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in the same mirror, drive the same route, see the same
faces, and park in the same spot. I remember the day I
quit my job. It was a beautiful early summer morning,
and as I drove to work, all I could think about was how
much I hated it. By the time I got there, I had made up
my mind—I was going to quit. I walked into my boss‘
s
office and said, ’I‘m quitting‘. And just like that, with no
backup plan or safety net, I started down the path of
entrepreneurship. It was one of the craziest things I‘
ve
ever done, but it also turned out to be one of the best
decisions I‘ve ever made."
Jason packed in his well-paid job, sold his house,
bought a small farm, and started a business growing
herbs and distributing organic seeds online. Today, his
wife and oldest son work alongside him full-time. "Going
solo was a risk I couldn‘t afford," he says now, "but I was
desperate to be somebody, to leave a legacy. The
moment I did it, the next steps were always obvious. I
would never have believed how serendipity pulled me
along."
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