{"id":25185,"date":"2024-08-15T17:11:22","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T21:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/?p=25185"},"modified":"2024-08-15T17:12:19","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T21:12:19","slug":"entrepreneurship-is-not-easy-by-debbie-norrell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesoulpitt.com\/main\/entrepreneurship-is-not-easy-by-debbie-norrell\/","title":{"rendered":"Entrepreneurship is Not Easy by Debbie Norrell"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I remember a time when people would ask me why I didn\u2019t start my own business. I would tell them that having a business is very difficult, and I didn\u2019t think I was cut out for it. Since the age of 15, I have always worked for someone else, and in a few cases, I have worked for small business owners. I always admired the fact that they called the shots by owning their own business. And often, I thought all business owners were rich; sometimes they were just making ends meet. I also learned that some who work for themselves are not cut out to work for others. As a former employee of many companies, many of them Fortune 500 companies, I enjoyed having paid vacations, weekends off, sick leave, health care insurance, a 401K, and pensions. When you work for yourself, you are not afforded those perks. I have been an entrepreneur for almost 4 years, and I have never worked so hard. It feels like I\u2019m working 7 days a week, and I guess that is because I am. Just recently, I actually put a schedule on paper. Why it took me so long to create a schedule, I don\u2019t know. I have been learning as I go, and there is a lot to learn. Believe it or not, I recently thought about going back to work\u2014not full-time, but maybe a part-time job. That is when I said to myself, you need to tweak your business and make a schedule. As a reseller, there is a lot of money to be made, and I enjoy what I am doing. I have been watching friends who are in the same business as myself and having conversations to see what I can learn from them. In short, always ask questions of people who are in a similar business or working for themselves to see what works best for them. Why bump your head if you don\u2019t have to?<\/span><\/p>\n

Email the columnist at\u00a0debbienorrell@aol.com<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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