Opposite Mindsets

By Cody Scholberg

You are going to read about building a financial empire. If you are looking into building a business of enormous size, you should already have put a few things in order. You should already have adequate insurance in case of catastrophic events, you should be saving on a regular basis, you should have plenty of emergency funds, and you should be either self-employed or work some part-time job on your own (not for an employer).

If you have all these traits, you are ready to build a business. You must be working for yourself if you want to build a business. While it is true that those who work for themselves technically already own a business, it should not be true in your mind. You do not own a business, but you own a job. A business is something that works for you; it is not something that you work.

Owning your own job, however, is a good thing. It is the start to building a business. You cannot build a business through work you do for an employer.

Building a business is different from building a job. The mindset of a job-builder is something like, "I want to get all this done, but I need help. I'll hire people to do the work that I cannot, and I'll do as much of the work myself as I can; the more work I do, the more money I make."

The business-builder thinks otherwise, "The more I work, the less it is a business for me, and the more it is like a job. I will hire out as much as I can afford, and I'll use my personal savings to afford even more. I will lose money for a long time, but that is okay, because eventually it will be so big that it will make me money without my working in it."

So, forget about how much money you will make otherwise, spend it all on hiring out all the work. Forget about the fact that you will be working for free and will see no reward. That is precisely the point! If you were making money yourself, you should be alarmed. Why is money going to you? You should want to spend it on hiring out more help, right?

Clearly, the two frames of mind are completely different. With a job-building frame of mind, you will be seeking work, and, someday, you will end up with lots of work and money. With a business-building frame of mind, you will be avoiding work, and, someday, you will end up with no work and lots of money. Which path would you rather walk down? - 23222

About the Author:

Cody Scholberg, a business building expert, is an author at Rapidly Make Money, your source of info that will get you wealthy. Check out these books about making money.