I'm back! Let's get to work . . . Thinking about being your own boss? The questions . . .

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Many of my clients, especially those about to graduate from a masters' degree, are asking about starting their own company. Many of them tell me that they get bored easily; they cannot imagine working for someone else, or doing the same thing every day, or starting at the bottom doing simple tasks when they believe that they can do much more, or, all of the above!

My response is usually the same (though everyone is unique and special, so the nuances will be different for each person): find your passion and work towards it. Your passion will change over time. That's OK, change with it! Whatever, don't wait!

The other day I was talking with a very senior person who is leaving a military career and is considering 'doing his own thing'. But, he was unsure, and was considering doing some studying -maybe a PhD - or other activity to take the time to take the right decision. He was thinking maybe three years!  As he is in his late 50's - nothing wrong with starting a new career at any age - but I asked why he wanted to wait. His answer was that he was not sure. Would he be any surer after three years? What if he was not; would he have wasted three years?

My answer was that, whatever you do next will be wrong (in some way) but at least you will be on the road, and you will learn more about what you really like, and can do, in a practical way by doing. Everybody needs to continuously re-consider and adjust their direction - maybe a little, maybe a lot. Like a sailor crossing the ocean, there is no one perfect way to react to the wind,and the waves, and the tides on the journey.  Each person will find their own way. They may (as I have done) decide to head for a different shore. That's OK. It's your life. Just get started!

For a perspective from a much more successful entrepreneur that I, or most people, will every be: Richard BRANSON click here

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