Are you thinking it might be time to take control and work for yourself?

The degree to which YOU are up for this challenge is everything. Here are some of things about yourself that you really need to be thinking about:

How much do you really want to redesign your life? How much does this mean to you? What will you and your life look like 5 years, 10 years down track if you stay on track you are currently on? (and let's face it... most of us work our tails off for 40 odd years, pay our bills, pay our taxes... and die without leaving any substantial financial legacy behind us. In my view - that's a pretty odd plan for a life... and a long way from what we imagined we would do with our lives in our earlier days!)

So - how much do you want a different future - and what sacrifices are you prepared to make to achieve that? Do you want much more from your life and efforts - without making any extra effort?

If that's case - I suggest you stay employed by someone else. If you are prepared to learn new skills and develop a higher value to marketplace than you currently command - then self employment could be for you.

How teachable and receptive are you to new ideas and new ways of thinking and behaving? You want more - you have to become more!! Are you prepared to learn and grow and develop as an entrepreneur?

In business - you don't get paid for turning up... you get paid for value you bring to marketplace. Are you prepared to understand that and work on learning how to add value to what you offer marketplace? The marketplace pays on value - not on need, or hours used.

Are you a stayer or a quitter? Are you going to finish what you start and see it through? Focus, patience and self discipline are common to people who are successful in any field of endeavour (sport, arts, business... doesn't matter!)

You will never truly succeed at anything if you are prone to tantrums and giving up as soon as something doesn't go way you expected or wanted... and things in business will sometimes go wrong!