There’s one major reason for starting your own business… Freedom! Freedom from what? From having to grind sixty, seventy, or eighty hours every week. Freedom from financial instability. Starting your own business gives you freedom with your time and money. You have the freedom to create the lifestyle you’ve always wanted. This is especially true of home-based entrepreneurs!

Five Fantastic Advantages of Starting Your Own Business

Freedom isn’t the only thing you have to gain from starting your own business. Here are five other amazing reasons why people are choosing to start their own businesses:

1. You get to create your own environment. Thanks to modern technology, all you really need to keep your business moving is a phone and laptop. You can keep your business going anywhere! Stay home or travel abroad as much as you want. Go wherever is comfortable for you. Plus, you won’t have to worry about a boss breathing down your neck.
2. You have the experience of starting something from scratch. There is no greater reward than the feeling of creating something from nothing and getting to see it be successful. You’ll gain confidence and new skills that will help you in all your future endeavors.
3. Being an entrepreneur gives you exposure to new cultures. You can take on clients internationally and work from a variety of countries. This broadens your perspective. You have a whole new appreciation for your fellow humans.
4. You get to connect with a new community. This is often the unexpected element that entrepreneurs didn’t realize was so important. You have the power of choosing to associate with as an entrepreneur. Find a tribe of people that resonate with you, and you’ll be so much more satisfied as a home-based entrepreneur.
5. Starting your own business helps you stop thinking incrementally. When you’re an entrepreneur, you have the advantage of being able to think laterally. You don’t have to be stuck in the mindset of slowly and gradually working your way up. You can jump ahead to great success!

A Bonus Sixth Reason!

As a bonus, starting your own business allows you to stick it to your old boss. When you’ve worked with a bad boss for so long, nothing feels better than being able to succeed all on your own. If you’re sick of having a boss who doesn’t see you for what you’re worth, this might be just the push you need to branch out and start your own business.

What do you have to gain by becoming a home-based entrepreneur?

Highlights from the Episode

• Rachel shares her experience of starting her own online business and having her first international client from South Africa. 11:15.
• Shane and Rachel discuss how a trip to Greece shifted their mindsets to think of things from different cultural perspectives. 13:40.
• So many of us don’t realize what’s possible until they step outside their comfort zones. 19:00
• Don’t choose the long road to “maybe” or the long road nowhere. Choose something fast now. 21:55.