| Conflicting Mindsets |
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| Written by Cody Scholberg |
| Saturday, 03 October 2009 23:15 |
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This article is about building a business, a financial empire. If you are looking into building a business, it is already assumed that: you have adequate emergency savings, you have adequate precautions against catastrophes such as insurance, you are saving on a regular basis, and you are self-employed or have some part-time job where you work on your own.
This article is about building a business, a financial empire. If you are looking into building a business, it is already assumed that: you have adequate emergency savings, you have adequate precautions against catastrophes such as insurance, you are saving on a regular basis, and you are self-employed or have some part-time job where you work on your own. If you find yourself in the position described above, then you are perhaps ready to build your financial empire. Remember, you must be working on your own, whether part or full-time. While it is technically correct that you are a business owner, you should not consider yourself one; you are a job owner. If you owned a business, it would work for you; you would not be working it. Being a job owner, however, is not a bad thing at all, but a great thing. In fact, you need to be one in order to start building a business; you cannot build a financial empire through an employer you work for. Job-building and business-building require different mindsets. Someone who builds jobs might think, "I will do as much work as I can, because the less I spend on labor, the more money I will make. I will only hire what I lack the skills to do or lack the time to do." The business-builder thinks otherwise, "The more I work, the less it is a business for me, and the more it is like a job. I will hire out as much as I can afford, and I'll use my personal savings to afford even more. I will lose money for a long time, but that is okay, because eventually it will be so big that it will make me money without my working in it." So, try not to think about how much money you could be making if you did more of the work yourself. You should be excited to spend the earnings from the business and as much of your own personal money as possible on the business! If the business was providing you with a lot of money, it would be alarming, because it should be spent on hiring people to do the work. Clearly, the two frames of mind are completely different. With a job-building frame of mind, you will be seeking work, and, someday, you will end up with lots of work and money. With a business-building frame of mind, you will be avoiding work, and, someday, you will end up with no work and lots of money. Which path would you rather walk down? DISCLAIMER: This article is provided as information only and is not to be taken as financial advice. Cody Scholberg, an expert on business building, writes for Rapidly Make Money, a place of information that will help you get rich. Check out these books about making money. |
| Last Updated on Saturday, 14 November 2009 01:57 |