Do I have the right motivation?
The right motivation will be different for everyone – the one that gives you determination, willingness to face difficulties and fight for your cause.
But this does not mean that any motivation will work well and will last for a long time. For example, in Russian society there is a certain cult of the position of “not working for your uncle”. It seems as if the one who is employed is a loser, and only the entrepreneur reaches the top of the social pyramid. However, it is not uncommon for a sole proprietor to earn less than the average IT worker. Only the latter still get lunches at the expense of the company to the office and the working day is relatively normalised.
Entrepreneurship is hard work, no matter what the bloggers selling courses on success say. And starting your own business is a pretty big life choice. So it’s important to make sure you make it because you’re going for something, not running away from something.
Maybe you’re bored with your job, or more specifically, your activity in a particular company. You’re burned out, tired and don’t know what to do next. Owning your own business is not the only alternative, and often it’s not even the right thing to do at all. Perhaps you are simply not satisfied with the way things are now, but there are conditions under which you would abandon the idea of business. In this case, it is worth considering staying in the profession, but with different inputs.
Sometimes motivation can come from outside. People around you advise you to get out of your comfort zone, try to make a hobby a job and so on. But if this is not accompanied by an inner need, it will be hard, perhaps unbearable.
If you are looking for and do not find reasons to stay in employment or the arguments in favour of your own business are weightier, and your thoughts are already in the future, where you will realise your dreams – then it’s time for a change.
Do I have a plan?
Dreaming about a business and doing it are different things. To achieve success, you need a plan of action that is backed by numbers and research.
For example, you’ve decided to monetise a hobby and sell your paintings. Sounds good, after all, someone is doing it commercially, why can’t you follow the same path. But if you study the market and understand how much demand there is for the service, estimate the costs and potential profits, read the laws that relate to entrepreneurship, it may turn out that at the dream stage it looked much rosier.
