Hickman paid $25k debt and replaced 60% of salary before quitting
Greg Hickman · The Confident Way to Quit Your Corporate Job with Greg Hickman · Mar 3, 2016 · at 4:22
Greg Hickman describes the financial benchmarks he set before leaving his corporate position to pursue entrepreneurship full-time.
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“And I, my goal was to get to, I kind of had three requirements for what I needed to, in order to take the quote unquote leap. And it was to have paid off my debt, which at the time, Was about 25 K in debt to be making at least 60% of my full-time salary through the side business because I was getting paid nicely and I knew that I could survive off of at least 60% of that.”
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