Part-Time Entrepreneur? - Can this work?

Let me ask you a question first. Are you satisfied with your current position? Do you cite several reasons to others and yourself for not realizing your goals? Do you think that success stories only look good in print and they are the exceptions who got lucky or who had backgrounds helping them to succeed?

It would seem very rude of me but I also know that somewhere down in your heart, you know that what I am going to say is true. All these are excuses that are made by people who lack the courage to realize their dreams. These are excuses that people lacking courage to try something new, make for themselves. Talk of job security is a thing of the past. And realizing dreams is no longer an option. It is a necessity in this age!

After all, Michael Dell of Dell Computers fame started his company from his hostel with a capital of $1000 and went on to create a net worth of $20 billion before he reached the age of 40. And if you think it is just a U.S. story, well think about India. Yes, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw who is the richest woman in India started her company Biocon in her garage with little less than $4000. As of now, the total market cap of Biocon is $1.2 billion.

Let’s come to the topic now. We are talking about entrepreneurship. And if the term overwhelms you, let us modify it to part time entrepreneurship. You have a job, you need to pay bills and you have other liabilities. Well, no problem? You carry on with your day job and turn an entrepreneur at night. The income that you get from your part time business would help pay bills and other expenses.

What is more, you would also have the satisfaction of being your own boss and working to realize your dreams. There are many examples besides the examples I mentioned above, that clearly shows that when your business is in growing phase, you could always work on it as a part time entrepreneur. And with time you can turn that part time business into a full time business. The best thing is the number of avenues open to you. Yes, many!

Right from MLM (Multi-Level Marketing) to Internet Marketing to Freelancing to Home Business, have your pick. It is the best for house wives who are house wives full time. They could easily have their part time business running from their homes itself. After all full time house wives also have some spare time that they could utilize well.

Recently I have been involved in Internet Marketing. Internet Marketing or Netpreneurs have the privilege of doing their stuff anytime anywhere and great for people who travel a lot. This is especially true with Mr Ewen Chia, one of internet marketing most recognized figure. I recently attended his workshop called Affiliate Windfall Workshop (see picture)

He told everyone that he start Internet Marketing 8 years ago and didn’t make money till after 3 years. During the first few years of building up his part-time Internet Business, he was holding a day job! He told me, ‘Don’t quit your day job. If you do, you have more stress and you wouldn’t be creative if you are always stressed. It is good to have that day job to pay you bills while you do your night-job to build your dream and your future.” After all, doing part-time post graduate degree courses these days are quite common in Singapore. Doesn't it require that same amount of dedication like you are doing your own part-time business?

There are many examples of young men that I met who are successful with what they are doing part-time before they went full-time. Read my next post Alvin Phang – The Profitable Blogger.

The Green Wave of Wealth Creation - by Alex Har

I met my old friend couple of days ago. He was a veteran on Direct Marketing. Today, he sent me an article which I like to post it here for people to enjoy. Here goes...

I have given many talks on my “21 ways of Generating Big Revenues through Direct Response Marketing”.

Many people have walked away…probably saying “nothing new”. Others have sought me out to engage me on issues which I thought was “nothing new”.

Often this latter group of people will return to share and thank me for their success, and will be amongst the list of people sending me hampers this Chinese New Year.

Over time I have come to recognize these successful wealth creators as people with a “Green View”. They can see freshness in old clichés…always excited, never seem bored.

“GREEN” when referring to people seems to have somewhat a universal meaning. In the western world, it implies new, inexperienced, likewise to the Chinese. But the Chinese, (Chinese language being more picturesque) have the added imagery of someone inexperienced climbing all over the place constantly and fruitlessly. The word green in Cantonese “tsen” refers to a yellow-green or fresh green” Hence parents will often tell young children “don’t be k m k m tsen” which in Cantonese which means “don’t climb around like a green monster” or “don’t be so fidgety” which takes us to the Key Wealth Attitude discussed in this short essay. “Fidgetiness” reveals not just a lack of focus but more a lack of stillness. I have seen many “focused persons” fail as they lacked stillness.

Some years ago, I attended a Wealth Creation Seminar that changed my life. It was about investing in the stock market but the learning point I took away helped me in all aspects of my life. I only learnt or rather was reminded to do just one thing, “Be still when you make a decision” . I have found that this applies effectively to buying stocks and shares or any other things that I do.

It was then the late 90s and I had lost a bunch of money with the stock market falling through the roof. It was also a period when I just retired from my corporate career of 20 plus years. My six-sense had prodded me to pay attention to my investment portfolio, as it was obvious that things were getting rather dynamic or “hot”. unfortunately being newly retired, and with so many propositions in my face, I did not have the stillness to do it…as a result I lost probably much more than I should.

Some of you may say that this is mere hindsight… every person can rationalize his own success or failure. I will not disagree with such assertions…unfortunately that is what learning is all about. The importance is whether a “rationale” is helpful for the future…and for me it was.

So I do not close my mind to just one thing or other…because that’s dangerous in this highly dynamic world….but within this chaos learn to have a stillness of mind…especially when making decisions. With stillness, the right paths will crystallize.

The imageries I like to use to describe is stillness is encapsulated in one of my postings in the Blog, Paradise Regained.

