I wrote this post below for on Google Plus (www.plus.google.com/u/+Jane.Gardner ) about my week.   However, the idea of Persistence, as a quality of being a person in your own business, will be one I will talk about a lot.   Personally, I feel anyone can have their own business if they either already have these traits or they have the will to change their habits so they can become a boss instead of working for a boss!