Before I get into the meat of this article, I want to establish something so that we can avoid confusion later: there is a strong and definite difference between a business owner and someone who is self employed.
Chances are that you see your business in the mindset of someone who is self employed. There is nothing wrong with this, and there are thousands of successful people who are self employed. However, a business owner will usually make more money and operate under a smaller workload than someone who is self employed.
So how do you transition from being self employed to someone who is a business owner?
The first secret is leverage. Find a way to leverage your time, such as using general managers or dedicated management staff, and you will be able to draw an income without even having to work.
The second secret is repetition. Developing a system that can be taught and repeated is the easiest and most successful way to make the transition from self employed to business owner. This involves a few steps:
It sounds quite simple, and though it is not much more complicated in practice, it’s not always cut and paste. Once you have created a leadership structure that will allow you to move away from the business and still operate the business is no longer your job, but rather your investment. You know own a business that you don’t actually work in.
As long as you are working your business you are self employed. That fact is set in stone, and the only way around it is to transform your business.
Ready to become a business owner yet?
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I usually quit a job when it becomes a JOB I just dont stand the routine…
Ready? Of course, but need to wait for the right time. I don’t think you can haste your way and immediately become an Independent business owner while you don’t have sufficient fund and popularity.
Except you are joining as MLM force, you will need to work out your way as a JOBBER at some company, and become independent when you have done well there…
i think you’re right.. it shouldn’t feel like a job.. if it does, then its time for a change. People should enjoy what they do, and have fun doing it!.. if you’re going to spend the better part of your day working, you’d better be enjoying it.
life’s too short to be missarable at work
I have a student who told me that she wants to start her own business because she is sick of being stressed out all the time and tired of having to work so much!
As a business owner, I wanted to laugh. As her instructor I couldn’t.
Sometimes it is hard to make people understand that while they can’t look at owning their own business as a J-O-B, they also can’t look at it as a ticket to not having to W-O-R-K!
I agree with everything you say! If where you work feels like a job and you don’t like going sometimes then it’s time to find another one. It sucks working a job you don’t like because you don’t have the motivation to perform your best.