37 Reasons to Start Your Own Business

37 Reasons to Start Your Own Business
(This article was first published in The Dreaming Cafe’s weekly newsletter, Issue 28, July 26, 2009 as “37 Reasons to Build an Entrepreneurial Dream”)

1. You can try anything and be anything you want.
2. The opportunity to engage your creativity on a daily basis.
3. Implement your ideas without asking for permission.
4. Greater personal freedom.
5. Potential for financial independence.
6. Opportunity to earn what you are worth and what you want -no employer imposed income cap.
7. Creatively solve problems and not be afraid to fail. (i.e. be ‘fired’)
8. Change midstream, adjust and start over quickly when something isn’t working.
9. Set your own, realistic project deadlines.
10. Set your own schedule, work at 2am or 2pm, when it ‘fits’ you.
11. Stay up late, get up early and take a nap in the middle of the day if you are tired.
12. Work and play according to your natural biorhythms.
13. Go to the park or gym at non-peak times.
14. See the matinee movie.
15. Sing for joy and dance barefooted in the middle of the day without fear of being committed.
16. Bird watch while you work.
17. Engage all your interests, abilities and talents.
18. Both risk and reward are your own.
19. Play hooky when the kids don’t have school.
20. Mobility – You can create, work and earn a living wherever you find yourself.
21. Book your own travel – travel when you want, fly the airlines you prefer and stay at hotels you like.
22. Opportunity to make a difference and see the real impact of your work.
23. Inspire others to have their own business.
24. Be an example to family and friends that it is possible to create and build a life you want.
25. Opportunity to travel.
26. Opportunity to meet new people and build new friendships.
27. Run errands at odd hours and never wait in line.
28. Make appointments whenever…
29. No commute = save time and money.
30. No commute = reduces your carbon footprint (one gallon gas = 19.4 lbs of CO2).
31. No commute = no traffic, no aggravation, no tolls, no aggressive drivers.
32. Be your own IT guru and spec out your own laptop based on your needs not some arbitrary ‘one-size-fits-all’ spec.
33. Take classes at the local university during the day instead of at night.
34. Spend more time doing the things you enjoy and the things you are good at and hire other independent entrepreneurs to fill in the gaps.
35. Opportunity for life long learning.
36. Do work that is personally rewarding and that aligns with your core values.
37. Live life on your own terms.

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