The Transit Lounge

The career change after 40 interview series keeps uncovering great, 'ordinary' women who left successful careers to work for themselves...After 'falling' into a career in FMCG Emma Polette found herself managing multi-million dollar budgets, with a National role she was good at, but didn't love, in a boys club industry...Then some health issues kicked in [as seem to often be the case with high achieving women], leading her to consider doing something else and now she is ...How she found her new direction was a little unusual, but in this podcast episode she shares:A comment a colleague made to Emma that made Shandra crankyThe moment the epiphany hit about what she wanted to do and how to escape the big city to start a new careerThe epic way she 'gave notice' and left her role gracefullyThe varying reactions from people who heard she was leaving her high paying jobWhat she realised with hindsight that could have helped her build her business fasterWhat happens on the new moon that impacts her businessHow and w