I don’t consider myself particularly risk-loving, but as the company’s priorities had changed, so too had my role.
I deliberated the decision over a period of a week or so with friends and family and on a sunny May day in the Berlin office, I video-called my line manager and handed in my resignation.
Sure, my colleagues thought I was crazy, but deep down inside in that moment in time… I realized the only person’s whose thoughts and feelings mattered were mine.
Since then I’ve done way more crazy/brave/risky things… I toyed with the idea of being a VC and had lots of coffee dates with associates (I soon changed my mind).
I interviewed for C-level roles at venture-backed startups across London, Paris, and Berlin.
And then I ran a series of careers workshops that ended up being the beginnings of Hustle Crew, my first venture.
In the few short months since we launched, we’ve become one of the first startups to be accepted into The Family’s London incubator, accepted into the Prince’s Trust Enterprise program, and delivered training for Pinterest’s entire Europe team and students at LSE, Oxford, UCL. We’ve also mentored over a hundred Mllennials from San Francisco to Shanghai.
Isn’t it funny what happens when you start to conquer your fears? In my case, I’ve found that each test and challenge has built my resilience and made me braver…
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