6 Simple steps to start your journey to escape the 9-5 grind!
- Osmarie Pico
- May 27, 2024
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 17, 2024
If you’ve been thinking of pursuing financial freedom and living your dream lifestyle, here’s a high-level roadmap to get you started.

1. Lifestyle.
First step in becoming your own boss – Define your life on your own terms!
e.g. Simple life, Beach life, countryside life, travel life, city life, etc
2. Income.
Minimum income to live comfortably in your dream lifestyle
e.g. Income to cover rent, daily expenses, bills, food, necessities
3. Process of optimization and elimination
+ List all the possible business opportunities you can start based on your experience, passion, talent, interests, and strengths.
- Eliminate business opportunities with the least likelihood and probability of you pursuing and becoming successful.
= Research the top 3 business opportunities with a high probability of you pursuing and becoming successful
4. Timeline
+ How long would it take for the top 3 business opportunities with high probability to materialize?
+ Which business opportunity is more sustainable in the long run?
+ How long would it take to generate your first income from the most sustainable business opportunity?
5. Transition Period
+ How long is the transition period: zero income to $$$$$ income?
+ Would your current situation allow you to start working on your business project
+ When can you start working full-time on your business project
+ How much savings do you have as a safety net
6. EMPOWERMENT & MINDSET
Becoming your own boss requires a different mindset than an employee.
+ Confidence
+ Positive and Growth Mindset
+ Believe in yourself
+ Treat challenges as learning opportunities
+ Treat failure as an opportunity for growth
+ Positive Attitude
+ Discipline
+ Consistency
+ Keep going but step back when needed to reassess your progress
Generate a high-level plan based on the information you gathered from steps 1 - 5.
Define a start date.
Start now with your own boss mindset.

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