13 Great Reasons to Start Your Own Business (Even If Just On the Side) : By Jeff Haden

Excuses. We all have them. And eventually we all regret them, especially when those excuses kept us from chasing -- and possibly achieving -- our dreams.

So if you've always wanted to start your own business, even just a business on the side while you keep your full-time job (which in many circumstances is the best approach to take), see if any of the following are unnecessarily holding you back:

1. "I'm too late."

Yeah, Jobs beat you to the graphical interface... but Xerox beat him. Dell wasn't the first to cobble together his own computers. Zuckerberg wasn't first in social media. The list goes on.

Innovation is never one-and-done; some of the most successful companies are based on refining earlier ideas and innovations.

You're only too late if you're not willing to be faster, stronger, cheaper, or in some real way better than whoever got there "first."

2. "I'm too afraid."

Think you're special? You're not. Every entrepreneur was scared, and is still scared.

That means you have a choice. You can let your fears hold you back, or you can use those fears to fuel you do whatever it takes to succeed.

Complacency is the enemy of achievement. Fortunately, the fear of not achieving your dreams can drive complacency away.

You just have to decide you're more afraid of not trying than of not succeeding.

3. "I don't know the right people."

Between company websites and LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and all the other social media platforms you can reach almost anyone besides the Pope and maybe Mark Cuban. (Wait; even I pulled that off.)

In fact some people are surprisingly accessible; maybe that's one of the secrets of their success.

Of course the people you reach out to may not respond. If they don't, that's probablyyour fault. Never forget that the more influential the person the more they're besieged with requests. Have a good reason to connect, give before you expect to receive, and you might be surprised by who responds.

4. "I need to find funding first."

Entrepreneurs are masters of the art and science of accomplishing more with less: less money, less people, less time, less everything.

You will never, ever have "enough" cash or capital or funding. If you don't have enough money to launch your business the way you plan, then change your plan.

You can't always control what you have, but you can control what you choose to do with what you do have.

5. "I don't have the time."

You, like everyone, has the same amount of time. The only difference is what you do with your time.

If you were trapped underground and only had 24 hours worth of oxygen you wouldn't check your Twitter feed or chat with friends or spend a little "me time" in front of the TV. You'd dig and dig and dig and pour all your energy into tunneling free.

Apply the same level of importance and urgency to what you want to accomplish and your schedule will instantly clear... because finding time is always a matter of how badly you want something.

6. "I don't have the right skills."

No problem. Go get them. Go to school. Read a book. Read ten books. Talk to friends. Get a part-time job at a small business. Get a part-time job in a completely different industry. Find someone who has done what you want to do and volunteer to work for free in return for the opportunity to learn.

Does that seem too hard? Like too big of a price to pay? Or simply not fair? Then accept you will never have the skills--and stop complaining.

Skills and knowledge are earned, not given. Go earn them.

7. "I can't seem to come up with a great idea."

Dreaming up something new is really, really hard.

Reacting to something that already exists is really, really easy. Just walk around and think about all the things that don't work well, are too expensive, that waste time... you'll spot tons of problems.

The solutions to those problems are ideas.

"New" is hard to imagine. "Better" is much easier. Most companies are built on "better," not "new."

8. "It just seems too risky."

Any risk you take today is a risk you can recover from. In time you can overcome almost any setback, stumble, or failure, and emerge stronger and smarter and better equipped to succeed the next time.

If you never try all you wind up with are regrets. When you're old and grey and "done" you'll look back on your life and think, "I wonder what might have happened if I had only..."

That might be the only risk you should never take.

9. "I'm more of a big picture person."

No you're not. You're just too lazy to do the grunt work. Or you think you've already paid your dues.

Every successful entrepreneur rolls up his or her sleeves and outworks everyone else around. (That's one of the reasons they're so successful.)

You don't need some undefined innate quality to be great at execution. All you need is self-discipline.

10. "I really need to wait until everything's perfect."

"Everything" will never be perfect.

Do your best. Then step back. If a little more work will result in a markedly better outcome, go for it. If a little more work will not make a difference anyone but you will notice, let it go.

Then you make improvements based on the feedback you get from the only people whose opinions really matter: your customers.

11. "I have a great idea... but no one seems to get it."

Oh, they get it. They get that it's no good.

Truly great ideas can be described in a few words. Truly great products can be described in a few words. When no one seems to get it, the only person not getting it is you.

Let go of your pride and agenda and "unique point of view" and figure out where you've gone wrong.

12. "It just seems too hard."

Long journeys are hard.

Individual steps are easy.

You can't accomplish any difficult goal overnight, but you can accomplish one step, however small, towards that goal. Think about the end of a journey and all that will be required along the way and you'll never start.

Instead, just do one thing that will help get you there. Then build on it. That you cando.

13. "It will be too embarrassing if I fail."

Failing in public can be embarrassing. (You should have seen me when I first started speaking; talk about public failure. Ugh.)

If you fail, a few people will talk about you. But those are the same people who would never dare try something themselves. So don't worry about them.

On the other hand, tons of people will respect you for taking a shot. They'll recognize a kindred spirit. They'll pick you up. They'll encourage you. They know what it's like to try and fail and try again.

