Break Free From Corporate

By Gavin Sequeira

How would you like to fire your boss and start living life on your terms, doing what you are passionate about and pursuing your dreams?

WARNING: This book is bound to challenge the way you think and may be confronting; however the ideas presented will save you countless hours and thousands of dollars in the long run, by avoiding common mistakes made when starting up a new business.

In this book you’ll discover:
— A winning formula to maximise all areas of your life with any business opportunity
— Essential tips to learning limited beliefs so that you can get started the right way
— Sure-fire customer acquisition strategies used by successful business entrepreneurs
— The biggest pitfalls to avoid that cripple most other businesses
— Critical reasons to surround yourself with other like-minded successful entrepreneurs
— And more...

"Gavin Sequeira has put together an excellent read, which beautifully covers the fundamentals needed to succeed in your own business. So start reading now and discover how to turn your dreams into reality."
— Dale Beaumont, Best-Selling Author & MD, Business Blueprint

"If you’re planning your escape from corporate into your own business, don’t do it alone! Gavin Sequeira has eloquently mapped out everything you’ll need to succeed in creating the life you really desire."
— John Di Natale, Founder & MD, BIGthink! Business Booster

“I wish this book was available when I transitioned from working in corporate to being an entrepreneur. I would have saved a lot of time, sweat and tears, and fast-tracked my results. Gavin’s book is a fusion of mental preparation, practical action items, together with personal stories infused with humour and valuable insights. A must-read for any entrepreneur launching their business.”
— Liza Choa, Founder & Managing Director of Content Maximiser

“The foray from the security of a corporate job to an entrepreneurial lifestyle can be fraught with anxiety and costly mistakes. Gavin has drawn on his own accomplishments and journeys, as well as those of other successful corporate escapees, so his book is loaded with practical wisdom to empower others to escape from the matrix easily and successfully.”
— Simone Novello, Founder & Managing Director of PartnerUp

"The toughest part of making the transition from corporate land to your own business is the reduced level of support. Previously, you were surrounded by teams of people, now you’re almost on your own. ‘Break Free From Corporate’ is your new best friend. Gavin knows what you’re going through and captures the key learnings that most people face during this transition."
— Geoff McDonald, Founder & MD, Ideas Architect

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gavin Sequeira
• Release date: Apr 5, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311339874

Gavin Sequeira

Gavin is proof that there is light at the end of the tunnel! Having enjoyed a successful corporate career spanning 11 years where he reached senior management positions at both IBM and Oracle, Gavin successfully made the transition to running several of his own business over recent years. Through overcoming several challenges and successes, Gavin has made it his mission to share all the secrets he has learnt from several successful entrepreneurs and mentors, so that it can empower others to do the same. As a recognised author, speaker and coach, Gavin is on a personal mission to help thousands of people all over the world wishing to ‘break free’ from the traps of the corporate world, start their own ventures, ‘be their own boss’ and pursue the life of their dreams.

Book preview

INTRODUCTION

Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It’s quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn’t at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that’s where you’ll find success.

Thomas J. Watson

Transitioning away from being an employee in the corporate world to running a small business can be one of the most satisfying, rewarding, self-realizing and at the same time most terrifying things you can do in your working career.

Why is that? Well, if your vision is big and you believe in what you are doing, more importantly yourself, you can achieve everything you want in life through the success of your business. If it fails, this can have quite the opposite effect on your life, depending on the magnitude of the risk involved.

Why is it that so many business start-ups fail within the first couple of years, assuming they can get that far in the first place? Too many first-time entrepreneurs make big mistakes in the process of getting started. It’s no wonder that people are sceptical about going into business. Purely from the stats, the average person is doomed to fail if not equipped properly from the start.

Having spoken to thousands of business owners over the years, it actually doesn’t matter what type of business you get into, there are simply some fundamental things you should do and some important things to avoid, so that you maximize your chances of success.

In putting this book together, I came up with a list of over 50 different things one should do and similarly shouldn’t do; however I didn’t want to make this an academic exercise and confuse you with too many things to remember.

Simplicity really is the key and therefore I have distilled my findings down to the Top 10, which I believe will be absolutely key differentiators between someone who is successful in their business and someone who is not. Now, let me make it very clear that by no means am I saying that if you follow this guide will you be successful and these are simply my version of what works out there in business (based of course on my interactions with many business owners over the