| Owning your own business can be one of the most | | | | above, then owning your own business may be the |
| rewarding experiences in your life. Like all good things, | | | | right direction for you to take. |
| there are pros and cons to almost every situation. | | | | If the thought of a lot of responsibility, dealing with |
| For some people, owning and operating their own | | | | problems, working long and hard at times, and not |
| business is the only way to go. For others, a job works | | | | having a steady paycheck gives you a scary feeling in |
| well for them. People are unique and although people | | | | your gut, then running your own business may not be |
| may have similarities there are no two people that are | | | | for you, and you might be better off looking into |
| the same. | | | | improving your current job situation. |
| You can have two people who get along very well. | | | | Whether or not owning and operating a business is |
| One wants to put in his eight hours and go home with | | | | right for you, it's your decision and you're the only one |
| nothing else to do; no worries and no desire to create, | | | | qualified to make that decision. Take time to research |
| advance, or be in control while the other person | | | | and consider what's best for you. |
| dreads the eight-hour work days and wants to run the | | | | I once heard a saying that I really liked, I believe it was |
| show, be in control, and have added responsibilities. | | | | from John Maxwell, "You can live your life any way |
| Both of these scenarios are legitimate ways of looking | | | | you want, but you can only live it once!" |
| at things. You don't want to be in the wrong working | | | | * Consider the pros and cons list indicated above and |
| environment. If you are, then you'll be unhappy and | | | | see which set applies more to your own person. Feel |
| stressed out. Be sure to choose the right environment | | | | free to add more pros or cons as you see fit. |
| for you. | | | | * If you do decide to open your own business, take a |
| If the thought of being in control and running your own | | | | long and hard look at the Cons and prepare in |
| business really drives you and exhilarates you, and if | | | | advance how you should deal with them should they |
| you have no problem dealing with the cons listed | | | | arise while you are setting up your own business. |