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Leave the Employee Mindset Behind in 6 Easy Steps

Stephenie Zamora
The Startup
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4 min readJul 24, 2019

Making the transition from full-time employee to full-time entrepreneur is never easy.

But the hardest part isn’t the long hours or winning your first client — it’s the mindset change!

If you’re in this for the long run, then before you do anything else — before you even register your company — you have to shift from having an employee mindset to having one of a savvy businessperson.

Here’s how to make the change as painless as possible without losing yourself and your business in the process.

1. Get comfortable being in charge.

When you work for someone else, they’re the one responsible for most, if not all major business decisions.

Now you’re your own boss and you’re responsible for, well… everything!

It’s probably going to feel a bit scary at first, but as long as you’re ready to embrace the discomfort, you’ll soon wonder why you haven’t done this earlier!

Pro tip: Learn how to listen to your gut and make all your business decisions with confidence!

2. Time can be a friend — or a foe!

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Stephenie Zamora
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