Why Entrepreneurship? the Most Important Question to Ask
One of the most important things to do when considering becoming an entrepreneur is to know your “whys.” Why do you want to start your own business?
This seems like the most obvious thing that anyone could say - that it would be easy to explain why someone would want to become an entrepreneur. Some common answers to “why” include:
-Be my own boss
-Set my own schedule
-Make more money
-Enjoy my work
-Etc. etc.
Having said that, most of the above reasons are cop-outs. Everyone wants to set their own schedule, make more money, and enjoy his/her work. But why do only a few decide to become entrepreneurs? It’s possible to make more money and enjoy your work in a “traditional” career-path… so what’s the REAL reason you want to start a business?
This takes some more thinking and soul-searching, because in reality starting your own business takes time and commitment - so “making your own schedule,” at least at first, means scheduling yourself 12-16 hour days and “burning the midnight oil” more often than you have since undergraduate school (only then it was more fun and you might not remember it the next day!).
So to make the decision to become an entrepreneur, you must be a very self-aware person; often you know, deep-down, that you want to start and run your own business, but you don’t truly know why. So you fall back to one or more of the cop-out answers above. And then, if you’re lucky, you have an epiphany as to REALLY why you want to be an entrepreneur.
Find out that "why" for yourself before you start, and the rest of the journey will be easier. Not easy, mind you, but easier.
Andrew Hartley is a professional trainer working in the transportation industry. Andrew has a Bachelors Degree in Aviation Management and an MBA in Entrepreneurship. He has had more than seven years of training experience in both aviation and shipping, both in operations training and in leadership and development training. He is 29 years old.
Visit his blog, The Aviation of Business, at www.aviationofbusiness.com, and learn to make your business soar!
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