A Lifetime of microBusiness

successful mBiz people watch their money

Most of the mBiz people I’ve spoken to over the years didn’t create their businesses because that saw it a get-rich-quick plan that would soon have them building new houses and buying new cars. They did it for autonomy, passion, and quality of life reasons. And most learned early on, the importance of monitoring their spending habits. MicroBusinesses can be adversely affected by micro-fluctuations in the bank balance.

Part of living the good life, the mBiz life, is to keep free from onerous debt. Poor spending habits will weigh you down emotionally and economically; they will put your business in jeopardy, and take away your freedom. Today, during our country’s economic instability, staying productive while keeping a close eye on spending is even more important.

Here’s a story written a couple years ago by Hugh MacLeod on his Gaping Void site. I think it illustrates how success for soloists, freelancers, and other indies and mBiz owners, can cloud our thinking at times. Also, Terri Lonier, from her site Working Solo, recently wrote about Navigating an Uncertain Economy in her weekly newsletter “Working Solo Minute”.

Continue to market your business wisely, stay ever-vigilant of how your dollars are being spent, work hard, and deliver more than you promise to your customers, and you’ll be prepared to weather the difficult times.

are you ready to start your microBusiness?

Are you talented, resourceful, self-motivated, a generator of ideas, hardworking, yet overworked and underappreciated at your current job? Are you unemployed, a corporate dropout, or maybe just unemployable? Does size matter to you? Have you ever thought about what it would be like to create your own brand of success? Does the word "independence" make you sit up and pay attention? How does the word "simplicity" resonate with you? Would you like to be in charge of how you spend your waking hours?

Think about joining the ranks of the self-employed, the independents, the soloists, the free agents, and the freelancers. Give some serious consideration to becoming the owner of a microBusiness. With your knowledge, enthusiasm, and independent spirit you can do it! There are millions of us, and more joining our team everyday. Some of us are outrageously successful, and some of us are just getting by. But the opportunity to make the effort is yours, because we live in the greatest country in the world. And today, unlike 20 or 30 years ago, there are numerous resources available to help you get started and succeed.

Think about the scope of your experience, the ideas you have, the scenarios you've secretly dreamt about, and the multitude of wants and needs in the world that still need to be fulfilled. Somewhere in that fertile ground is the seed for a viable microBusiness; a business that you could start, and nurture, and grow, and turn into a success story -- your success story. A business that will allow you to bend the world a little to fit your purpose, by doing something you truly enjoy doing. Are you ready?