There are a lot of reasons to decide to run your own company. You can know unrestricted earning potential, you answer to no one, and my personal favorite, independence to arrange your own schedule. For those who choose to take the road not taken, and risk their future on their ability to go out and blaze their own trail, the challenges are plenty; but there are rewards. Separately from economic motivations, authority of your schedule is one of the most crucial motivations to be the head honcho.
In my business, I work riduculously long hours. people who know me give me a razzing for starting my work day approximately between eight-ish and nine in the morning depending on when I can open my eyes; but none of them can say that they were up at two in the morning completing a bid, or worked all day Sunday to get ready for the coming week. Most small company owners will tell you, the last time they only labored a regular work week, or when was the last time they drew a check with someone else's john hancock on it. I would prefer to work seventy up to eighty hours on my own business, than working forty hours for a company that would without a thought put in another body if I didn't show up one work day.
I never used to take vacations. it is always that you either don't have the cash or do not have the time. When you have your have company, you often worry about what will happen if you take one week or two off. It is true, when you are the heart and soul of your company, things do slow to a crawl when you are not available. I like to journey around the world, and when the trip is twenty-three to arrive somewhere, a week or even a couple of weeks is not adequate. Every other year, I take a two and half to three week holiday; and because I am the chief, I can do that. My business is essentially out to lunch during that time, and I realize that I miss some sales; but having the pleasure to set my own holiday schedules is one of the primary motivations that I love running my own company.
a long time ago I used to go back and forth to a place of work in Orange County, California. My commute was around forty minutes to an hour and a half, contingent on traffic, just to get to work. So the choice was to arrive up to twenty-five early to work each work day, or once in a blue moon be a few minutes tardy. That work place was about two to four hours work, spread over eight hours. It was insufferable for a guy my age to be takled down to for being five minutes tardy, then to sit at my desk for hours trying to look occupied, because there was not enough work.
Mastery over your own time is the biggest independence of owning your own business. You work when there is work, and can take off when you want to be. No more begging for the day off to go to the doctor's office, and no more juggling your agenda so that you can pick your children up from their school. Independence to control your time and your own schedule, regardless of the stress, the lack of security and benefits etc. is for me, the most crucial excuse to be the head honcho.
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