Starting a business can be the roller coaster ride of
your life. Know the good and the bad in advance, and hold on tight.
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Being
an entrepreneur is definitely not for the faint of heart, but it does open up the amazing
opportunity to run
with your ideas and see if they will actually work. It is a way to bring your
passion to life as you help make people's lives better. It is your avenue to
severing the ties of a 9-to-5 job and someone else being in charge of your work
life.
Launching your own business can be the most
exhilarating, mind-boggling, mind-blowing, happy, frustrating--and profitable--adventure of your
life. Here are
23 sometimes hard-to-swallow facts that most entrepreneurs experience
throughout their incredible journeys.
1. You
have to get out of your comfort zone daily
2. Your
first try at launching your product or service will most likely fall short or
even fail completely
3. You
have to kiss up to a lot of people you don't even like
4. Becoming
an entrepreneur necessitates your becoming a very
good listener to your clients, employees, investors, the list is
endless
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5. More
times than you wish to admit, you have to put your business before your family
6. You
never work 9 to 5 again (Yay!), but your typical workday has become more like
16 hours, all hours of the day and night, 7 days a week
7. Trying
to raise money or find clients or customers is way harder than you ever imagined! you're
going to get a lot of no's
8. You
have more paperwork than you ever dreamed existed
9. You
have to learn quickly to surround yourself with supportive people…not negative
people.
10. You
will struggle with how to keep your product or service unique from that of your
competitors
11. The
success or failure of your company will weigh heavily on your shoulders
12. "I will learn from
my mistakes" becomes
your mantra
13. You
are in constant jeopardy of losing it all
14. There
are times when you forget when the last time was you actually paid yourself
15. You
have to quickly acquire the skill of asking for what you want
16. Your
reputation is always out there and on the line
18. Every
day there are more decisions to be made than you possibly have time for
19. You
constantly think about cash flow, and hope your customers will pay you quickly
20. Those
friends who remain in their 9-to-5 jobs will never really understand that you
really are working
21. You
become the jack-of-all-trades in your business
22. If
things go well, you will one day come to the realization that you can't do it
all yourself and you have to let go of some control. And, speaking of control,
you come to realize that all hell can break lose at any moment, just when you
least expect it
23. A
year later you realize that you have a better chance of being struck by
lightning than achieving your dreamed of overnight success…success is going to take
a lot longer than a year
But
I am sure as an entrepreneur with a vision, these facts are already known to
you. They are not new, therefore, they should not weigh you down. When these
facts seem to come to play in your entrepreneurial endeavor, remember one thing! YOUR VISION
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