Article Title: Do you own your business or does it own you?



Author: Dr Kem Thompson

Author's Website: www.explorefreedom.com/drkem

Word Count: 502

DO YOU OWN YOUR BUSINESS OR DOES IT OWN YOU?

Dr Kem Thompson

What was your aim when you went into business for yourself?

Chances are you wanted to be your own boss, be in control

of your future, improve your chances of earning a high income,

among other things.

How are things for you right now? Do you feel in control of

your business? How many hours do you put into your business

each day? Each week? Will your current business enable you

to retire in the next 10, 20 years?

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by all the administrative

tasks involved in running a business? Do you wish life could

be simpler?

More importantly, if you don't work, does your cash continue

to flow (inwards, that is)?

You see, if you can't take a vacation for fear that you won't

make any money while you're away, or if your business is such

that you're paid per hour (meaning that if you're not working

you're not getting paid), then what you are is a glorified

employee, and your business owns you.

That's not what you signed up for when you started though, is it?

What if you discovered a smarter way of doing business, a

way that ensures that you own the business, not the other way

round, a way that guarantees that you continue to make money

even while you sleep (meaning you can go on vacation anytime you

choose without loosing any money - rather you'd still be earning),

what would you do?

Imagine a business model that allows you to work for at least

5-10 hours per week, yet earn whatever income level you set

for yourself. One that can, with dedicated hard work, enable you

to retire comfortably within 5 years of your starting out? This

is not just a theory. People from all works of life, all ages

and backgrounds, are doing this.

It's happening all around you. Thousands of individuals and

large corporations are waking up to the wisdom of this model,

as a way to move their products and services to a large number

of 'fish' - customers who want and need them.

Will you wise up too?

The 'magic ingredient' that makes all this possible is

'leverage'. Not just any sort of leverage though, but leverage

that guarantees that everyone involved benefits equally and has

the same amount to gain from working with you.

You had noble aspirations when you first started out on your

own. If your current business model is not helping you meet

those aspirations, then it's time for you to seek a better way.

It never pays to continue in something that isn't working.

Seek a better way, and you will find it. Like many others have

done and continue to do.

Decide now that you will choose a business model that truly

meets your aspirations, one that will help you achieve the

dreams you set out to achieve in the beginning. One that employs

'leverage that works'.

Get smart: own your own business, and never again let a business

own you.