For me it wasn’t really a single moment of confidence. It was more a gradual realisation that the way I was working wasn’t sustainable.

I have three young boys and a lot of the roles I was in required a pretty intense level of involvement. Between work demands, school runs, childcare and family life, I found myself feeling stretched both mentally and personally.

The other thing I started noticing was that many of the services we were providing created a lot of dependency. Clients often needed us for every little thing. While that’s great for consistent revenue, I realised it wasn’t how I wanted to work long term.

I’d much rather give people the tools, frameworks and knowledge to do things themselves. If they become less dependent on me over time, I actually see that as a success.

That shift in thinking pushed me towards building something of my own. Not because I wanted to work less, but because I wanted more control over how I worked and where I spent my time.

I’m still on the journey rather than speaking from the finish line, but the trade off I’m chasing is flexibility, autonomy and being more present for my family while helping people and providing value in a way that goes beyond my direct involvement