’s Award and the 2024 RnB Wednesday’s Unsung Heroes Award.

An author by passion, a transformational speaker by experience, and a woman of God by calling. In 2023, she was consecrated as a prophet of God under the leadership of her pastor and served as a leader in her church, New Hope Fellowship, under Pastors Jay and Lady Tori Brown.

Knowing that "I can do all this through him who gives me strength (Phil 4:13)" there's no telling just how far she'll go with the strength given to her. 

Connect with Maryann

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Chapters

0:00 Transitioning from Corporate Burnout to Entrepreneurial Success

6:32 Signs and Struggles of Job Burnout

9:54 Strategies for Financial Discipline and Debt Management

18:20 Maintaining Financial Discipline in Business and Personal Accounts

21:14 Entrepreneurship, Book Publishing, and Living Fearlessly

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