Because you have more power than you think

You’ve been with your employer for a few years now.

They’ve come to appreciate the things you’re able to do for them.

How much time would it take your employer to find someone able to do those things as well as you?

How much money would it cost your employer to find someone able to do those things as well as you?

How much riskier would it be to hire someone they don’t know rather than keep someone they do?

If you asked your employer to let you take a sabbatical, so that you could kick-start your side hustle, what would they say?

If you asked your employer to let you go part time, so that you could spend more time on your side hustle, what would they say?

If you asked your employer for a raise, so that you could save up for going full-time on your side-hustle, what would they say?

If they understood that they risked losing you, what would they do?

You may have more power over your employer than you think.