How To Start Living Show (formerly How To Quit Working)

Mike Samson on transitioning from a traditional career to starting a business Mike Samson had an exciting career in TV and Film for over 25 years, but eventually, even the bright lights of Hollywood no longer felt like a challenge. Mike left his career to co-found CrowdSPRING. Mike shares his insights about career transition and starting a business on this episode of the How to Quit Working Show. Crowdspring's Web Site: crowdspring.com Crowdspring on Twitter: crowdspring Mike on Twitter: mike_samson About Mike: Mike Samson is the co-founder of crowdSPRING and resides firmly at the bottom of the company’s ping-pong totem pole. An enthusiastic entrepreneur and active speaker, Mike is a leading voice on crowdsourcing, industry disruption, startups, and small business issues and writes a regular column on the crowdSPRING blog (ranked in the AdAge Power 100 Marketing Blogs). Prior to starting crowdSPRING, Samson was an Emmy Award® nominated Producer, and Production Manager with more than 20 years of experience

When you are starting a business while working a full-time job, it's easy to get overwhelmed -- you don't have a lot of time! On this episode of the How to Quit Working Show, Heather discusses how to deal with overwelm. 

Focus is extremely important when starting a business. Jeff discusses the power of setting you goals and then focusing on them on this episode of the How to Quit Working Show. 

At How to Quit Working, we basically sit around all day and night trying to figure out new ways to provide people with the resources they need to quit their job and start a business. We came up with another idea. It's free, you can get it right now and Jeff is going to tell you all about it on this episode of the How to Quit Working Show. 

Successful entrepreneurs have a lot of factors in common and one of them is that they seek out the resources they need to be successful. On this episode of the How to Quit Working Show, Heather discusses how successful entrepreneurs use coaching to get big results. 

Erin Alli had enough of living her day on someone else's schedule. When she came home from work one night and "announced" to her husband that she quit her job and was going to start a business... it got real. Erin tells how she quit her job to create a virtual assistant company on this episode of the How to Quit Working Show. 

Many of us have been lead to believe a lot of thing about money that is not true. Believing these money myths prevents us from being successful financially and in other aspects of our lives. If you want to quit your job and create a life of freedom, you’re going to need money and you can’t be successful unless you put these money myths aside. On this episode of the How to Quit Working Show, Jeff Steinmann will bust 11 myths about money and explain the alternate way of thinking for success. 

Starting a business is a lot of work. So is having a family. When you toss a full-time job on top of that, it seems insurmountable. On this episode of the How to Quit Working Show, Heather discusses how to balance having a family with with starting  business. 

Sara Hastreiter doesn't like sitting around watching TV. Her life has taken some interesting turns, but one thing has remained constant: When she wants something, she goes for it. This has lead her to fight for HIV/AIDS in Africa and now as a member of Team SCA, currently participating in the Volvo Ocean Race -- basically sailing throught very dangerous waters around the entire world. Sara explains how she developed her passion for sailing and her exciting journey on this episode of the How to Quit Working Show. 

Daniel Vance is a How to Quit Working Client who got big results fast by using the How to Quit Working System. His first month in business, he made $7750. Daniel explains how he did it on this episode of the How to Quit Working Show. 

When people hear the name, "How to Quit Working", their first reaction is, "OK, how DO you ACTUALLY do that? On this episode of the How to Quit Working Show, Heather explains why she doesn't believe in the 4 Hour Work Week and how you can actually Quit Working.

Amy Scott wanted to travel the world. But she was living in San Francisco making $40k a year, which made that really hard. On this Episode of the How to Quit Working Show, Amy explains how she went from barely scraping by to living an amazing life of complete location freedom. 

Chris Coleman has been involved with franchises since he was only a few feet tall, working in his parents in their pizza business. Today he is with Frannet, which is a company that helps pair would-be franchisees with franchisors. On this episode of the How to Quit Working Show, Chris explains what you should think about when considering purchasing a franchise.

The world is full of distractions -- even more now than ever. To successfully quit your job and start a business requires an intense focus on the things that will actually matter enough to get you there as well as continuous persistent action. On this episode of the How to Quit Working Show Jeff and Heather discuss the importance of being focused on what matters most and persistently pursing your goal until success. 

When her banking job was downsized, Selena Ford didn't make excuses, she saw it as an opportunity to follow her dream of making a living with her passion of preparing good, healthy food for people. She slowly began as a personal chef on the side, and last year launched her business full-time. On this episode of the How to Quit Working Show, Selena explains how she quit her job to become a personal chef. 

Maurice Williams was working as a personal trainer for a large company. When he found out his third child was on the way, he knew it was the time to act on his dream of starting his own business that would let him create the most amazing life possible for himself and his family. Maurice explains how he did it and how you can too on this episode of the How to Quit Working Show.

We all have said, "If only I knew then what I know now..." What if you could get a glimpse at the perspective you will have 20 years from now? On this episode of the How to Quit Working Show, Jeff discusses how to make decisions with the future in mind and Heather talks about getting past the most common roadblocks you tell us you are facing on your Quit Working journey. Keep the conversation going!

Daphne Mallory was born in Lyberia, West Africa, one of the poorest countries in the world. She was also born with a passion for entrepreneurship and family business. Daphne is an attorney and expert on family business. On this episode of the How to Quit Working Show, Daphne shares her journey and advice on starting a family business.

Alvin Woods knew what he wanted. He wanted to be a leader and to shape pop-culture. Through lots of exploration, he figured out what that meant - he would open a branding and publicity agency. Fortunately, he had a strong work ethic instilled in him from a very young age which meant he gets up every single day and does exactly what he must do in order to be successful. On this episode of the How to Quit Working Show, Alvin tells us how a little boy from Louisiana grew up to be a successful entrepreneur.

Do you feel like you don't get to do enough of what you really want? What if you could put the things you love most at the center of your life? On this episode of the How to Quit Working Show, Jeff discusses the lifestyle circles and Heather discusses the importance of having a mentor.