What an incredible time it has been. So many ups and downs but most of all so many changes which have been awesome! I had no idea that I was so blind to what is happening in the world as my model was so limited to my immediate environment, that only when that bubble was burst, did I recognise where things were.
Having worked in the hospitality industry for so many years and more recently working in events and promoting international speakers, I had a certain view or perception of what life was really about. You come out of the whole corporate world and discover the entrepreneurial world instead, which I have to say works very differently. I love it as it allowed one to express themselves, work their own hours, work harder than I ever did before and learn so many new things. Now I understood why people were so keen to have their own business, however in reality it isn't a business, it's just you contracting your time out to a couple of different employers instead of one! Not only that but you suddenly find yourself exchanging time for money again! You suddenly have to rely on yourself for your motivation, coming up with ideas, doing things on your own and being on your own a lot! So I started to wander why so many people thought that working for yourself would give you a sense of freedom? Freedom from what exactly? Its very exciting in the first few months when you are discovering what you want to do, how you going to do it and what it is going to look like. So we focus on getting a great name for the business, a logo, a website and our business cards. Then we have to get the social media stuff sorted and make sure people know we have finally arrived in our own business! Now if you are clever you have not burnt your bridges with your previous employers or clients and you actually have some work to start you off, unless of course you decided to change what you were doing completely? What was the reason you wanted to do "this" in the first place? Did I think it would be a good business model even though I had done it as a part time hobby thing and enjoyed it so much? It was great as it gave me a break from my mundane job however doing it full time now, it doesn't quiet have the same feel to it! It feels like a job -ahhhhhh.
This is what I went through when I set up my first business in the UK called KinX Management. Yes I know a very strange name isn't it? Well here was my thought pattern behind coming up with this "brilliant" unique business name............I wanted to help people to sort out their kinks in their businesses. When looking up the usability of the name Kinks I found a lot of unrelated and rather unsavoury links to the name Kinks. So I changed the spelling to KinX purely for the purpose getting a .com site and was easy to find me if you knew how to spell it from the beginning! One thing I will say is it was a talking point so a lot of people remember it. So where am I going with this........well a job can be just the perfect thing for someone who likes working in a structured environment with people and activity around them. Finding the right job is usually more of the issue, so not everyone should have to think that if they have a job that they are not "just over broke". Even entrepreneurs have to employee people to help run their business! So make a clear choice based on what works for you! If you want to try a business then do one while you are employed and when you earn the same or more and love what you doing outside of your job, then make the change x
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