becoming an entrepreneur
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Becoming an entrepreneur - for people who would like to live life on their own terms
If you have a strong desire to work and live life on your own terms, becoming an entrepreneur may be for you. Discover the questions you need to answer to find out if becoming an entrepreneur is for you.
If you ever had the inkling to start your own business, there is no better time than now - if you have what it takes.
Going into business for yourself is the only way you will create financial stability for you and loved ones. You will not get it from a job because jobs are impermanent.
We are living in a challenging time, more so than you realize. There is a very good reason to start your own business now - beyond the current econonic climate - that you do not know about. I will reveal it shortly.
I will also reveal the personal qualities that you will need as an entrepreneur. This will help you to decide if becoming an entrepreneur is a real option for you.
If you ever had the inkling to start your own business, there is no better time than now - if you have what it takes.
Going into business for yourself is the only way you will create financial stability for you and loved ones. You will not get it from a job because jobs are impermanent.
We are living in a challenging time, more so than you realize. There is a very good reason to start your own business now - beyond the current econonic climate - that you do not know about. I will reveal it shortly.
I will also reveal the personal qualities that you will need as an entrepreneur. This will help you to decide if becoming an entrepreneur is a real option for you.
Becoming an entrepreneur -why listen to me
I have been a management consultant and executive coach for more than 20 years.
I have coached thousands of managers in that time.
As such I am very aware of the pressures and stresses that managers face from their jobs.
I am also aware of the tribulations they face when trying to balance the need for income to support the family now with the desire to create a better quality of life, and financial stability, for themselves and their families in the future.
I have coached thousands of managers in that time.
As such I am very aware of the pressures and stresses that managers face from their jobs.
I am also aware of the tribulations they face when trying to balance the need for income to support the family now with the desire to create a better quality of life, and financial stability, for themselves and their families in the future.
What is an entrepreneur?
Different sources provide different definitions. I prefer the definition provided by Wikipedia.
"An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of an enterprise, or venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome. It is an ambitious leader who combines land, labor, and capital to create and market new goods or services. [1]The term is a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to the type of personality who is willing to take upon herself or himself a new venture or enterprise and accepts full responsibility for the outcome."
Much has been written about the qualities of a successful entrepreneur.
I think that the most important quality is to have a strong desire to live life and to earn your living on your own terms.
Becoming an entrepreneur is not for everybody.
But if you do have a strong desire to live life on your own terms, now is a very good time to consider leaving your job and going into business for yourself.
"An entrepreneur is a person who has possession of an enterprise, or venture, and assumes significant accountability for the inherent risks and the outcome. It is an ambitious leader who combines land, labor, and capital to create and market new goods or services. [1]The term is a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to the type of personality who is willing to take upon herself or himself a new venture or enterprise and accepts full responsibility for the outcome."
Much has been written about the qualities of a successful entrepreneur.
I think that the most important quality is to have a strong desire to live life and to earn your living on your own terms.
Becoming an entrepreneur is not for everybody.
But if you do have a strong desire to live life on your own terms, now is a very good time to consider leaving your job and going into business for yourself.
Why is now a good time to become an entrepreneur?
These days, too many people lay awake for much of night worrying about losing their jobs.
Do you worry about how you will make money to support your family, if you lose your job?
You are very right to be concerned about loss of your job and how you will support your family, if that happens.
Right now across the whole world there are millions of people looking for jobs. Last month there were:
3 million searches for manager jobs
1 million searches for director jobs
1 million searches for management jobs
3.3 million searches for sales jobs
1.5 million searches for retail jobs
1.2 million searches for accounting jobs
1.2 million searches for engineering jobs
1.2 million searches for customer service jobs
820,000 searches for finance jobs
673,000 searches for banking jobs
600,000 searches for media jobs
550,000 searches for insurance jobs
An increasing number of people have lost their jobs in each of the last few months.
Those who remain in their jobs are rightfully worried about losing their jobs because job losses are predicted to rise over the next year.
Is this a passing phenomenon that has come from a bad economic time?
I don't think so. Jobs have been steadily disappearing for the past 15 years.
“The nature of work is changing. Jobs, as we have known them, will continue to disappear.”
Becoming an entrepreneur - why you should do it now
In 1994 a top management consultant published a landmark book entitled "Jobshift: How To Prosper In A Workplace". The author is William Bridges. He had been a college professor prior to becoming a management consultant.
In his book, Bridges explained that the concept of a job is a relatively new concept in the history of man.
Prior to 200 years ago, the concept of a job did not exist. People did many different tasks to earn money.
It was only with the advent of the industrial revolution, that the concept of a job emerged. People were needed to perform fixed functions in a manufacturing assembly line. Following that came office jobs and management jobs to support and oversee the work on the assembly line.
Bridges argues that with the end of the industrial revolution era, will come the end of jobs as we know them. We will go back to doing different roles to earn money.
In short, becoming an entrepreneur is the way of the future.
However that future is here now. The industrial era is over; we are now in the knowledge era.
Over the last 15 years, we have seen companies eliminate many of their support function jobs in HR, IT, Accounts, Travel Arrangements etc in favor of contracting with providers of these services on an outsourcing basis.
The US Department of Labor predicts that today's students will have held 14 jobs by the age of 38.
You decide for yourself if Bridge's predictions have been accurate thusfar.
I certainly think that the jobshift he wrote about has been occurring.
If you agree, you need to act now. The time for becoming an entrepreneur is now.
