Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Starting your own business

Many people want to start their own business, but many people do not realize the work that goes into it. Take it from me, there are nights where I cannot sleep because I am constantly thinking of how to make my food cart stand out from someone else, different business opportunities and most of all finances. This is not to say that I do not enjoy what I do because I do and this makes me happy but its hard. One of the biggest stresses that you will have to go through if you make the decision to start your own business is PATIENCE.  It's funny because naturally I am a pretty cool and laid back type of guy, but while starting Yellow Boy's Polish Boy's I have realized how impatient I am. I want instant results and did not factor in that there are certain things that I have to wait for like gaining an audience for my business. I instantly thought that when I started that I would have major success on my first try and not to say that I have not had success but I was expecting MAJORRRRRRRRR success lol. In hine sight it was a blessing that I did not achieve the majorrrrrrrrrrrrr success that I was expecting because I learned how to rely more on my faith and God, which are two very important factors to have. Another stress that comes about is finances. You really have to learn how to live a different way, make better spending decisions.  I was so use to blowing money on meaningless things and once your stuck in that mindset its hard to change. Having a business did just that....made me change. Yeah it sucks that you can't do alot of things that you were once use to doing, but who said building your own was EASY, because if they did, they must have been RICH. All in all there are many things you have to be aware of in order to achieve your vision of having a successful business. Patience, Faith, Tenacity, & a Vision are the major things that will determine your success or failure. Hope this helps, and oh... this is not an essay so please no spell check, this is writing from the heart with no proof reading!