“A Shaolin monk perched precariously on
one foot on a bamboo pole,
full of potential power,
silent, fully aware of himself and the environment,
ready to strike, and
when he does, he does so effectively
in quick simple strokes
or the blind swordsman who despite his lack of vision
is able detect all movements around him.
He is entirely centered, totally aware
about his self and his relationship with his surroundings”

Returning to my talks on “21 Ways to Generating Big Revenues for Direct Response Marketing”…I have often been asked “which is the most important of the 21”. It makes me recall the Bible when the disciples asked Jesus which of them was most important. Even though Jesus seemingly suggested Peter as the “Rock on which he build the church” ….looking through the Act of Apostle which outline their evangelical mission, one would conclude that different disciples had their time and place in the history of the church….and it was Paul, not one of the 12 who pushed Christianity into empire status.
Asking what or who is most important reveals the “green” of someone excited without stillness. “There is a time and a place for everything” is an old adage which I see people, including myself, repeat so often but imbibe so little in our minds. We keep jumping and climbing, “kum kum tsen into situations where we shouldn’t be (in hindsight).

So it’s good to be excited, to be active, curious and inquisitive, but it is most important to keep our sense of stillness. Apply stillness in every project you do…in all the 21 approaches that you take if we decide it is good for you. Don’t get involved if for some reasons you cannot be still.

How do we gain this stillness? My good friend Eddie Goh speaks about this regularly. I will just mention a few points as a conclusion to the article.

There is the aspect of re-engineering our lives…developing a criteria of what values are important to us…the anchoring framework of our being. For those with a religion, praying routinely is probably the best way. Routinely is the key word. Others will have to find different routines to engage in deep reflection and though meditation, or just get way from everything…go ocean watching or nature hiking with plenty of Greenness around you.

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Actions

Very much we need to know our thoughts and analyst who we are.. once we are cleared with this step, we need to take actions. Very often, many failed to take actions. Prevented by fear of failures and procastinations. Fortunately, I have found some great tools and course available in the Internet that can help you do such.

Online Goal Setting Tools

You have a vision, and now what? Set Your Goals!
The benefits of Goal Setting are obvious but goals are only goals until action is applied. Just writing your goals down is useless unless you actually have a PLAN for following through and accomplishing them and your plan cant just be a static plan. The plan should be reviewed regularly with progress being tracked.

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5. Create Exciting Challenges and Maintain a Burning Desire for Improvement
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GOAL SETTING TO GET RICH

Getting rich means knowing what you want, seeing a clear picture of what this would mean to you in your mind and then taking steps to get those riches. In this article we are going to look at how to go about setting goals to get rich.

The first step in setting goals is to know exactly what you want to achieve. Visualize in your mind how you would like to be, the things you would like to do, what being rich means for you.

Once you have this picture in your mind write down the steps that you think you would need to take in order to get there. Start by writing down long term goals, things you want to do or have in about five to ten years time. Put a time frame on these. Also state how much money you would like to have or would like to be making in a couple of years time.

Once you have your long term goals the next step is to set shorter term goals. Look at your long term goals and decide intermediate steps that you need to take in order to get to your long term goals. Set your mid term goals a year to two years out. Make a set date by which you want to achieve these goals but be realistic and allow for unforeseeable circumstances when setting your mid term goals.

The next step in goal setting is to set some goals for today or this week. ‘Do it now’ goals prevent procrastination as it gives you things you need to start doing immediately instead of giving in to procrastination that you will start working on your long term goals ‘some time in the future’. Start today and you will have more chance of success in the future.

When setting your goals it is important to put a time limit to your goals, a date by which you want to attain these goals, be realistic and don’t allow for procrastination.

Start today setting long term, mid term and ‘do it now’ goals and stop procrastinating. You can become rich but you need to make a plan to get there and start today working towards your plan. Ensure that your goals are realistic and have a time limit and then get going making money.

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Passion & Dream; useless without actions

To be entrepreneur, whether full or part time, you need to have passion and dream. Your dream needs to be fed by your passion. It is your passion that will hold you to your dream. Then you need to have friends, relatives, or people around you that you can share your dreams with. Be around especially with people that have enormous energy level. That kind of energy level that is positive and can propel you. If you be around people that have energy below you, you can be dragged down. So, it is advisable to give yourself a dose of energy by joining clubs, conference, seminars and events and meet people that can energise you.
Once you are clear with what you want, know your path to wealth, you need to take action. It is only taking actions that we can learn and internalise what we learn and gain. For example, when we reach our 40s, we have lots of responsibilities and commitments. We have bills to pay, mouths to feed and many more. As a result, we develop fear of failure. We continue be an employee, get monthly pay cheque and hope everything remain this way till we reach retiring age of 60-65 years old. But in reality, this may not be true. Companies are getting employees to retire earlier, to keep cost down. I see this happened to many executive in my working life in a number of MNC. And sad to said, many are coming into the same life path and not doing something for themselves and preparing for retirements.
One of the solutions for me personally is to be part time entrepreneurs. There are many such solutions and avenue available theses day for part-timers. You can teach part time, join a MLM, or the do the latest stuff called Internet Marketing.
The solution to fear is therefore to take small actions. When you take small actions, you will gain experience and knowledge and abilities. Fear will decrease as a result. It is a viscous cycle.

FEAR -take small actions - EXPERIENCE - ABILITY - FEAR decrease - take more small actions and so on.

FEAR - no Action - INEXPERIENCE - INABILITY - FEAR increase – and so on.

Small actions don’t really risk much. But it can propel us to more positive actions.So, let’s take some small actions today.