The Secrets to Buying

From the first day of your life that you enter the work force you have had a choice. And that choice has always been to either get a job or buy yourself a job. You probably didn't look at it that way, but stand back and think about it now. If you continued on with your education, you were preparing yourself for a job. You can call it a career if you like, but in simple terms it was a job regardless if it was the president of a large manufacturing company, the local bank or an executive position on Wall Street. You still had a job with an employer. Your other choice has always been to buy yourself a job. By this statement I am referring to by either becoming an entrepreneur or buying yourself a business. Which in turn means that you have bought yourself a job. Some people are made to have a job and work for someone or some company and do very well and are very happy or content in that position. Others would be restless in working for someone else and feel the need to make their own rules and have more control over their work place. Because we only have one of the other choices in the matter of how we spend our time you would think it would be a pretty simple decision wouldn't you? Well sometimes it is, but here is the clincher to this situation. People change. Change is the only constant we truly have in our lives. You may stay with the same partner for 50 years and you may stay at the same company or work in the same industry for years, but the one thing that is constant in all of this is change. People change, industries change, families change, economies change. Everything changes. And that is where the confusion and anxiety comes from. It is when the change occurs and we don't know how to react to it. Plus a lot of the time change has a tendency to sneak up on us and before we know it. We need to change. And then we are in a reactionary mode instead of being in a responsive mode, therefore creating the anxiety and uncomfortableness that comes with change. The change feelings that may occur in ones like can come in many different forms and have many different reactions to oneself, but the one I want to address here is the one regarding whether you get a job or buy yourself a job. Buying or starting a business is an area that I am an expert on since I have owned 35 different businesses that I have either bought or started and probably managed to make more mistakes in the short time that I was buying, starting and selling business than most people could make in their lifetime, therefore enabling me to write and comment on this subject for your benefit. blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency blackcatagency In today's economic climate we are experiencing a large number of people who had been employed and have had a job and their job was eliminated and they are out on the hunt to find another job. A commendable quality for them. But the chances of them finding another job is probably pretty thin, especially if they are looking to stay in the same field they were in, with the same amount of pay and in the same geographic area that they were working in before. As my old science teacher used to say. "It is very possible, but not very probable" that they will find such a position. So what are their choices? Back to what I mentioned earlier. Either they go out and find a different job or buy themselves a job. Since I am a qualified expert on the buying oneself a job you need to take heed and review the 11 different points I have listed below. These are short, but substantive issues that you must address if you are going to be buying yourself a job and be happy and successful at it. Not following the listed information could determine you financial failure and or the cause of your personal unhappiness. Take your time and study each of the listed areas of life and business I have described and then move forward. I have not gone into great detail as to all of the ins and outs and intricacies of operating a business. There are plenty of books on that subject for ever particular business that is available. What I want to address and for you to think about is whether you want to or have the qualities to be the one who buys themselves a job or not. The final decision if for you to make, but by following the listed points I have made there is a very good chance of you actually making the right decision for you and your family and your future happiness, which is what it is all about. Good luck and good hunting for the business of your dreams and enjoy the journey. 1. First decide what you like and don't like to do. Sounds simple, but if you don't like cooking or working around food then why would buy a restaurant? Because you tried to justify it by saying it is really marketing and the food is only an end to the means? You can say that and part of it is true, but in the beginning you will BE working with food. So to begin with find something you like to do and gravitate in that area. Reflect on what you enjoy doing. Your hobbies. Do you enjoy working one on one with people? Old people, young people. Maybe you are tired of working with people and want to work in an indirect manner with people on a business to business level instead. This is probably one of the most crucial parts of the equation you need to address before you go any farther. 2. Where do you want to live? Generally people want to work close to where they live. This is not always true, but for the most part it is. Are you willing to buy a business that is 1 to 2 hours away from your home and commute daily to it? Or do you want it to be across town within 5 minutes of your home? Or do you want something that involves traveling all over the country and enjoying a different setting every day? In today's business with an individual's access to the internet, cell phones, web sites, asp systems on the internet, outsourcing of administrative duties and pcAnywhere you can be doing business literally around the world from your bedroom at home while never leaving home and having the perception of a large company. So your ability to reach a large audience of customers without leaving a geographic area is available to you. So if you want to live in a resort town and work across the world it is possible for you to do in today's economy. 3. How much money do you want to make? Don't give the lame answer of a lot? Be definite. Determine how much you need and then add to that amount to get a realistic number. You have got to have a goal as to how much money you want to make before you set out to buy or get into a business. Before you get into a business you HAVE to know the dollar amount as to what you want to make, because without this number you will never be able to determine if the business can support that amount. All too many times people jump into a business not having a clue as to how much money the business can really generate and then after they get into the business they are disappointed that they have invested a large amount of time and resources only to find out the business could not support them. That is why we want to know on average how much income a business will generate before we start or buy the business and then having that number we work backwards to see if it meets our requirements of being capable to support us in our financial needs. 4. What is your risk tolerance? Are you willing to put everything you have on the line to get into business and sink or swim or are you only wanting to put your toe in the business and try it out to see if it is for you or not. If you are not one who has a high risk tolerance then maybe you should be looking at a franchise where they already have systems in place and if you follow the tried and true program of the franchise you should be successful. But keep in mind that the more you put into the business the more you are going to get out. So if you think you can only work 20 hours a week at a business instead of devoting 60 hours a week to knowing everything there is about your business and industry there will be a difference in the results you receive from the business. Plus, if you are concerned about not wanting to lose all of your money I would suggest that you start out small with a low investment business, because you will make mistakes and you will end up paying tuition to learn the business so you might as well start out with a small investment and work your way up to a larger business later.