The sudden death of her sister made Claire Smith, 45, re-evaluate her life. She tells us how setting up her own business has improved her work-life balance and how her trusted financial adviser has helped to secure her financial future. Meanwhile, her daughter, Georgia, 18, is following in her mum’s entrepreneurial footsteps…
Claire’s story
Claire Smith’s sister, Michelle, was fit and healthy when she died suddenly of a pulmonary embolism at the age of 37. Claire went into shock at the news. “It was completely out of the blue,” she says. “It was horrendous.”
Overnight, her entire outlook changed. “It made me re-evaluate my life,” she says. “I had been working in the corporate world, in sales and marketing, for 25 years. I had a high-pressure, target-driven, full-on job, five days a week, which involved travelling all over the country. I loved it – but it was exhausting. And I just decided I didn’t want to do it anymore.”
With two kids of her own, Claire realised what was important to her. “I was one of those mothers who was always in a business suit, running around like crazy. I wanted the flexibility to pick and choose my own hours so I could spend more time with my parents and children.”
She decided to take the leap and set up her own marketing business. Five years later, she still has clients who signed their first contract in the company’s early days and have been with her ever since. “The rewards have been phenomenal,” she says.
Thank you to Atherton and Associates part of St James Place for asking us to feature in their online careers story section.
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