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You
gotta love problems for the solutions they inspire. Here are some names
you might recognize who were canned, laid off, or otherwise given the
boot. They have joined the Pink-Slip Billionaires because instead
of finding a new job, they launched their own careers.
Michael Bloomberg – New York City Mayor
David Neeleman – Jet Blue Aircraft
Bernie Marcus & Allen Blank – Home Depot
J K Rawling – Harry Potter
Of
the four backgrounds I read on these entrepreneurs, Rawling’s was the
most amusing: she was fired for writing short stories from her desk at
work. How funny is that? He should have offered her a private office for
a percent of the publishing rights.
Gaining control over your life is what it’s all about. Doing something
you love or believe in is a good reason to start your own career.
Confucius said: “Find a business you love, and you will never have to
work another day in your life”.
Maybe your day will have longer hours or odd hours at first, but when
you’re having fun at what you’re doing why would you care about free
weekends? It’s all going to benefit YOU, not them.
The
Internet is the biggest revelation of our time. In the past one hundred
years of communication, only the telephone and aviation equal its
development. But its importance to small business is greater today than
either television or radio.
Three million Entrepreneurs every year find the courage to start a
business of their own. Others fight the fear of “no paycheck” resulting
in two-thirds of all employees hating their work, their boss or their
hours. But they grind away their life in this situation.
We
already know that 49% of all companies are now operated from the home
office, so this is not rocket science. And did you know – many
independent business owners earn less income than the customers
they serve? That’s a fact.
I
have to go back several years to the day when I first let go of my
‘hostess job’ in a fine restaurant and went from part-time Entrepreneur
to full time on the Internet. What a great feeling it was to plan my
own day, design my own schedule and answer to no one but myself.
Surfing the Internet for a good money-stream is now second nature to me,
and to do this I have learned to use the Forums. People don’t hesitate
to gripe about a company or a program full of BS and hype. They rip them
up and down and others join their whine list. Just as out-spoken
are the ones who like to brag about the successes they have found, the
pay-outs that are hitting their bank accounts, and the simplicity of the
program itself.
I
have found a few open doors that I liked the sounds of and with further
due diligence, I joined. You don’t even have to become a member of these
Forums, just spend every spare hour you have reading them on a daily
basis. Get one money stream up and going, and start looking for the
next one. Diversification counts here too.
Look for money streams in the form of residuals or leveraged income.
With some effort up front and a minimum investment, get it going and
coast while you look for another money stream. Many use this strategy to
build their bank account while collecting a paycheck. Good idea if your
ultimate plan is to break-away from your Dilbert cube.
As
Entrepreneurs in the fastest growing area of the economy, we as the risk
takers and wealth generators might be looked upon as grasshoppers as we
search for our answers. What makes us jump? I can tell you the simple
answer: the desire to create. And high self-esteem adds serious fuel.
Motivation comes from anyone who tells us, it can’t be done. We
love an impossible challenge. We are dreamers. We want to control our
own lives. We see things that others can not. Above all, we believe in
ourselves. We leave a boring job to take on the fearsome adventure with
the last of our savings. We are a strange lot. So tell me, given the
choice, would you choose being bored, or being terrified?
Your answer may or may not qualify you for Entrepreneurship.
©
2007 Esther Smith
Smith is an accomplished artist with two online galleries, an
author/publisher and believer in residual or leveraged income. Her ebook,
Invitation to Internet Success, is free to all.
http://thepermanentventure.com/InternetSuccess.pdf Contact
Info at the bottom of her website:
http://thepermanentventure.com/2up.htm
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