Jay Harrington leaves a big law bankruptcy practice to start a marketing & PR company with his wife

Jay Harrington is the Co-Founder and Chief Strategist at Harrington Communications. Jay went from a big law bankruptcy practice to a portfolio career that spans from marketing & PR to training & coaching to book author. Jay highlights two things I think are so important. First, you can design your life. You can pick the work that supports the life you want to live, rather than live the lifestyle demanded by a certain job. Second, he talks about making yourself your own best client and committing time to pursuing your priorities, whatever you decide they are. Without that, you’re stuck in a reactive mode that makes it very difficult to move forward in a meaningful way.

In this episode, we discuss:

• Jay had a relatively positive experience as a big law associate, but found he had the entrepreneurial bug
• Jay jumped into a marketing business with his wife, a graphic designer
• The company provided him with an outlet for more writing, which he enjoyed
• The benefits of taking a chance before the golden handcuffs and family obligations take full hold
• During the Great Recession, as a hedge, Jay started doing some bankruptcy work again, which snowballed into a small law firm
• 3 years into that, he burned out on doing both law and marketing
• The way Jay decided which route to take was by deciding what he wanted his life to look like 
• Jay and his wife decided their priority was moving to a small town where they could get outdoors often. So, that led him to lean into the marketing business, but do it remotely
• Jay now has portfolio career of marketing, consulting, trainings, and writing
• Find the time to prioritize yourself, or you’ll stay stuck

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