Every business guru talks about this – ‘Yes you can do it… It is possible… Be your own boss… You can start your own business…’
In truth, I believe “Everyone could be an entrepreneur, but not everyone should be an entrepreneur.”
In plain English, let’s say you quit your job (if any) to pursue your passion. At first you are excited; no boss and no annoying colleagues. Finally, you can follow your dreams and become rich! However, reality soon starts sinking in. You have no income, no customers and zero support. Success and failure solely depends on you now.
And this is just the tip of the iceberg…
The game of entrepreneurship is an ugly one. Much so, that if people actually know how ugly it is up front, very few will even do it. It is lonely, frustrating and exploits you at the highest level. It’s like working out in the gym, but you can’t take a day off. For the first 2-5 years, if you so much as look the other way, just because you made a few millions in a month and start getting very cocky or arrogant… BOOM! You’re wiped out of the game; that’s all it takes.
Don’t let the lifestyle fool you, it takes a lot of work.
- No one will believe in your vision
- You have to start at the bottom
- You’re going to fail… a lot
- Everyone is out to get you down
Ask yourself: Are you willing to go through this process?
The cheapest way, I believe everyone can adopt is by running a part-time business – marketing, selling products on the side… while maintaining your job. However, it’s a different world with entrepreneurship, cause at what level are you willing to go? Do you build a business at five million a year? Great! everyone should. What about building at a hundred million? Maybe not everybody, but it is workable. What about five hundred million? or a billion?? The sky is the limit cause the game always change at each point.
So I ask: Why do you want to be an entrepreneur? It should be crystal clear and not because of what you see or because you want more money. Yes, I believe social media fools a lot of people on the reality of being an entrepreneur. Here’s the trick – the more clear you are on the outcome on everything in your life, I mean business, family, fitness, friendship, spiritual… the more fluid your actions will be, cause you know why you are doing this. Sure there is going to be pain, but the one part that outweighs being willing to tolerate all this pain is called Choice! If you can choose which kind of life you want to live, that is a reward higher than the pain you are willing to put up with. You can put your kids in the same expensive private school together, you can travel where you want to go, have a house, better protection, better advisors, people at the same level or more you can associate with… and the list goes on for days. If these are that much of a motivation, you can put up with the pain; if not, just don’t.
Think of how much it takes to manage any business really – the effort, the discipline, the consistency, the finances, the research… coupled with a family to take care of sooner or later. But if you can do it and enjoy it, it makes you dynamic. This is the differentiator between an amateur and a Pro!
A Pro is always trying to figure out a way to be prolific at every level, and at every level, they succeed.
Author: A. O
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