Quote from: Chicken Hawk on January 08, 2007, 11:29:56 AMQuote from: Robmeister on January 08, 2007, 08:47:40 AMQuote from: Johnny on January 08, 2007, 08:42:34 AMThank goodness I work for myself. Amen, brutha....once you've tasted the flexibility and autonomy that self-employment offers.....I can't envision it any other way.You will never have a better boss than yourself. Not to jinx it, but the other day I told my wife I don't know what I would do if I had to go back to work for a bank or a consulting firm again. I wake up, work out, have a cup of joe and bkfst with the kids before school and then walk all of about 50 steps to my office.....LOL! For 12 years I commuted for an hour each way to downtown Dallas. BLAH!Yeah....that's what I'm talkin' 'bout.Being an independent contractor for the last couple years has been sorta in between. I'm ready to really spread my wings, now. Spent the morning talking to who I need to to sever certain ties while maintaining others.Boy, the forces--whether logistics, attitude or down right nay-saying--are like swimming upstream.....all conspiring to say, "You can't pull this off on your own." It's exhausting. Did you have that, Hawk, when you were breaking out? How'bout you, Johnny?
Quote from: Robmeister on January 08, 2007, 08:47:40 AMQuote from: Johnny on January 08, 2007, 08:42:34 AMThank goodness I work for myself. Amen, brutha....once you've tasted the flexibility and autonomy that self-employment offers.....I can't envision it any other way.You will never have a better boss than yourself. Not to jinx it, but the other day I told my wife I don't know what I would do if I had to go back to work for a bank or a consulting firm again. I wake up, work out, have a cup of joe and bkfst with the kids before school and then walk all of about 50 steps to my office.....LOL! For 12 years I commuted for an hour each way to downtown Dallas. BLAH!
Quote from: Johnny on January 08, 2007, 08:42:34 AMThank goodness I work for myself. Amen, brutha....once you've tasted the flexibility and autonomy that self-employment offers.....I can't envision it any other way.
Thank goodness I work for myself.
Wow you guys are an inspiration. I've been trying to find a business to startup on my own. I have found the business I want to start, there is no franchis fee, just a considerable investment on my part. Seeing you guys is pushing me more towards achieving that goal though.
Good luck Tyler!!! It's hard to get real estate started if you weren't on the ground floor to begin with. My wife's grandpa was in real estate for a long time out in Cali and would not buy anything except a corner lot. He also owned a fencing company for many years. He passed just a little over a year ago, but all of his kids are reaping the benefits now from his forward thinking.Good for you, they say New Mexico right now is where Cali was a few years ago.
Quote from: PigPen on January 08, 2007, 01:58:46 PMWow you guys are an inspiration. I've been trying to find a business to startup on my own. I have found the business I want to start, there is no franchis fee, just a considerable investment on my part. Seeing you guys is pushing me more towards achieving that goal though.It takes a set of nads, but when you have passion, anything can be accomplished.
i think i would put the wife up before the headblade. lol j/k
Quote from: pburke on January 08, 2007, 08:18:12 PMi think i would put the wife up before the headblade. lol j/kI would, but not worth as much...hahahahahahahahahahaha