| One of the most important things to do when | | | | "traditional" career-path… so what's |
| considering becoming an entrepreneur is to | | | | the REAL reason you want to start a business? |
| know your "whys." Why do you want to start | | | | |
| your own business? | | | | This takes some more thinking and |
| | | | soul-searching, because in reality starting |
| This seems like the most obvious thing that | | | | your own business takes time and commitment - |
| anyone could say - that it would be easy to | | | | so "making your own schedule," at least at |
| explain why someone would want to become an | | | | first, means scheduling yourself 12-16 hour |
| entrepreneur. Some common answers to "why" | | | | days and "burning the midnight oil" more |
| include: | | | | often than you have since undergraduate |
| | | | school (only then it was more fun and you |
| -Be my own boss | | | | might not remember it the next day!). |
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| -Set my own schedule | | | | So to make the decision to become an |
| | | | entrepreneur, you must be a very self-aware |
| -Make more money | | | | person; often you know, deep-down, that you |
| | | | want to start and run your own business, but |
| -Enjoy my work | | | | you don't truly know why. So you fall back |
| | | | to one or more of the cop-out answers above. |
| -Etc. etc. | | | | And then, if you're lucky, you have an |
| | | | epiphany as to REALLY why you want to be an |
| Having said that, most of the above reasons | | | | entrepreneur. |
| are cop-outs. Everyone wants to set their | | | | |
| own schedule, make more money, and enjoy his | | | | Find out that "why" for yourself before you |
| her work. But why do only a few decide to | | | | start, and the rest of the journey will be |
| become entrepreneurs? It's possible to make | | | | easier. Not easy, mind you, but easier. |
| more money and enjoy your work in a | | | | |