The Truth about Being an Entrepreneur.

To me, being an entrepreneur means empowering others by sharing my gifts and experiences and living my life to the fullest. When I decided to travel the path of the entrepreneur, I was so excited to be my own boss, have the ability to affect others, and embrace the freedom to choose how I wanted my life to look. Little did I know about everything I would experience.

When I began, I was like a kid on Christmas morning sharing with my family and friends the journey on which I was about to embark. The reactions I received were not exactly what I had hoped for; there was little support and a lot of cynicism. Also, I was new to business and stumbled more times than I thought was possible.

Dealing with marketing, sales, creating a company, auto responders, and web sites, what did I get myself into? This was all a different language. Today I can laugh at myself, yet while I was in the midst of dealing with some of these issues, I was contemplating sticking my head in the sand. Yet I still moved forward.

As time went on with little support from those closest to me and little results, I became overwhelmed and frustrated. Although I was determined to succeed, these obstacles pushed me to my limits. I started researching all of these topics on the internet. Do you have any idea how much information about this is on the internet?

I started spiralling out of control due to information overload. Who is the expert, who do I listen too? Some experts tell you that in "x" amount of days you will have a magnificent business. Well I fell for it and believed that within a month's time, if I followed their steps, I would have a thriving business. That didn't happen, and there were times I was ready to give up.

Instead of giving up, however, I looked closely at myself and realised that what I was doing was not working. I took a close look at my e.....

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