Benefits of Being Your Own Boss

     There are always Pros and Cons in the decisions that we make in life. Weighing the Pros and the Cons is a big task. Sure lots of us have been thinking about being our own boss. Being self employed. But there always something holding us back from this. It may be our friends, parents, spouse, telling us not to. Telling us it's not a good idea and stuff. But worst still, the voices in your head that is telling, "you won't succeed". No MLM talk here, not to worry!! I'm just weighing the advantages and disadvantages myself.


Benefits:
1) You are in charge of your own salary. Main Factor Salary! We get what we give. We keep every dime that we make for ourselves. Not capped by our employer. It's hard at first, but when it's all started, the sky is our limit. Keep cool, stay cool, and never lose focus.

2) You are in charge of your own schedule. We are the decision maker. What time we work. No more 9 to 5 jobs. There's always time for something else like going grocery shopping, going to the workshop, spend more time with our family. But we have to make sure that we put ample time for our business as well.

3) You are in charge of the clients you take. We take up our own clients and our own projects. If we don't like the project, the time constrains, the money that we can make, we don't need to take up the job. Come to think of it, if we don't like the client, we don't have to take up the job too. But that's not how it works. Be gentle, customer is always right. At least if we get yelled at by clients, it's our own clients/customers. We get all the payout to ourselves and for the upkeep at the end of the day.  

4) You are responsible for your success. When we are self employed, we can make a difference to the business. Make decision that can shake the world. It depends on us alone. Sometimes when we work in a big company, we are over shadowed by other employees. Sometimes we feel not needed. Worst! if we are not appreciated.      

5) Won't get sacked. You can change your mind about certain business opportunities, but that would just be shifting the focus of your business, you’d never be firing yourself. This takes a certain amount of burden off your shoulders because you don’t need to worry about someone suddenly taking away your income just because of cutbacks even if you’re doing a superb job.

As it is, being our own boss would not suit everybody. There's always challenges along the way. It's hard to start your won business, but after we have put our foot on the ground it should be fine. The sky is our limit!! It's not the destination, it's the journey that matters most!!