Lifestyle FREEDOM - The Controlled Way

Join Up Dots - Business Coaching Made Easy (With A Bit Of Life Coaching Too)

David Ralph of Join Up Dots

Business, Education

5 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Lifestyle FREEDOM - The Controlled Way In this episode of **Join Up Dots**, David Ralph tackles the number one question he hears from listeners: "I'd love to quit my job, but I don't know what I can do instead." Rather than chasing big ideas or dramatic leaps, David strips entrepreneurship back to what really matters — covering your bills first and building from there. Drawing on his own experience of jumping too early and feeling the pressure that followed, he explains why the smartest path to freedom is starting small, creating side income alongside your job, and replacing expenses one by one before ever handing in your notice. This episode is a grounded, reassuring reminder that you don't need to know your life's purpose to begin — you just need to create options, reduce risk, and let confidence grow naturally over time. If you've been overthinking your next move, this conversation will help you breathe, refocus, and take the first realistic step forward. If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who's feeling stuck at work and dreaming of something more. Let's spread the message that freedom is built, not jumped into. #JoinUpDots #QuitTheJobMyth #SideHustleLife #EntrepreneurMindset #BuildBeforeYouLeap #FinancialFreedomJourney Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast and leave a review. Your feedback helps us reach more people and continue bringing you valuable content. See you in the next episode!

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0:00.0	Life shouldn't be hard. Life should be a fun-filled adventure every day. So now start joining up dots.
0:07.0	Tap into your talents, your skills, your God-given gifts, and tell your boss, you don't deserve me.
0:14.0	I'm out of here. It's time for you to smash that alarm clock.
0:19.0	And start getting the dream business and life you will of course
0:24.5	are dreaming of let's join your host david ralph from the back of his garden in the uk or wherever he
0:32.0	might be today with another jammed pack episode of the number one hit podcast, Join Up.
0:39.0	Yeah, good morning to you. Good morning to you. And welcome to the Join UpDots podcast.
0:45.4	Right, let's get into this because this is probably the number one question I get on Join Up Dots.
0:51.1	More than issues with mindset, more than motivation, more than
0:55.3	what Mike do you use and how do you record and stuff?
0:59.0	Literally, the number one question I always get is some version of David, I'd love to quit
1:03.7	my job, but I've got absolutely no idea what I can do to make that happen.
1:09.5	And yeah, I get so many of these.
1:13.2	And whenever I hear that, I don't hear actually confusion,
1:18.2	because I don't think that's what people are asking.
1:19.9	I hear pressure.
1:21.4	I hear sort of fear and fear dressed up as curiosity.
1:26.0	I hear someone standing right on the edge of a diving board
1:29.8	looking down 10, 15 meters, convincing themselves they need to have a perfect plan before they
1:36.3	jump when actually they don't actually need to jump at all. And that's where so many people go
1:41.4	wrong. They think entrepreneurship and building your own dream life
1:46.1	starts with quitting. They think that freedom starts with handing in a notice. They think that
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