Excuses for not getting started

The desire to ‘be your own boss’ is as strong now as it ever was. While we are seeing many people enter the world of business ownership and entrepreneurship, there is a vastly greater number that are still sitting on the fence.

What’s stopping you from becoming an entrepreneur? These five prolific excuses are the barriers budding business people often battle before taking a leap into a new life-changing venture.

They can appear insurmountable, but with the right mindset these hurdles can shudder to the ground revealing an exciting path ahead. Carl Jung said, “You are what you do. Not what you say you’ll do”. What will you do to become an entrepreneur? Are you making these five excuses? If so, here’s how to conquer them.

We have focused our comments on franchising – why? Starting a franchise is vastly different from starting a business from scratch. With a franchise, an enormous amount of the groundwork, preparation and planning has already been completed by the franchisor long before a potential franchisee arrives on the scene. Franchisors have established hundreds of businesses, usually over many years, so potential problems and reasons for not getting started can evaporate much more rapidly.

My family is not supportive – it’s not a good time

There’s no doubt a strong network of support boosts morale, and choosing to become self-employed has a significant impact on those nearest to you. However, careful due diligence and planning can mitigate the biggest risks, and when an individual takes responsibility for their actions, remarkable things happen. Harnessing the doubt of those nearest to you, to drive you on to success, can be your greatest source of motivation.