The Dark Side of Quitting Your Job to Follow Your Heart That No One Talks About

Being your own boss isn’t glamorous. You‘ve been sold a false dream. Here are some truth bombs.

Abhimanyu Bhargava
The Startup

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Mark Twain once said — “Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

No wonder he was considered a humourist.

It’s been over three years since I quit my job to follow my heart, and I have worked harder than any 9–5 job I’ve done. Doing something out of the ordinary requires extraordinary efforts and loads of persistence, resilience, and patience.

I’ve always talked about the bright side of it, so now it seems like a fitting exercise to discuss the dark side of quitting your 9–5 job to follow your heart.

1. Failure Becomes Part of Everyday Life

Entrepreneurs make it sound cool. As if failures and learning from them is some prized possession that everyone must keep.

But it sucks.

Every few days, you fail at one thing or the other.

Somedays, it is about managing your expectations of yourself. Other days it is about…

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Abhimanyu Bhargava
The Startup

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