Common Misconceptions About Being an Entrepreneur
Common Misconceptions About Being an Entrepreneur
Thereβs been a huge shift in entrepreneurship in the last 50 years β and also in the last 10 to 15 years.
Being an entrepreneur has become the βcoolβ thing to do. Weβve βcelebritizedβ it in a way.
We see all these different pictures of people with yachts, private jets, driving their new Bugatti, etcβ¦ we see reality TV like the Kardashians showing people βliving the life.β
But with these shows, we never see what an entrepreneur is actually doing day in and out.
We donβt see the entrepreneur working 18-hour days, trying to pay their bills. We donβt see them borrowing money, trying to keep their company moving forward. We donβt see them rehabbing their new product or service, because customers are returning what they bought.
We donβt see them hiring, firing employees, people quitting or not showing up to work.
We donβt see the personal problems many entrepreneurs have behind the scenes β like their family hasnβt seen them in six months. Or theyβre dealing with overwhelm, depression, binge-drinking, or doing drugs.
Thereβs a lot of negative shit that comes out of being an entrepreneur that people donβt realize.
Some people go into business with some kind of dream or idea about what they want to experience. The dream is unique to each person. But once they get into business, it becomes like a monster taking over. They donβt know how to control it, tame it, or get the monster moving in one direction.
Starting a business can either lead to personal freedom β or your own personal prison.
We need to ask ourselves a variety of questions about what to do when we start a business β so that we donβt end up creating a giant βjobβ for ourselves that we donβt even like. Thatβs what turns a business into a prison, rather than freedom.
Many people who start a business should really think about all of this beforehand.
So let me ask you somethingβ¦ if youβre in business, does it give you freedom, or do you feel like a prisoner?
If it feels like a prison, ask yourself what you are resisting being, doing or having that would shift things to provide you more personal freedom.
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