in 2021. Now, she’s written a book, . In it, Kadakia gives advice based on her experience of leaving her corporate job to around dance classes, and helping others live their own passions.“I knew I was taking this uncharted path in what I was doing… so I didn’t let anyone around me or the environments around me hinder me, or make me doubt myself in any way,” Kadakia says.In this episode of , Kadakia tells SUCCESS’ Madison Pieper about how she so she could commit to her business full time, her goal-setting system and not letting the pressure of other people’s expectations weigh you down.Instead of thinking about money exclusively as something you make to pay your bills, think about how you can use it to .“I have this mantra: Make money work for you, you don’t work for money,” Kadakia says. “We need to make sure that the dollars we are getting every single day are helping us either grow, or are being spent on the things that we truly care about.”One you’ve identified your dream goal—starting your own business or , for example—reframe the role money plays in your life.
Create a budget so you know how much you’ll need to support yourself while you go after your goal. This will give you an idea of how much you have to save before you’ll be able to focus on it full time.Knowing that she wanted to trade corporate life for dance and tech, Kadakia spent six years saving up money from her day job.
She had a clear idea of what she wanted to spend money on, and it wasn’t fine dining and vacations: it was growing her business.
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