Our ideal life

Nowadays, an increasing number of people want to quit the system of being employees at corporations. They want to be independent and run their own business.

Who wouldn’t want to live on their own terms? It’s a no-brainer.

This transition requires us to start with the essential foundations.

When I guide my mentees to go from employee to independent, we spend the necessary time to get crystal clear about their IDEAL LIFE.

What do I mean by ideal life?

It’s our longer-term vision and our guiding point that drives all of our choices, including the one to go from employee to independent.

Once we have clarified our ideal life – and only then – can we move on.
Everything else – such as the type of business we transition to, our motivation, strategy, planning, communications and marketing – will flow from that.

This tip could be useful in identifying your ideal life:

Pick a milestone date in the future, e.g. a significant birthday in a few years.

Do your best to take away any thoughts about the current reality or constraints you might have, be they financial, time-related or psychological. Imagine that anything is possible for you and that there are no external or self-imposed constraints.

What does your life look like? How are you living? Where are you? What are you doing? Focus on all the major areas, such as relationships, health, professional, financial, lifestyle, geography, emotions, etc.

The choice is yours. But you have to make it. You have to get clear about it.

Note and hold on to this vision.

Getting clear about your ideal life not only drives your efforts in going from employee to independent, it helps you to be generally more proactive in other areas of your daily life. It’s an everyday reminder to take steps towards this vision – versus aimlessly “going with the flow”, in all directions and nowhere, wasting time, resources and energy.

This powerful exercise has certainly helped me personally to go from corporate executive to thriving business owner.

Do you also regularly clarify your ideal life?

About the author: Jarmila Zářická is a loving mother, wife and friend. She celebrates truth and freedom – notions that represent different things at various stages of life. Jarmila supports people’s endeavour to live according to their own unique personal essence; for it takes courage and consciousness to break free from conventions, expectations, hypocrisy and fear – to go your own way. The rewards of such independence are of course priceless. Jarmila is a generous teacher and mentor to those who are willing and open to learn. She loves to help intentional individuals by sharing her life experience, knowledge and lessons learned. A Czech-Australian world citizen, she has lived and worked on numerous continents. After a 20-year international career in communications and public affairs, Jarmila decided to follow her calling to guide others to live on their own terms and create their business from scratch.

Her personal and business motto: “We choose to live our lives with intention, audacity and in full harmony with our own unique personal essence.”

Check out her self-paced course: “Go from Employee to Independent”