SYS 020: Escape The Rat Race - Christian Rodwell Interview
In this episode, Steve is joined by director of WealthBuilders, best-selling author and successful podcaster, Christian Rodwell who discusses his decision to leave the comfort of his 9-5 job and start up his own company helping and advising others to do the same. Together, they discuss how it has never been easier to start up your new business, the importance of creating assets and why waking up and feeling happy is the definition of success.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- When you do something you are not passionate about, you kind of wake up and think ‘I am just going through the motions’. You may feel as though you are on the hamster wheel that so many others find themselves on. Many people find themselves trapped by work and end up spending the next 20 years doing the same job which they are unhappy in.
- Thankfully, things are changing. The entrepreneurial spirit is alive and kicking these days. It has never been easier, with the help of technology and systemisation to be able to start up a business and connect to people all across the world.
- In order to stop trading your time for money you need to learn how to build and create assets. This way, your assets will begin to work hard for you rather than you working hard for money.
- For anyone who is in business on their own, if you are feeling pain definitely look at who is around you that you could collaborate with. Becoming a partnership in business is a big help however it is important to find one that lasts. Finding skills that compliment each other's weaknesses is a great way to share the workload which can have a huge impact on your success.
- Pensions are one of the most overlooked assets that exists because most people have got a pension and most people have got a sizable sum. Many people think that it is locked away and that they are unable to access it until they are 55 but that is not the case. There are certain pensions for business owners which allows you to access your pensions and start to use them in your business and property portfolio. It is a way to leverage that money that you think is locked away.
- Success means different things to different people but if you wake up happy then you are successful.
BEST MOMENTS
“I decided that yes, now is the time for change.”
“We could work together to create something bigger.”
“You can transform your pension right now.”
ABOUT THE GUEST
Christian Rodwell - I am the Membership Director for WealthBuilders and we help corporate employees and business owners to break free of the time-for-money trap by learning how to create recurring income from assets. We teach this through our online membership programme which is called the 7 Steps to Wealth. I'm the Founder of Escape The Rat Race [#ETRR], Author of the Amazon #1 best-selling book 'Sack Your Boss: The Ultimate Guide To Escape Your 9-5' and host of the iTunes Top 10 Business Podcast: Escape The Rat Race Radio. After leaving a successful 16-year career in the dance music industry I decided to follow my interest in Personal Development and quickly established Escape The Rat Race as one of the leading brands in the UK that focuses on helping employees to break free of their 9-5 jobs and learn different ways to generate recurring income streams from assets, rather than trading time for money.
Website: https://christianrodwell.com
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ABOUT THE HOST
Steve used to be a slave to his business but when he moved to Sweden in 2015, he was forced to change the way he worked. He switched to running his businesses remotely and after totally nailing this concept he decided to spend his time helping other small business owners do the same. Steve’s been investing in property since 2002, has a degree in Computing, and worked as a doctor in the NHS before quitting to focus full-time on sharing his systems and outsourcing Methodology with the world. He now lives in Sweden and runs his UK-based businesses remotely with the help of his team of Filipino and UK-based Virtual Assistants.
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