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Quit Your Job: Create a New Business

At some point, everyone thinks about it, quitting. You've been thinking about building a business for years and you feel like you're ready to finally take the leap.

But, how do you actually quit your job? Or, how do you make the case to work remotely to your boss?

It can feel really daunting and scary, going from a comfortable 9-5 job and into your own thing.

That's why we created this category, in it, we give you tons of advice on how to quit your job and set yourself up for the best possible success as you move on to the next stage of your life.

  • The 13 Approaches to Quitting Your Job (Without Burning Bridges)
  • 14 Things Location Rebels Can Do That Employees Can’t
  • Is Everything Going to Be Ok? Well, it Depends
  • How to Make the Case to Your Boss to Let You Work Remotely
  • You Shouldn't Quit Your Job…Yet.

When Should You Quit Your Job? Questions to Answer First

July 22, 2019 By Sean Ogle 29 Comments

when you should quit your job

In the months leading up to the day where I left my job, I was terrified.  I didn’t know what I was going to do, I was fearing the uncertainty of it all, and I didn’t have much of a plan together. I knew deep down that I wanted to travel and be running my […]

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How a Photo on My Desk Led to Me Quitting My Job

September 9, 2018 By Sean Ogle 1 Comment

How a Photo on My Desk Led to Me Quitting My Job

It was November 19th, 2005 and the stadium was shrouded in a thick, soupy fog. The home team was winning in a rout, and everyone was ecstatic. None more so than me. But my excitement was for a completely different reason. To understand the full story, we need to back up a bit. While I […]

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How to Quit Your Job Without Burning Bridges (13 Easy Strategies)

May 2, 2018 By Sean Ogle 54 Comments

The 13 Approaches to Quitting Your Job (Without Burning Bridges)

Note: We updated this post on how to quit your job for accuracy in May 2018. Oftentimes the most difficult aspect of quitting your job isn’t figuring out what to do next. You could go climb a mountain. Build out any number of a hundred business ideas you already have. Sit on a beach in […]

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You Should’t Quit Your Job…Yet.

December 12, 2017 By Sean Ogle 10 Comments

You Shouldn't Quit Your Job...Yet

I remember the moment so vividly.  I got home from work at about 9:30 in the morning. I was fully clean shaven, still wearing my suit that didn’t quite fit right, and I slumped down on the couch and I cried. I don’t cry very often, but I completely remember feeling like the world was crashing down on me. […]

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Is Everything Going to Be Ok? Well, it Depends

July 11, 2017 By Sean Ogle 10 Comments

You Know What- It Might Not Work Out…

There’s a proliferation of bloggers in this world that love to scream the mantra “Just leap! It will all work out!” Or any number of variations on that concept. But you know what? The true reality is that, when you’re asking yourself “is everything going to be ok?”.  The answer might not be the one […]

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How to Make the Case to Your Boss to Let You Work Remotely

January 24, 2017 By Guest Post Leave a Comment

How to Make the Case to Your Boss to Let You Work Remotely

Note from Sean: Lots of people work remotely now, and the numbers are only growing. Chances are, if you do most of your work on a computer, you can spend at least a day a week out of the office working from home.  If you want to test out remote working, but don’t know how […]

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Vlog 15: How to Quit Your Job

March 17, 2016 By Sean Ogle 5 Comments

Every week, I get emails from people asking the same question: how do I quit my job? It’s a complex one, to be sure, but I still think it’s really important to answer. So, a while back I created a post called 13 Approaches to Quitting Your Job (Without Burning Bridges) and it has continued […]

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14 Things Location Rebels Can Do That Employees Can’t

July 8, 2014 By Sean Ogle 45 Comments

When it comes to lifestyle entrepreneurship people tend to jump straight to benefits like traveling the world and living out of a backpack. And while sure that’s fantastic, the reality is only a small percentage choose to leverage their freedom in that way. The benefits of being a Location Rebel, extend far beyond traveling – […]

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What to Do Immediately After Quitting Your Job

March 22, 2012 By Sean Ogle 51 Comments

Earlier this week I wrote a post called “6 Questions You Must Answer Before Quitting Your Job“.  The response was really positive, so I wanted to continue that topic and look at the most important things you should do after leaving your job. October 20th, 2009 was my last day at my real job. Upon […]

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How to Create Your Dream Job

December 22, 2011 By Sean Ogle

It wasn’t until recently that I really figured out what my dream job was. I wrestled with this back in the days when I was a financial analyst.  I knew I wanted to be doing something different than that, but I couldn’t really tell you what it was. I found that the first step towards […]

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Location Rebel is not your typical marketing site. Here the lifestyle is just as important as the business.

We’re going to teach you how to build a lifestyle business that will let you leave your job, work from anywhere, and spend more time doing the stuff you love. On the site you’ll find resources for how to do this, as well as content from our own adventures.

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