Steve Larsen - How to take a year off to identify your next step
03/19/20 • 44 min
When Steve Larsen got the urge to take time off, as most of us experience throughout our careers, he realized it wasn't as simple as walking out the door. However, he didn't let that stop him.
Despite pouring his efforts into a highly successful financial planning firm, if he were to walk away, he would only be able to pay bills and take care of his family for two weeks without consistent pay. This realization kicked a series of active steps into action that allowed him to plan for a year off in only 8 months. Steps he shares in his upcoming book, 'A Year Off'.
Listen in to hear how you can do the same, regardless of your current profession or career. Steve shares his journey of assessing his finances, life goals and taking action. Hear how his year off offered him new perspectives and greater control over his life. As the owner of a 125 million-dollar firm, Steve has no shortage of insights into how you can financially plan for freedom— even when it seems impossible.
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About Cathleen:
As a trained Leadership & Mindset Coach, Facilitator and Keynote Speaker Cathleen supports high achieving but worn-out Women in Corporates create a more content & balanced life without sacrificing their hard-earned success. Cathleen focuses on women who lost their sense of purpose, who feel they are running in a hamster wheel, trying to please everyone but themselves. She helps people turn their careers around so that they start feeling fulfilled and excited again about the Mondays to come. Her proven 6-step "Legend Framework" helps Leaders go from feeling lost, lacking confidence and clarity about their career to owning their next career step, feeling at ease with themselves and others, excited about their future and able to tackle any obstacle that may get in their way. At the end of the process, Cathleen's clients will feel healthier, happier, energised and clear about their future. She works with action takers who really want to make an impact on the world around them - people who are driven by purpose. If you are a female high-achiever and you are ready to take your career to the next level whilst fully enjoying your personal life, then get in touch! With over 15 years of leadership experience in Retail, Media & Broadcasting, Engineering and Property Investment, Cathleen has not only experienced the challenges and opportunities of a leader herself, she has also been leading and supporting various leadership development projects within large, complex, multinational matrix organisations. These are exactly the experiences that made her choose to help leaders across the world step out of the “daily hamster wheel” and into a life of purpose, inspiration and courage to live a life on their own terms.
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About Steve Larsen
Steve is the owner of a 125 million dollar financial planning firm, a successful online education company, and the author of A Year Off: The Anti-Budgeting Solution to Mastering Your Money and Following Your Dreams being published in 2020. He is also a Professor of Finance at Gonzaga University and provides strategic business consulting for owners of rapidly growing businesses.
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When Steve Larsen got the urge to take time off, as most of us experience throughout our careers, he realized it wasn't as simple as walking out the door. However, he didn't let that stop him.
Despite pouring his efforts into a highly successful financial planning firm, if he were to walk away, he would only be able to pay bills and take care of his family for two weeks without consistent pay. This realization kicked a series of active steps into action that allowed him to plan for a year off in only 8 months. Steps he shares in his upcoming book, 'A Year Off'.
Listen in to hear how you can do the same, regardless of your current profession or career. Steve shares his journey of assessing his finances, life goals and taking action. Hear how his year off offered him new perspectives and greater control over his life. As the owner of a 125 million-dollar firm, Steve has no shortage of insights into how you can financially plan for freedom— even when it seems impossible.
Tune in here:
If you enjoyed this episode, check out the video show notes and more here and follow me here:
About Cathleen:
As a trained Leadership & Mindset Coach, Facilitator and Keynote Speaker Cathleen supports high achieving but worn-out Women in Corporates create a more content & balanced life without sacrificing their hard-earned success. Cathleen focuses on women who lost their sense of purpose, who feel they are running in a hamster wheel, trying to please everyone but themselves. She helps people turn their careers around so that they start feeling fulfilled and excited again about the Mondays to come. Her proven 6-step "Legend Framework" helps Leaders go from feeling lost, lacking confidence and clarity about their career to owning their next career step, feeling at ease with themselves and others, excited about their future and able to tackle any obstacle that may get in their way. At the end of the process, Cathleen's clients will feel healthier, happier, energised and clear about their future. She works with action takers who really want to make an impact on the world around them - people who are driven by purpose. If you are a female high-achiever and you are ready to take your career to the next level whilst fully enjoying your personal life, then get in touch! With over 15 years of leadership experience in Retail, Media & Broadcasting, Engineering and Property Investment, Cathleen has not only experienced the challenges and opportunities of a leader herself, she has also been leading and supporting various leadership development projects within large, complex, multinational matrix organisations. These are exactly the experiences that made her choose to help leaders across the world step out of the “daily hamster wheel” and into a life of purpose, inspiration and courage to live a life on their own terms.
Cathleen's Links:
Do you want to learn more about how to become a Legendary Leader, the download my FREE Guide which shares 5 Proven Ways To Gain Confidence As An Inspirational Leader Without Overwhelm - Simply Click Here
About Steve Larsen
Steve is the owner of a 125 million dollar financial planning firm, a successful online education company, and the author of A Year Off: The Anti-Budgeting Solution to Mastering Your Money and Following Your Dreams being published in 2020. He is also a Professor of Finance at Gonzaga University and provides strategic business consulting for owners of rapidly growing businesses.
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About Cathleen:
As a Thought Leader in the Mindset & (Self-) Leadership space, Cathleen supports high achieving, but worn-out Women in Corporate create a more content & balanced life without sacrificing their hard-earned success.
Cathleen focuses on women who lost their sense of purpose, who feel they are running in a hamster wheel, trying to please everyone but themselves. She helps people turn their careers around so that they start feeling fulfilled and excited again about the Mondays to come.
Her proven 6-step "Legend Framework" helps Leaders go from feeling lost, lacking confidence and clarity about their career to owning their next career step, feeling at ease with themselves and others, excited about their future and able to tackle any obstacle that may get in their way. At the end of the process, Cathleen's clients will feel healthier, happier, energised and clear about their future.
She works with action takers who really want to make an impact on the world around them - people who are driven by purpose. If you are a female high-achiever and you are ready to take your career to the next level whilst fully enjoying your personal life, then get in touch!
With over 15 years of leadership experience in Retail, Media & Broadcasting, Engineering and Property Investment, Cathleen has not only experienced the challenges and opportunities of a leader herself, she has also been leading and supporting various leadership development projects within large, complex, multinational matrix organisations. These are exactly the experiences that made her choose to help leaders across the world step out of the “daily hamster wheel” and into a life of purpose, inspiration and courage to live a life on their own terms.
About Alexandria Agresta:
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