Why Do You Want To Start A Small Business?

It is very important before you go on your own tosurvive until you become successful?
weigh all the alternatives relating to starting a smallIf you enjoy what you are doing the money will
business.come automatically.
Having a detailed concrete plan before you start is anMoney Most of the world's richest people are
absolute must.unhappy. Or think about the mega lottery winners
Here are some of the things the Concrete Planwho win 20 million dollars or more. They wind up
should consider:being hated by their families and friends and wind up
Why? Do you want to start a small business?always having to worry about their money.
There are only 2 reasons to want to start aYou are going to be much happier doing something
business: the first one is because you have to, andyou love. If you don't, you are going to regret it at
the second one because you'd love to.some point in your life. So you won't drive a Rolls but
Because you have to; again there are differenta Volkswagen, but you'll be happy in the Volkswagen.
shades of "having to".Am I willing to make the sacrifice. There is always a
Maybe you got laid off or were downsized?price to pay for something you like. But be assured
Maybe you can't find a job in the town you live in;that what initially seems like a sacrifice will turn into a
how about moving to a place where there are jobs?life more wonderful than you can imagine.
Maybe you have physical disabilities; again, someMy family If you are happy doing something you like,
businesses specialize in hiring people with physicalyou'll be in a lot better mood and your family as a
disabilities.result will like you better. If they like you better you'll
Maybe you are too old; in some places 50 is too oldalso feel better. So now we have a feel better loop
to get hired.reinforcing itself all the time.
But you can always get a job somewhere else as aWhat if things don't work out; then you try
security guard in the mall.something else. What if that does not work either?
Because you'd love to; for whatever reason.Then you try something else. What if... Etc. You are
Opportunities to start on your own are infinite onlynot going to run out of things to do.
limited by your imagination.Do I need additional skills; Probably. And getting these
You can start a physical business with real people,additional skills is lots of fun in itself.
inventories, skills, services, clients, receivables andWith the Internet you can get an MBA in no time.
payables.Think about how much better you'll feel about
This physical business will succeed best if you doyourself when you realize you learned something
what you know or like best.useful.And you can do this time and time again in little
If you don't want a physical business make yoursteps.
money on the Internet.After the Concrete Plan: Set a definite starting date
With the 1 billion potential clients for your idea on thewith goals and goalposts in the foreseeable future
Web eventually you'll find a way to make the ideaand then diligently work towards these goalposts.
pay.You'll see that things get better with the reaching of
Knowing something or liking something is of courseeach goalpost. They reinforce each other.
not the same thing.Motivation Getting up in the morning will be hard
You may know accounting and may hate it.some days. Just put your hand on the floor to push
You may not know how to write a book but mayyourself out of bed. Once you are actually working
love the idea.you'll find lots of enjoyable things during the day.
So you know you can make money as anGetting Discouraged everybody gets discouraged.
accountant but you don't know if you can makeWhen this happens to you just say: "Everybody gets
money as a writer.discouraged" and understand it is part of the human
What should you do?condition.
It seems that you should try it as a writer.Go do something enjoyable, something that will cheer
What have you got to lose?you up. Then go back slowly to the activity that got
Yes, but you have no money, so how can youyou discouraged. It will fix itself.