Why? They're people living their professional lives on their terms.

They're entrepreneurs.

Be one.

*PS: The article has been originally published at:

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/13-great-reasons-start-your-own-business-even-just-side-jeff-haden?trk=pulse-det-nav_art

Official Notification for merger with W3LC - The World Wide Web Learners Consortium (www.w3lc.com)

Hi Readers,

Thanks for your engagements and readings of this blog. It has been your continued support that made this website cross the viewership mark of 12.5 Lakhs. I thank you all again.

This post is also to notify that the blog 'Discussions for IT People' is now merged with the World Wide Web Learners Consortium. With no direct effect on readers, this move is aimed strategically to cater to the growing needs of more readership, enriched contents and global supplications.

I believe that better days are here to come. You shall see more content on more diversified topics. You shall see more contributors to this blog. You might also find us around your colony talking to you and/or treating you with surprise gifts. Yes! There would be contests too for you to participate.

Be blessed. And, be more engaged with us.

Truly yours,
Anwar Jamal


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Also, Find 'Learners Consortium' Facebook Page and Group to engage better with us.

Fake/Spam letters taking foreign scripts path to look genuine

Recently, I have been getting emails written in different scripts on diversified topics like Money transfer, dead millionaire and one even of a marriage proposal. No doubt all of them are scam. Please don't sic for proposal one too. Each such emails aim at making a fool of you. And, to attract you into a trap where you can shell out some hard earned bucks.

See an example below:

السلام عليك 

انا اسمي مدام / ملك الشايب ارملة من سوريا دمشق , لقد ولدت في اسرة مسيحية قبل ان اتزوج من رجل مسلم متدين ساعدني في ان اعتنق الاسلام والحمد لله على هذه النعمه الكبيره.

انا سيدة مسلمة تعمل بجهد في مجال الذهب ومستحضرات التجميل في دمشق سوريا , وزوجي يعمل في مجال الاستثمار العقاري وهو مهندس ولقد انشاء شركته الخاصة للاستثمار العقاري قبل ان يلقي حتفه بعد صراع مع المرض باحدى مستشفيات القاهره.

لقد تم انقازي بواسطة الامم المتحدة المفوضية السامية لحماية اللاجئين  UNHCR)) ديسمبر2013الي ميامي فلوريدا بالولايات المتحدة الامريكية , لان افراد عائلتي كانوا يريدون قتلي لاني اعتنقت الاسلام , كل الذي احتاجه اخ مسلم يخاف الله استطيع ان اثق به امام الله ليساعدني باستعادة بعض المتعلقات الخاصة بالاسرة التي امنها زوجي الراحل قبل وفاته في مصر .

ولهذا ارجوك اخي في الله ان ترسل لي رقم الهاتف الخاص بك لكي نتواصل ونتعارف قبل ان اعطيك المزيد من التفاصيل .

مع خالص الشكر

مدام / ملك الشايب

 I translated it to find the below text:

Peace be upon you

My name is Madame / Chaib widow of the king of Syria, Damascus, I was born in a Christian family before they get married to a man helped me in a devout Muslim that converted to Islam and thank God for this blessing big.

I am a Muslim woman is working hard in the field of gold and cosmetics in Damascus, Syria, and my husband works in the field of real estate investment, an engineer, and has set up his own real estate investment before being shot dead after a struggle with the disease in one of Cairo hospital.

I've been Annagaza by the United Nations High Commissioner for Protection of Refugees UNHCR)) in December 2013 to Miami, Florida, USA, because my family members they want to kill me because I am a convert to Islam, all that I needed a brother Muslim is afraid of God that I can trust him to God to help me restore some belongings on the family that security my late husband before his death in Egypt.

That's my brother, I beg you in God to send me your phone number in order to communicate and know each other before they give you more details.

Sincerely

Madame / King Chaib

Please be cautious about such emails. No one is going to give you money in a blink of online relations. They all are fake and criminals.

Shhh...Madame Chaib is hearing. Lol :)

RDP in full screen mode [Remote Desktop by MSTSC command]

To adjust the remote desktop setting in full screen mode in Windows 7 please follow these steps

1. Start ”Remote Desktop Connection”.
2. Click on “Options”.
3. Click on the “Display” tab.
4. On “Display configuration” settings, you can change the “Remote Desktop Connection” display by moving the slider from  “Small to Large”.
5. By moving the “Slider” all the way to large, the display settings will automatically set to “Full Screen”.

And the best of all, after you have made and RDP connection succesfully, press:

Ctrl  Alt  Break

This will toggle your full screen mode !!

Using PS command to get Time a Process runs (etime) On Mac Unix etc

Its a simple command but very useful.

To see the results for a single process,  just add a grep at the end for the process' name. For example:

$ ps -ax -o etime,command -c | grep AnwarApp

Please note above that AnwarApp is nothing but your Process name.

You shall get a detailed running time information of this process the.

Result:
08-02:10:05 AnwarApp

This means that on my Mac, the AnwarApp has been running for eight days, two hours, ten minutes, and 5 seconds. 

I believe you got your work done.

So, cheers!!