Made the BIGGEST decision of my life today!

[mypokercorner]

Congratualtions! You are an inspiration to all of us mere mortals with jobs! Best of luck with all of your projects.

[scrawnybob]

hi Graham

great decision - if your hearts not in the day job it's just dragging you down for what you enjoy - the poker affiliating

good luck not that you need it - and great decision I'm sure you wont regret

cheers scrawnybob

ps. we must get that link thing sorted - now your FT feel free to nag me ;-)

[poker69]

Congrats man... make the best out of it.

[boarderman23]

Congratulations Graham! I'm confident that you will be successful and not regret the decision.

I wish you the best!

[pokerforfree]

Congrats G,

I am sure you are gonna be successful. You are thanking a lot of people for your success (which is great), but I also have to thank YOU for pointing something out to me that doubled my visitors almost instantly.

Good luck, and I am sure to bug you on MSN from time to time.

The other G

[offyourface]

Man, this is really nice to see Graham. I am sure it took a lot of guts to quit a job like that and do your own thing. I know how far you have come and I know what kind of work ethic it takes to get there, so keep up the good work pal, I'm stoked for you!!!!

“Whatever you do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.”
Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

[Graham]

Thanks everyone for all the kind words... I really appreciate all the support here!

For anyone thinking about doing the same thing as me feel free to message me with any questions. I just got a PM from someone and as part of my long response I suggest the following to anyone thinking about doing the same thing...

What I would suggest to you is this:
1) Go out and buy The 4 Hour Work Week... it's a great book and will motivate you A LOT! I read it and it really helped me.
2) Read Jeremy's blog - He has a ton of great motivational posts around this subject.
3) Think of the WORSE case scenario and weigh it to the BEST case scenario... if the risk is minimal, but the potential for reward is great, I think you already know what to do.
4) Think what the best possible thing that could happen at your current job... if you think that would make you way happier than doing affiliate stuff / your own thing, then maybe you actually do like your job.
5) Do what will make YOU happy... if your current job is killing you (I know mine was), its only going to get worse and worse.
6) Talk to your family and friends - I spoke to my parents about it before I made my decision. I thought they would give me a hard time as I was always raised to go to school, get the good job etc. and work for a company, but the reaction I got was quite the opposite. They were extremely supportive which made the decision so much easier!

Good luck!

[Kef272]

Congrats Graham!

I've been thinking about this too.
It's a hard decision when you have a decent job with steady income. I'm sure you'll enjoy you're new full time career much better than the 9-5!

[J S]

Graham, congratulations on making this decision! Oftentimes that can be the hardest part. You're going to do great.

[Ridge]

Nice Graham! I've been thinking about this the last couple of months too. I have lots more work to do before I'm in a position to do it though. Seeing that is possible to leave a great job is an inspiration. I actually love my job and "have it made", but the other half of my brain wants to be like you, Jeremy, corp, etc..

Thanks for the post!