The Easy Part
For some it's not enough to be politically free. They want to be occupationally free and the only way to do that is to have their own business. Going into business for yourself is your own personal “Declaration of Independence." That’s the easy part.
The Hard Part
After that comes the hard part. The hard part is the struggle to be free and the fight for your independence as you work you way through the steps of getting your business functioning at a profitable level.
No Guarantees
Like all fights for independence, success is not guaranteed.
In fact statistics say the overwhelming majority don’t last 5 years. So before you start you should take a cold, hard look at the odds and decide you’ll do what it takes to put yourself in the survivor column.
Help Helps
Just like the United States had in its fight, it is a big help when you can find outsiders who believe in you to come in and help you fight some of the battles in the early stages—and even help with funding to get you started. It always increases your odds to have interested and supportive friends.
But it's Your Fight
Regardless of the help of others, the fight is yours, and the brunt of the pressure will be yours to face. You’ll be amazed at the number and variety of the problems that appear. The good news is that they always seem worse when you face them for the first time. At that point, they can seem overwhelming.
When In a Fight, You'd Better Be Ready to Throw Punches
Unless you are approaching this as a full on fight for your Financial Independence and not just another series of jobs for you to do, you have no chance of succeeding. You won’t be tough enough. You won’t be determined enough.
Problems that are temporary and minor will overwhelm you because you didn’t mentally prepare yourself to deal with them.You’ll find yourself unnecessarily beaten, your dream stolen by minor and easily resolved troubles.
On the other hand, if you are mentally prepared and totally committed, you’ll find you do have the toughness to withstand these challenges—unraveling them, dealing with them and eventually solving them, one by one.
It's the Only Way
Running this gauntlet is the ONLY process that allows you develop the precious new experiences, knowledge and resources you’ll need to survive and run your own new profitable business. This is the way, step by step, you win your battle for independence.
Incredible Rewards
The rewards of freedom are incredible, but you are going to have a fight of a lifetime to make it happen. If you decide to do it, give it everything you have and more until the job gets done because only that burning desire will give you a real chance of winning.
If you don’t want it bad enough to really fight for it, don’t even start. If you do decide to go for it, keep this thought in your mind as you go…
Others have done it and so can you! It will be the fight of a lifetime, but it will be worth it a thousand times over!
Sun, May 29, 2011 | 
Freedom, Slavery, Liberty.