Category: Be Your Own Boss

    Think like an entrepreneur

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    Gaining control of your mind is the most challenging but also the most rewarding thing you can possibly do. Why? Because once you learn how to direct your mind, you can guide it to help you achieve anything that you fully commit to.

    You do this through mind conditioning. I also like to call it mental programming. Everyone has been programmed to behave in a certain way. Some people have been entrepreneurs their entire lives. They were programmed for this type of lifestyle a long time ago. Since you were programmed with the job mentality, you are going to have to reprogram your mind so that you think like the entrepreneur !

    What exactly does this mean? It means that you think of yourself as powerful and resourceful.

     

    • You see yourself as someone who can overcome fears and limitations.
    • You are willing to do what it TAKES to succeed rather than doing what is comfortable or convenient.
    • You take control of your mind so that when challenging situations do arise, you can ignore that voice of worry and summon your voice of strength.

     

     

    How? Through repetition.

    Repetition is the first law of learning and there are literally thousands of authors and speakers out there who are more than willing to share their stories with you. The more you listen to their stories and apply the concepts to your life, the greater the change you can make in your life.

    So take action today and start reading about successful entrepreneurs and the challenges and triumphs they had in their business!

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    Time to change your job?

    Businessman working hard at office
    Businessman working hard at office

    Businessman working hard at office

    Is it time to make a change?

    Is the work that I am doing making myself and my family happy? Time with family is precious and you need to consider whether the time at work is worth the salary you are being paid!

    Fred had a good paying job in Vancouver but the boss demanded he worked overtime to complete his project on time. So, he would work weekends to finish his work to deadline sometimes 60 hours a week. The 1 ½ hour commute back and forth to the suburbs and his working overtime, he hardly saw his children by the time he got home. He was never there at dinnertime to share time with the family. He worked 10 hour days and his sleep and his family relationships suffered. However, he had the childrens after school activities and bills to pay. His wife Tracy knew how tired he was but she was busy with the kids.
    One morning, he woke up with a pain gripping his chest and he was rushed to the hospital where a heart attack was diagnosed and bed rest ordered. His doctor said he was getting too old for 60 hour workweeks and he should change his lifestyle. He went onto temporary disability and he wondered how he would pay the bills. Fred had to weigh his options and make an important decision about his life. More later.

    If there is a crisis in your life, you need to stop and take a day to ask yourself “is this really what I want for myself and my family?” Is having five iPhones and a big boat in the driveway what I want in my life? A life-changing illness like a heart attack shouldn’t be the first time you think about your future.

    Take a day to ask yourself:

    • Do I enjoy the work that I do? At the end of the day, do I feel I have accomplished a good day of work. Would you do this work even if you didn ’t need the money?
    • If I add the time spent commuting (at an hourly wage rate I earn) and the expenses for the workday together and subtract it from the daily wage what is the value of the daily wage? –  i.e. The total net Daily wage – ((hours commuting x hourly wage rate) + Gas expenses).
    • Do I have sufficient time for myself and my family?
    • If I had a “nest egg” or temporary funding to support myself and my family, would I consider making a change to do something that I would love to do?

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    Fred

    Businessman tired and confused

     

    Fred, the homebased business consultant

    Fred, the homebased business consultant

    Life as a consultant or the continuing story of Fred. Is it possible to create a new job with his old company?

    Fred was on disability after suffering a heart attack. His disability was running out in six months so he had to decide how he would make some money. His boss was eager to have him back but Fred knew he couldn’t handle the 5:00 a.m. commute to the downtown office and working for nine hours each day. So, he went in to the downtown office one day to talk to his boss about working from home.
    “ If I set up a Skype conferencing connection for any meetings and we shared the documents and emails through the company intranet system, I think I could actually have more productive hours per day!” , said Fred.

    “But how would we get ahold of you for any questions during the day?”, asked his Boss.

    “ I could have my email messages forwarded to my smartphone at all times so that if I wasn’t in the office, it would be just as quick for me to respond as in the office,” said Fred.

    “ But what about meetings with clients once we have the work done?”

    “ You could add any meetings that come up in the intranet calendar and I could drive in for the meeting. We could review the job before the meeting and what to do with the job after the meeting that I could take home to work on. Since there is still the same tight work deadline, I would probably do extra hours at home as I am saving time by not commuting back and forth to get the work done quicker,” said Fred.

    You could fire me as an employee and re-hire me as a sub-consultant. We would have a contract specifying our responsibilities which would include me remitting my own required taxes to the government and other requirements as a sub-consultant. You know my work and how I have been able to work to deadline so this should be a win-win for both you and me.”

    Fred’s boss said he would think about this new development as he valued Fred’s skills. Fred went home to look into how much net income he would need to work from home as a sub-consultant

     

    Have you thought about the idea of hiring yourself with your skills out as a consultant? What are the legal and government regulations you need to put into place to be self-employed?

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