You're listening to Nathan Chansky and this is the Passion with Purpose podcast.

Hello to all you creators, dreamers, and doers out there. I'm Nathan Chansky, photographer, business coach, and your host.

After starting my photography business and nearly giving up after a rough first couple of

years, with God's help, I transformed my business and became the multi-six-figure business owner

here with you today. I'm here to drop weekly episodes full of everything I've learned in the

process while bringing on some of the biggest experts in the industry. This podcast is for

photographers, creatives, and anyone wanting to build a business and life of your fullest God-given potential. Welcome to the industry. This podcast is for photographers, creatives, and anyone wanting to build a business

and life of your fullest God-given potential. Welcome to the show, my friend.

Okay, so we got a brand new topic that we're going to be talking about today that I'm very

excited to talk about because this is a very common topic that I think comes up a lot in the entrepreneurship space and especially with creative entrepreneurs. And as the title says, you probably know what I'm going to talk about. It's when to go full time in your business, especially as a photographer. And this is like a pivotal moment for people, right? This is a very important moment for a lot of people. And I don't think I've ever done a full episode on this topic. I think I've touched on it before, but I think

this is worthy of a full episode. So I really want to dive into my thoughts on this. And what's

interesting is that this is a topic that my thoughts have really changed on it over like the years,

over months, over just kind of like watching and learning and

seeing how different people's experiences are with this. And I think that because this topic is

very nuanced and it isn't just like a one size fits all for everybody, this is something

that's, it's kind of like evolving in my head. And I feel like I've had this evolution of things that I've really, I thought one thing at first. And then I kind of came

to realize some other things as well on this topic. And I think they're very worth sharing

and something that you're going to find very insightful for you. And guess what? They're probably

going to morph again over time, to some extent, right? So this is a discussion that I trust will not only help you, but it will, you know, it's going to push you to even ask yourself more questions about your situation. Because I don't, like, I'm not here to just be like, hey, like you listen to the one podcast episode and then you quit

your job and then you're done. You know what I'm saying? Or like you listen to the podcast episode and then you're never going to quit your job. I don't want that to be the case. I want you to be discerning. I want you to be intentional. I want you to take the pulse on where you're at in your business and your life. don't do anything reckless that you're going to regret,

but I want you to be, again, discerning and mindful of where you're at and self-assessing

and really kind of take that approach to things instead of just being like, oh, yeah,

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