{"id":11005,"date":"2016-04-19T09:39:15","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T08:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/?p=11005"},"modified":"2022-04-01T16:31:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T15:31:16","slug":"building-the-courage-to-take-the-leap-into-your-own-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigredcloud.com\/en\/building-the-courage-to-take-the-leap-into-your-own-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Building the courage to take the leap into your own business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are you sitting at your desk, daydreaming of starting your own business?\u00a0So, what\u2019s stopping you?\u00a0If you are like many aspiring entrepreneurs, the thought of controlling your own professional and financial destiny is both extremely appealing and totally frightening.\u00a0Taking the leap requires courage, but certain fears often creep into our thoughts when we least expect it.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fear of Failure<\/li>\n<li>Fear of Success<\/li>\n<li>Fear of the Unknown<\/li>\n<li>Fear of losing everything that you\u2019ve worked for so far in your \u201ctraditional\u201d career.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>So when is the perfect time to start your own business?\u00a0In reality, there is no perfect time.\u00a0There will always be obstacles.\u00a0Perhaps the better question is, <em>\u201cDo I have the passion for starting my own business?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Finding your passion.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Running a business of any kind requires an unyielding passion.\u00a0If you have a business concept in mind that you truly love, that you can\u2019t stop thinking about even when you are not \u201cworking,\u201d then you are one step ahead of 95% of new business owners.<\/p>\n<p>But don\u2019t mistake \u201cpassion\u201d for \u201cresentment.\u201d\u00a0The two emotions can almost feel exactly the same.\u00a0If you want to start your own business because you hate your job, hate your boss, or simply hate dealing with customers, then these feelings of resentment can lead you to make a wrong choice.<\/p>\n<p>Business owners don\u2019t usually work 9-5, Monday through Friday, at least, not at first.\u00a0And you will likely make a lot of mistakes along the way without a supervisor or team of co-workers to help you clean up the mess afterward.\u00a0But if you are passionate about your business concept, you\u2019ll view these challenges as opportunities. Ask yourself these questions.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Are you passionate about your business concept?<\/li>\n<li>Are you always thinking about new ways to improve it?<\/li>\n<li>Are you an independent thinker?<\/li>\n<li>Are you a problem solver?<\/li>\n<li>Are you organised?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have enough savings to live without income for at least 6-months?<\/li>\n<li>Do you have an incredible work ethic?<\/li>\n<li>Do you like taking risks?<\/li>\n<li>Do you perform better under pressure?<\/li>\n<li>Are you a great multitasker?<\/li>\n<li>Are you ready to break free?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Legend has it that <a href=\"https:\/\/yourstory.com\/2012\/07\/the-story-of-colonel-sanders-a-man-who-started-at-65-and-failed-1009-times-before-succeeding\/amp\">Colonel Sanders<\/a> traveled to 1009 different restaurants before someone finally said yes to his recipe for <em>Kentucky Fried Chicken<\/em>.\u00a0Sanders was also 65-years old at the time.\u00a0When someone asked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/quotes\/3091287.Thomas_A_Edison\">Thomas Edison<\/a> if he felt like a failure because he had tried 10,000 different ways to invent the electric light bulb, his response was <em>\u201cI have not failed. I&#8217;ve just found 10,000 ways that won&#8217;t work.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0 Do you have this same level of passion and commitment?\u00a0Then it may be time to take the leap and start your own business. Embrace your fears, and use them to power you forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are you sitting at your desk, daydreaming of starting your own business?\u00a0So, what\u2019s stopping you?\u00a0If you are like many aspiring&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":11006,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,65],"tags":[150,72],"class_list":{"0":"post-11005","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-advice","8":"category-small-business","9":"tag-retail-business","10":"tag-small-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Finding the Courage to Start Your Own Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"So when is the perfect time to start your own business?\u00a0In reality, there is no perfect time. 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