I had some family visiting from out of town this week and didn’t have a whole lot of time to post or do any updates. Isn’t being able to take time off when you want a blessing? I absolutely love the idea of making money for myself online. By deciding to work for myself, I CAN take off time to spend with family. Do I have to ask my boss? Well, if you call asking myself, then yes!
The reason for this post is for you to ask yourself if it’s worth it to work for yourself. Is it worth it to put in a lot of hours in the beginning with very little in return? Is it worth it to go against the grain and hear criticism from your friends and family? These are some of the questions you have to ask yourself.
Most people in this world will say no. That’s the honest truth. They are comfortable working for someone else, having that stable income to just get by on, and living their life as “society” tells them they should. They view successful entrepreneurs as people who either were born with a silver spoon in their mouth, people that are really lucky, or people on a whole other plain than them… WAY out of their league.
The fact is that most successful entrepreneurs up until today work their butts off! They put in 80 to 100 hours or more a week and don’t make any money in the beginning. After many years of hard work, their efforts FINALLY start to show in the form of profits, which are of course higher than an “average” wage.
We are all very lucky to be in a time like we are right now. Yes the successful entrepreneur must do more than an employee to make it but today we can work a LOT smarter… rather than harder. With Web 2.0, we have the ability to generate a following to thousands of people for free! There are so many successful people already on the web, we can mimic what they do and become successful without having to start from scratch. We also don’t have to come up with hundreds of thousands of dollars just to make it. For these reason, and more, we are very lucky!
The rewards are generous! After putting in all that time, we can take time off when we want, go on vacations, and live the life we want to. We can know we will retire comfortably and not have to worry about our “employer” going out of business and hanging us out to dry.
So you have to ask yourself, are you a sheep that puts in your 40 hours to pick up your paycheck to pay your bills and by Wednesday you’re broke and waiting for that next check… all just to do it over again? … or are you someone who is willing to work a little hard, struggle a little, but truly create a life for yourself? Ask yourself that. Truly think about that!
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