the corporate exodus
Rod Brinson
Rod Brinson20 years in corporate. Laid off in 2024. Successfully unemployed ever since.
Free · About 7 minutes

The Exodus Assessment

For anyone who knows something has to change, and doesn't know what yet.

Answer a few honest questions about where you are, what you're good at, and what you want. You'll walk away knowing where you stand, which direction fits you, and what to do next.

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Maybe this sounds familiar.

  • Sunday night hits, and your stomach drops before you even open the laptop.
  • You've been having the same "I need to get out" conversation for years.
  • You have three ideas, and you can't pick one.
  • You're good at your job. It just doesn't feel like you anymore.
  • You're scared to leave, and you're scared to stay.
  • You got laid off, and everybody keeps asking what's next.
  • You have no idea how much money you'd need to walk away.

None of that means something is wrong with you. You're standing in the fog... and nobody can plan a way out of something they can't see.

Seven minutes from now.

Right nowAfter the assessment

You can't tell if the problem is you or the job.

You'll know which one it is.

You have a few ideas pulling you in different directions.

You'll see the direction that fits what people already come to you for.

You're guessing about money and timing.

You'll know where you stand on your numbers and your runway.

Every option feels like a leap.

You'll have three moves you can make this week.

Fair warning... it might tell you to stay. I'd rather give you the real answer than the one that sells you something.

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I've been in that seat.

20years in corporate America
2six-figure businesses built
0days back in a cubicle

Twenty years in corporate America. Good roles, good money, sitting across the table from Fortune 500 executives.

The whole time, I was building something on the side. Nights, weekends, early mornings before anyone else was up. By the time it mattered, that side business was doing six figures.

Then I got laid off.

I have been successfully unemployed ever since. Almost three years now. And in my first twelve months doing this full time, I built a second six-figure business.

I did not get out because I was brave. I got out because when the decision got made for me, I already had something built.

That is the whole difference between an exit and a fall. One of them you walk out of. The other one happens to you.

What happens when the plan is real.

$500K+

Added in a year for a daycare that had 20 empty spots. Ninety days after the rebrand, every room was full with a three-month waitlist.

$19K

One Instagram post for a charter bus company. Somebody saw it, called the owner, and booked a New York trip.

$75K

One redesigned proposal for a catering company. One contract.

Somebody's planning your exit. Make sure it's you.

Seven minutes. Honest questions. A clear next step.

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