Getting rich quick (you won’t)
There are a lot of Get Rich Quick schemes on the Internet - a lot. If you are willing to part with some money you can easily:
START MAKING BIG MONEY RIGHT NOW!
MAKE THOUSANDS A MONTH FROM GOOGLE ADS WITHOUT NEEDING A WEBSITE!
OWN A PORSCHE LIKE ME BY THE END OF THE MONTH!
And so on, and so on….
Forget about getting rich quick. If you are planning to start up by yourself, realise that it is going to take time and effort to see reward. Of course, some people do make it big really quick, but they do that by having a great idea and knowing how to market it - not by paying out $299 for a ten CD set of tutorials on how to cheat Google Adsense.
The most likely outcome of buying a into Get Rich Quick scheme is that you’ll end up with:
- A Pyramid scheme that you’ll try and offload to your friends, family and work colleagues. They won’t thank you for it.
- Information that you could have got for free if you’d looked.
- Something even more useless.
So, you want to start your own business?
I’ll start off with a question:
Why?
Have a think about it and define your reasons for wanting to start out by yourself.
You’re not alone in thinking about starting your own business; the person in the cubicle next door has probably thought about it too, and Sally from down the hall and Bob from accounts. The point here is: they’ve only thought about it. With some focus and hard work you can turn your thoughts into a business and make yourself different from all the Alices and Bobs.
That’s why I asked you to have a think about why you want to do it. Got some reasons? Tired of office politics? Want to be your own boss? Want a better work/life balance? Want to avoid the commute by staying at home? I’m sure you’ve got your own.
Once you’ve got your reasons, write them down. Set them in stone and make them official. Write them on a piece of paper and pin it up or save a document to your hard drive - it doesn’t matter - now that you’ve defined your reasons you have something to motivate you to take the next step and not be another Bob or Alice.