In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Farnoosh Brock of prolificliving.com shares her story of of quitting her 6-figure Fortune 100 job to starting her own business. She is very transparent with how she felt about her 1st career, how her 2nd act career evolved from a passion project, the time and effort it took to replace her old income, the twists and turns including how her first product bombed.

Farnoosh talks about her boredom and frustration with her 9-5 that progressed over the years. The subtle sings of discontent had been there for a while but it was around her 8 year mark in her corporate career, when she was the most successful she had been but also felt the most unfulfilled. Can you relate to that feeling? What do most of us do in times like this, we go into escapism mode and binge on Netflix but not Farnoosh!

Farnoosh created productive distractions for herself by starting a few new hobbies such as writing, dancing and yoga. One of these new hobbies was to start a few hobby blogs in 2008. Her blogging experience turned out to be a breath of fresh air. She was really enjoying writing and her readers were responding very well to it and she was growing an online following.

It was in the summer of 2010 that she attended Blogworld in Las Vegas. The speakers at this event opened her eyes to the possibilities with blogging, social media and the ‘underworld of online business’. This is where true inspiration and determination found its place in her mind and heart. She came back from Blogworld 2010, with a dream, a vague plan and a determination to go after her dream to become her own boss and start an online business.

In the months that followed, she continued to work in her 9-5 but she no longer saw it as a career, she saw it as a job. While she still performed well at her job with great work ethic, she held back on evening socials and going over and beyond like she had in the past. The biggest mind shift was that she stopped looking at her blog as a hobby but instead she started treating it as side business, a side hustle.

She immersed herself in the world of online business and social media, learnt a lot, implemented a lot and started growing her blog based business. One of her earliest strategies was to focus on turning her blog readers into subscribers and building a relationship with them. With her husband, they agreed to halve their living expenses so she could quit her job and start working on her business full time. And only 6 months after the fateful summer in Vegas, she did! She screwed her 9-5!

The rest as they say is history!

Tune into the episode to find out about the diverse projects Farnoosh worked on in her first year in the business to create multiple revenue streams and how they opened doors for more opportunities.

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Angus Nelson goes personal and shares the story of how he lost his business, marriage and self worth resorting to addiction and pornography. But more importantly, this is a story of a man picking himself from rock bottom and starting anew. Angus shares the long and painful process of recovery and healing and his road to becoming a leadership and relationship expert.

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In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Britany Felix shares how she is financing her 'Freedom Journey' - her open-ended and open-minded road trip with her husband and two dogs. She started planning the finances 4 years ago by investing in a property. Britany and her husband did the house up while they lived there for four years and worked their 9-5 jobs.

Around 9 months ago, Britany and her husband set the plan in motion to sell their house, sell all the things they could do without, quit their jobs, buy an RV and travel around the US indefinitely. Tune in to the episode to learn about the money matters and the ups and downs - how they made a profit on the sale of the house, how they downsized, how they started entrepreneurial side hustles to sustain their RV travelling lifestyle.

Britany is very real and authentic and talks about how her 'side-hustle' is not her calling but it is way better than the imprisonment of the 9-5. She talks about her journey of self-discovery and what entrepreneurial leaps she may be making in the future.

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In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Britany Felix shares how she is financing her 'Freedom Journey' - her open-ended and open-minded road trip with her husband and two dogs. She started planning the finances 4 years ago by investing in a property. Britany and her husband did the house up while they lived there for four years and worked their 9-5 jobs.

Around 9 months ago, Britany and her husband set the plan in motion to sell their house, sell all the things they could do without, quit their jobs, buy an RV and travel around the US indefinitely. Tune in to the episode to learn about the money matters and the ups and downs - how they made a profit on the sale of the house, how they downsized, how they started entrepreneurial side hustles to sustain their RV travelling lifestyle.

Britany is very real and authentic and talks about how her 'side-hustle' is not her calling but it is way better than the imprisonment of the 9-5. She talks about her journey of self-discovery and what entrepreneurial leaps she may be making in the future.

Click to view: show page on Awesound

In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Britany Felix shares how she is financing her 'Freedom Journey' - her open-ended and open-minded road trip with her husband and two dogs. She started planning the finances 4 years ago by investing in a property. Britany and her husband did the house up while they lived there for four years and worked their 9-5 jobs.

Around 9 months ago, Britany and her husband set the plan in motion to sell their house, sell all the things they could do without, quit their jobs, buy an RV and travel around the US indefinitely. Tune in to the episode to learn about the money matters and the ups and downs - how they made a profit on the sale of the house, how they downsized, how they started entrepreneurial side hustles to sustain their RV travelling lifestyle.

Britany is very real and authentic and talks about how her 'side-hustle' is not her calling but it is way better than the imprisonment of the 9-5. She talks about her journey of self-discovery and what entrepreneurial leaps she may be making in the future.

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S1E23 - In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Farnoosh Brock of prolificliving.com coaches you on how to start anew with clarity and confidence.

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S1E19 - In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Britany Felix shares her 'Freedom Journey' of selling almost everything she owned, including her home, quitting her 9-5, and taking an open-ended and open-minded road trip.

In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Britany Felix shares her 'Freedom Journey' of selling almost everything she owned, including her home, quitting her 9-5, and taking an open-ended and open-minded road trip with her husband and two dogs. After living most of her adult life (well, she's only 30!) like most of us do, she has found the courage to start anew unconventionally. She has said NO to drifting, NO to living life on repeat, NO to society's expectations of how she should live her life.

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Brendan writes an incredible blog on living a happy and fulfilling life at startofhappiness.com. He is also a life coach and online entrepreneur from Down Under with a mission to help you make a difference and an income doing what you love. Brendan puts his coaching hat on and coaches you on how to launch your life with clarity & confidence. Download the free self-awareness toolkit for career clarity at the bottom of the page.

Show Highlights

During the show we unfold:

1 exercise to help you discover your 'sweet spot', also called the 'hedgehog concept'. Your sweet spot is the intersection of what you are really passionate about, what you are really good at and what you can actually earn an income from.

hedgehog-concept

1 exercise you can do on your own to elicit and prioritize your values - your building blocks of happiness

Brendan describes confidence as being authentic and be able to freely express who you are.

''You can be shy and confident at the same time.'' - Brendan Baker

How to develop the confidence to start anew, the confidence to launch your life.

How to begin discovering what you want from your life, your purpose, your personal WHY.

Brendan's parting piece of guidance

Resources

Brendon's blog

Launch Your Life Academy

Australia's Graduate Careers Portal

Check out part 1 of the interview here to learn about Brendan's transformation from Corporate Australia to Professional Blogger, Life Coach and online entrepreneur.

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In this interview on the Start Anew Show, Britany Felix shares her 'Freedom Journey' of selling almost everything she owned, including her home, quitting her 9-5, and taking an open-ended and open-minded road trip with her husband and two dogs. After living most of her adult life (well, she's only 30!) like most of us do, she has found the courage to start anew unconventionally. She has said NO to drifting, NO to living life on repeat, NO to society's expectations of how she should live her life.

Click to view: show page on Awesound