In the online marketing space, there seems to be a false equivalency\u00a0between the \u201cfreedom of quitting your 9 to 5\u201d and \u201cbeing an\u00a0entrepreneur.\u201d<\/p>\n

More appropriately, there\u2019s the misunderstanding that becoming an entrepreneur won\u2019t mean putting in many, many more hours than 40 per week; this is especially true if you\u2019re hoping to ever be able to replace, let alone exceed, the salary you made in your previous \u2018normal\u2019 job.<\/p>\n

Not everyone\u2019s cut out for it, and that\u2019s ok.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are one of the brave few who\u2019s going to go it alone or has already started working from home or on your own business full time, well, here are a few things you should keep in mind.<\/p>\n

#1) Being an entrepreneur means more discipline than ever before.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Working for yourself, \u201cbeing your own boss,\u201d etc. all sound pretty sweet, but they also mean that you\u2019ve got to really be on top of things.<\/p>\n

Organization and discipline need to be far above average to succeed as an entrepreneur.<\/p>\n

You will spend long hours starting at a computer screen, even on the activities you aren\u2019t that excited about doing, so make sure you can keep yourself in line.<\/p>\n

#2) Being an entrepreneur means sacrificing \u2018you\u2019 time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Not only will you need the discipline to keep hacking away at important tasks, you\u2019ll also need to change your mindset to include less \u2018you\u2019 time. As you look at people who have become famous for their entrepreneurial spirit and success, you\u2019ll notice they don\u2019t often subscribe to the same personal reward system that the rest of us do.<\/p>\n

For example, you\u2019re worked 9 hours today already, so you should reward yourself with a beer and an hour of your favorite show, right? It sounds great to me, but top tier entrepreneurs are going to shun that time in favor of getting more done.<\/p>\n

#3) Being an entrepreneur means managing others.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether you\u2019re after \u201cwork from home\u201d freedom or want to build a company that someday hits the Fortune 500, you will need to interact with and manage others. Whether their regular employees in an office, or freelancers completing online contracts, smart entrepreneurs know that the biggest key to their own success is the people that they associate themselves with.<\/p>\n

Not only that, it\u2019s how they interact with those people. Make sure you\u2019re ready to make the swap from being the one who asks questions to being the one who is constantly asked for direction. Can you keep sane balancing your own tasks with the needs of others?<\/p>\n

#4) Finally, being an entrepreneur means leveraging.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Starting out on your own is scary, and so the quickest (and most comfortable) way of growing fast is learning to network with other people who have already been through what you\u2019re going through.<\/p>\n

Find out what you\u2019re good at that others aren\u2019t and use that skill to barter early on. Maybe you evaluate someone\u2019s website for SEO for them, and they give you advice on your marketing funnel, etc.<\/p>\n

Whatever you have to do, be scrappy and don\u2019t stop working until you\u2019re where you want to be (then build something new).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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