Irene

Posted Tuesday, March 26, 2024

1mo

INFP

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Be your own business coach

You can be excellent at your job and still fail terribly at business. You may be the best in your field and even enjoy your work immensely, but you can't run an enterprise. You may be a chef, and everyone loves your food, but you can't run a restaurant. You may be the teacher every student wants, but you can't run a school or training centre. You may be the doctor every patient is clamouring for, but you're unable to run a clinic. This is because technical skills are different from business skills. Most schools teach only technical skills, and they leave entrepreneurial skils untouched. You graduate as a lawyer, but you have very little knowledge about how to run a law firm. This is the reason many excellent workers remain financially broke and unstable all their life. Technical skills are covered by your school curriculum and the ongoing research in your field. But where do we get business skills? These are things like how to sell, how to invest, how to budget, finding new customers, how to get visibility in the market, balancing cash flow and profits, finding the best business premises and dealing with crisis. You get these from self education through business books and coaching. Many people simply rest in their genius as a worker and imagine that they will excel by just making enough money. The truth is that you need to understand the business aspects of your trade even if you're not cut out as an entrepreneur. You need to develop your family and personal finances. You can also partner with a person who is stronger on that side when you go into business as your occupation, but you will still need a level of awareness about everything that goes on. In short, schools don't teach you how to build a business or create an empire. They only train you as a worker. Too often in life, things that can change your life are self-taught. Teach yourself about business and propel yourself to financial freedom. (edited)