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Could you actually Afford to Leave Corporate?

You earn good money, but how dependent are you on the salary?

Whether you're in your 40s with time to build or already in your 50s and ready to move faster, the honest answer depends on what you have built outside the job. The best time to build it is while the salary is still paying, so that by the time you want out, corporate is optional rather than the only thing paying the bills.

In five minutes you will see how close you are to being able to leave, and what to work on next.

Your score looks at the seven areas that shape whether you could leave

Financial Clarity Income Streams Personal Brand Offer Clarity Identity Readiness Exit Plan Health Foundation

When you finish, you'll know

  • Your Executive Exit Readiness Score out of 100
  • What's keeping you dependent on your salary
  • Which of the seven areas needs attention first
  • Your next action to become more exit ready

No sign up to start. Personalised report after the final question.

Example result Illustrative, not a real person

What your result looks like

Preparing Tier for scores 31-50 out of 100
  • Financial Clarity50%
  • Income Streams25%
  • Personal Brand42%
  • Offer Clarity33%
  • Identity Readiness58%
  • Exit Plan42%
  • Health Foundation75%

Biggest gap: Income Streams. Outside salary, you do not yet have enough live income to reduce employer dependence.

Your own score shows on screen after the final question, and your full report goes to your inbox once you add your email.

Darren Argyle

Built by Darren Argyle, who spent three decades as a group senior cybersecurity executive across Standard Chartered Bank, S&P Global, Qantas Airways and IBM.

Question 1 of 28 3%
Financial Clarity 1/4
Question 1 of 28
How clear is your freedom number (the annual income your exit must replace)?
Financial Clarity 2/4
Question 2 of 28
How many months of essential spending could you cover without salary?
Financial Clarity 3/4
Question 3 of 28
Do you know what your current lifestyle actually costs per year?
Financial Clarity · 4 of 4
Question 4 of 28
How much do you have available to invest in your corporate exit?
Income Streams 1/4
Question 5 of 28
Outside salary, how many income streams already produce cash?
Income Streams 2/4
Question 6 of 28
What share of household income could you replace without your employer in the next 12 months if you had to?
Income Streams 3/4
Question 7 of 28
Do you have a repeatable way to get paid for your expertise (offer, retainer, product, licensing)?
Income Streams 4/4
Question 8 of 28
Are any assets producing income without your live hours (content, IP, equity, product)?
Personal Brand 1/4
Question 9 of 28
How visible are you outside your current employer?
Personal Brand 2/4
Question 10 of 28
Can a stranger understand what you stand for from LinkedIn or your site in under a minute?
Personal Brand 3/4
Question 11 of 28
How often do you publish useful thinking for your future buyers?
Personal Brand 4/4
Question 12 of 28
Do inbound opportunities (calls, intros, invites) arrive without you chasing HR jobs?
Offer Clarity 1/4
Question 13 of 28
How clear is the paid offer you would sell after (or beside) corporate?
Offer Clarity 2/4
Question 14 of 28
Who exactly is the buyer?
Offer Clarity 3/4
Question 15 of 28
Have people paid you (or strongly committed) for this outside the job?
Offer Clarity 4/4
Question 16 of 28
Can you explain the offer in one sentence without using your job title?
Identity Readiness 1/4
Question 17 of 28
How ready are you to introduce yourself without the corporate title?
Identity Readiness 2/4
Question 18 of 28
How does your partner or closest person respond to a real exit plan?
Identity Readiness 3/4
Question 19 of 28
When you picture leaving, what dominates?
Identity Readiness 4/4
Question 20 of 28
Are you building the second act while the salary still funds it?
Exit Plan 1/4
Question 21 of 28
Do you have a target exit date written down?
Exit Plan 2/4
Question 22 of 28
Do you have a 30-60-90 plan for the first season after exit?
Exit Plan 3/4
Question 23 of 28
Who supports the exit (advisor, peer group, operator help)?
Exit Plan 4/4
Question 24 of 28
Have you mapped contractual, non-compete, and equity timing risks?
Health Foundation 1/4
Question 25 of 28
How is your sleep across a normal work week?
Health Foundation 2/4
Question 26 of 28
How is energy after a normal workday?
Health Foundation 3/4
Question 27 of 28
How is stress in your body right now?
Health Foundation 4/4
Question 28 of 28
Do you train or move in a way you can sustain for years?
Before the score
Where are you right now?
Before the score
What's the real cost of another year like this one?
Before the score
If the path was clear, what would you spend in the next 90 days to get there?
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