I often have sessions with aspiring entrepreneurs in the corporate world, coaching them on the options available to them as they try to devise a plan to follow their dreams and venture off into their own businesses. A theme that has emerged is that they are ready to leave but cannot do so just yet, especially in view of the state of the economy. They are waiting either for their family's financial situation to change or for the next bonus, or they are saving up to cover the early days of self-employment. So, each day they go to work, despondent and disengaged, existing to drain energy from their work projects and their colleagues. In her bestselling book Lean In, the chief operating officer of Facebook, Sheryl Sandberg, popularised the expression "Don't leave before you leave". In her case, she was referring to how professional women opt out of so many growth opportunities because they one day aspire to settle down and have a family, even though that reality might still be decades a...
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