Personal Development and Being Self Employed

The doors were set to open for the first time at 5pm in time to catch the early birds for evening dinner. Amy was bustling and checking last minute details, but she knew everything was just the way it should be. Since Amy made the decision to open a restaurant her world took on a new dimension in all aspects and especially her morale. Numerous motivational tapes, reading great inspirational books and the support for her friends, family and personal coach prepared her for this evening. Her smile was so infectious that it was felt by all the employees and it appeared everyone was floating in tune to the soft music in the background. The first customers arrived and were guided to their table and after a few minutes allowing her guests to relax Amy when over wishing them a warm welcome and some light talk...

The evening was an amazing success and Amy toasting a celebratory glass of champagne with all her staff at around midnight when all the clean up was completed thanked them all for their support and to her self a big thank you of acknowledgment that she had made the decision to be and sent out that message to the universe loud and clear that she was in for the long haul.

John clocked into his job at the same time every morning and had been doing this for many years. For the past six months John had been attending a business course at the local college and had been encouraged by the sheer enthusiasm of the lecturers and clicked with all the materials he had been studying. Soon he told himself he would find the business he was sure would be the right fit for him, because he knew he had set the stage in motion for attracting the right fit. Every weekend John coached with the local chapter of the boy scouts that his son Luke was a member of and just loved the rallying and the feedback he was getting from the kids. The plus side to this was Luke had told him how proud of his dad he was and it was a great boost for Luke with his friends. At work John was called the team cheerleader because he always had a bright smile and a happy way about him encouraging his fellow workers all the time. Self improvement and personal development played a large part in his life and he knew that was the area he wanted to find his niche.

Above are two scenarios where personal development played strong supporting roles in the lives of just two people and no matter what career any of us has there is always tremendous benefits from continual exposure to motivational materials and then being able to implement what you learn in your daily life.

Being self-employed for many years has had its many ups and downs, oftentimes scary too but the rewards have also been tremendous in ways that could not have been achieved with a paycheck. Yes there is the comfort of a guaranteed income every week, but actually that guarantee is waning and each day thousands take that huge step into the ranks of the self-employed because they want more from life.

Those who are successful go beyond the distance and do more, give more, learn more, practice more than the ones who fail and you know in all great accomplishments from NASCAR to swimming the difference in first and second is normally a second or two but the difference in income is doubled by the winner...it pays to win and it pays to be self employed and it more than pays to be working a self improvement personal development positive mental attitude if you want to be successful and live the life of success. Do It.