Kate Erickson is a creator, engager and implementer over at EOFire, a 7-day a week podcast that interviews today's most inspiring and successful entrepreneurs. She is also the host of Kate's Take: The Entrepreneur On Fire Audio Blog and author of The Fire Path: A Beginner's Guide to Growing Your Online Business. Kate is passionate about helping entrepreneurs create freedom in their business and life through developing systems and processes that can help their business scale and grow. Current Business: Entrepreneur on Fire Kate has been such an inspiration to me, I consider her one of my virtual mentors. There were so many things I wanted to talk to her about, but when I really thought about it there wasn’t a doubt in my mind what that was. I’ve heard her talk about her “journey” over the years, but she shared a lot of details in a post she wrote on her blog Why job security is BS (and how to leave your 9-5) . This is a topic near and dear to my heart.  I know a lot of the listeners feel the same way and want to figure out how to do it for themselves. Kate's Story Kate was like a lot of us.  Climbing the corporate ladder and then figuring out that letting someone else be the “master of her destiny” was not the way she wanted to live her life. When she became self aware to the fact that being unhappy M-F in order to be happy on the weekend was just crazy. She walks us through her process: Phase I: The Decision Phase II: The Preparation Phase III: The Leap The Escape Plan Everyone’s story is different so we talk about different ways to form and execute a plan to leave your 9-5, which I now refer to as the "Escape Plan." Internal/External Influences We also talk about how she dealt with friends and family who didn’t understand entrepreneurship. That negative inner voice that some of us suffer from a.k.a "The Impostor Syndrome" (who am I to do this). You Do you agree that job security is BS? What's holding you back? Are you ready to put down on paper your “Escape Plan?” Resources: The Freedom Journal SMART Goals Meetup.com Linkedin WWE Online Mastermind Community Podcasters' Paradise Kickstarter Kate's Take The Fire Path: A Beginner's Guide to Growing Your Online Business Pencils of Promise Contact Info: http://www.eofire.com/contact/ Check us out on: Facebook and Twitter