Maybe You’ll Fail, But What If You Don’t?

It never gets easy.

I left my job in 2012 to nervously pursue my passion for voice overs as a full-time freelancer.

Too many doubts surrounded me then about it being a right move or a mistake? But the only thing that helped me continue was my fear.

Fear of regret.

I didn’t want to regret a few years later about not giving myself this chance.

Chance to have more choices. Whether it was selecting my working hours, people I work with, or rates I work on. All these were great choices to have control over.

Maybe I would’ve horribly failed, but what if I didn’t?

Fortunately it worked for me. Now it’s been twelve successful years of working as a freelance voice artiste. And not a single day have I regretted since I began. On the flip side I’ve had the privilege of working on some of the biggest projects, and some of the best names in the industry. But has it been easy?

Never.

For that is how it is for everyone, freelancers or otherwise.

In his book: Only The Paranoid Survive, Andrew Grove, former CEO of Intel and one of the best executives of his time mentions about strategic inflection point.

“A strategic inflection point is…