To dispel any preconceived notions, a micro-business is a legitimate business. As stated in The $100 Startup (a great book I suggest everyone read), “Instead of hiring employees, you begin a project by yourself, based on your specific personal combination of passion and skill.” A micro-business allows you to follow your passion to success. By building a business focused on your skills, your passions, and your values, you can create your own niche in business by providing a valued service or product to consumers for purchase.
Wait! What’s wrong with traditional work?
- It’s easy to get fired. This is 100 percent of your income. Thus, putting you and your family in a very uncomfortable predicament.
- It’s boring. Many jobs today are based on their business needs and not your needs, passions, or goals. A majority of supervisors and managers do not know their associates on an individual basis. They could not tell you your undergraduate major, if you have a master’s degree, the name of your child, or if you are even married. Meanwhile, typical office jobs only allow you to communicate through customer service interaction, nothing creative. By not doing work you enjoy doing, you are simply wasting time.
- The hours are too long. It does not take 40-hours per week to do a majority of tasks. Over the past six months, I have encountered at least four jobs that wanted me to work at least 55 hours per week. Excuse me Jesus Christ, but hell no. Long hours leads to a boring, predictable, mundane life. We want fun, flexibility, family time, quality time with the significant other, time to go to the movies, time to exercise, time to relax, time to shop, time to pray, and more. We need time to live not time to work.
