Breaking Free How to Quit Your Job and Start Your Own Business

Breaking Free How to Quit Your Job and Start Your Own Business

Most of us work hard all our lives to create a comfortable living and perhaps eventual retirement—sacrificing our time to work for others or ourselves so we can efficiently produce something of value to somebody. This earns us our pay so we can buy the things we need to survive and thrive. Working can either give our lives meaning or simply provide us with the cash to buy the things that give it meaning on our time off.

Many people have found that starting and running a business gives their lives greater meaning and satisfaction than they would have had if they had continued to work for other people. Work is an inevitability that is here to stay for most of us, so it is wise to spend our time working in ways that make us happiest. It is also smart to mull over the idea of self-employment now and then, just to see where we stand, and how we might benefit. In this free society, created as a result of much hard work and entrepreneurial thinking, we all have a choice to make: We can either collect a paycheck from somebody else in return for doing the work they require, or we can create our own paycheck in return for doing the work that we require. We can also create a combination of both, but essentially we can choose either to work for others or work for ourselves