If you want to eliminate your worry over job insecurity now and in the future........
If you want to create financial security for you and yours in the future...........
If you want to live life and earn your living under your own terms...........
Now is the time to go into business for yourself.
In his book, Bridges explained that the concept of a job is a relatively new concept in the history of man.
Prior to 200 years ago, the concept of a job did not exist. People did many different tasks to earn money.
It was only with the advent of the industrial revolution, that the concept of a job emerged. People were needed to perform fixed functions in a manufacturing assembly line. Following that came office jobs and management jobs to support and oversee the work on the assembly line.
Bridges argues that with the end of the industrial revolution era, will come the end of jobs as we know them. We will go back to doing different roles to earn money.
In short, becoming an entrepreneur is the way of the future.
However that future is here now. The industrial era is over; we are now in the knowledge era.
Over the last 15 years, we have seen companies eliminate many of their support function jobs in HR, IT, Accounts, Travel Arrangements etc in favor of contracting with providers of these services on an outsourcing basis.
The US Department of Labor predicts that today's students will have held 14 jobs by the age of 38.
You decide for yourself if Bridge's predictions have been accurate thusfar.
I certainly think that the jobshift he wrote about has been occurring.
If you agree, you need to act now. The time for becoming an entrepreneur is now.
If you want to eliminate your worry over job insecurity now and in the future........
If you want to create financial security for you and yours in the future...........
If you want to live life and earn your living under your own terms...........
Now is the time to go into business for yourself.
Is becoming an entrepreneur for you?
How important is it for you to live life on your own terms?
If you are tired of the stresses and worry that come with your job..........If you strongly desire to live life and earn your living on your own terms........
becoming an entrepreneur is for you.
The next question is "how to become an entrepreneur?"
How do you go about making the transition from working the job that you currently do to starting your own business?
Experience has taught me that there are 3 common denominator issues that you will most likely need to address to make the transition from working at your job to starting your own small business. They are:
1. The mind-set for entrepreneurial success
2. Finance
3. Ideas about business opportunities
The right mind-set is invariably the first in sequence and the most important. Without it, you may not take the first step - which is deciding to start your own small business.
Becoming an entrepreneur - information to help you with decisions
Recommended sites for you to visit
Sites that provide information that will be useful to you in making your decisions to transition from your work-a-day job to starting your own small business.
I am recommending the following sites to provide you with information to help you with:
1. The mind-set for entrepreneurial success
2. Finance
3. Ideas about business opportunities
I am recommending one site for mindset and one site for finance.
I am recommending several sites for you to consider in connection with 3 above. Different types of businesses will appeal to different people.
I am recommending the following sites to provide you with information to help you with:
1. The mind-set for entrepreneurial success
2. Finance
3. Ideas about business opportunities
I am recommending one site for mindset and one site for finance.
I am recommending several sites for you to consider in connection with 3 above. Different types of businesses will appeal to different people.
- The Forgotten Laws
- The Forgotten Laws teaches people how to manage their thoughts (and a way in which to think) in order to bring their ideas into actuality. This ability is vital for entrepreneurial success.
For most of us, this ability is not inate. It has to be learned.
I use this material myself all the time. - How to obtain a free business grant from the government
- Did you know that ....
- all American citizens are eligible to receive free government grants?
- 2,000,000 entrepreneurs get money every year to start or expand a business?
- over $1,000,000,000,000 (1 Trillion) is given away every year and the
amount is actually rising?
The information available from this site will:
1. make you aware of all of the business grant programs
2. help you to choose the best program for you
3. help you to obtain a business grant - Million Dollar Publisher
- How To Build Your Own Publishing Business Using No Cost Or Low Cost Content And Start Receiving Your First Check In Under 3 Weeks
- Stock Assault - starting your own stock trading business
- Learn how Stock Assault 2.0 gives you dead-on stock picks to earn you thousands of dollars per month using an advanced artificial intelligence engine.
Stock Assault has been covered in the media by The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, Business Week, MSNBC, CNN and Newsweek. - Sale Hoo - starting your own retail business (online and or offline)
- Directory of more than 5,000 pre-screened suppliers
Suppliers for every type of product imaginable - from electronics, DVDs, lingerie and clothing right through to plumbing supplies, dehumidifiers and baby strollers.
Suppliers for top brand-name products: GUCCI, SONY, APPLE, D&G, PANASONIC, NIKE, PRADA, LACOSTE, HP and more!
- Will tell you what is selling now
- Which suppliers are offering the best deals - Auction Revolution - starting an eBay business
- In the Auction Revolution, you will not only learn the most effective ways to sell items on eBay, you will learn why. In fact, you will learn an entire system for maximizing your eBay profits.
- One Week Marketing Course - starting a business as an affiliate marketer.
- The best affiliate marketing site I have come across. It is perfect for the technologically challenged like me, because easy to understand technical support is available to lead you step by step through implementation of the concepts.
It is perfect for absolute beginners. - Paid Surveys - start a business providing research information to Fortune 500 companies
- You can earn $3,000-$5,000 + per month doing surveys from home.
The CEOs of Nike, eBay, Amazon and Wal-mart are desperate to pay you for information you can provide to them from your home.
These million-dollar-a-year fat cats, know squat about their customers!
So they pay 'normal' people like you to tell them the word on the street. - Forex (currency) Trading - start your own Forex business without knowing anything about it.
- Technology that enables you to start, and be successful in, a Forex Trading business without knowing anything about it.
You can begin Forex Trading with as little as $50.
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