Reasons to Start Your Own Business

Starting your own business seems like a daunting task. There's so much to do from creating a logo, developing packages, and officially registering it. Not to mention getting the word out and find clients and customers. However, the work is worth the reward. Below is just a few of the many reasons why you should start your own business.

1. Make Your Own Hours

Imagine a world where you can make a dentist appointment without using PTO, or stay in bed with the flu without using a sick day. Or even starting work when you're ready, whether that means 6:00am or 10:00am. This is not to say starting your own business would be less work than your standard nine to five (in fact I think I mentioned in a previous blog post that it is typically more work) but I think we can all agree that freedom is a beautiful thing!

2. Be Your Own Boss

Similar to being able to control your hours, being your own boss gives you freedoms within your work environment that you wouldn't typically have. Not to mention in most corporate jobs unhappy employees out number happy employees 2 to 1. Forbes believes that this is due to the employer not being involved and seemingly not caring about the employee's professional development, among other things. Being your own boss means being able to make important decisions, see the value of your work, have a worthy job title, and taking your opinions into consideration. Basically, everything a driven person wants out of their job!

3. Do What You Love

Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life. - Confucius

This may seem like a foreign concept, especially in today's society where making money often outweighs chasing your passion. However, I personally believe the early years of hard work, long hours and occasionally donating your time or product is worth having a successful company that you love working at. Not to mention, every positive review or new client can be directly linked back to you and your hard work. That's a reason to start work with a smile on Monday if you ask me. Did you know that on average we spent 1/3 of our lives at work? Imagine thinking back on your life with regret or worse, being bitter from all that time spent somewhere you dreaded going to. No paycheck is worth that. ​

4. You Can Do Anything

When we're young we're always told we can do anything and be anything we want. Why is it that after we graduate suddenly words like "outlandish" and phrases such as "pipe dream" are occasionally used to describe our goals? We don't hear it enough anymore but we can do anything. So get inspired and get started. There's no reason to make excuses because you can do it!

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​​Being your own boss doesn't have to mean doing everything the company needs (i.e. accounting, marketing, etc.) on your own. In order to be a good boss, you have to know when to do something yourself, and when to outsource it. If you have a small business (or even a big one!) and you need help with marketing, contact me today. Let's chat.