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Are you thinking of leaving the daily grind of your 9 to 5 job? Are you ready to be your own boss? This is the time to do it because according to the Small Business Administration, this is where a large portion of the jobs from the last 10 years has generated from; small business.

Many of these self-starters have started to think for themselves and wonder “why should I put my dependence on a company that doesn’t even recognize me by more than a number?” I can become my own boss and think and do for myself. I can become responsible for my own income. I can do this.

So what are more of the disadvantages of a regular 9 to 5?

1. The boss is never happy with the results of what you can actually accomplish in a regular 8 hour workday. They are always pushing you to do more and pinching the minutes.

2. Your boss only sees what his regular procedure will gain for him. He doesn’t want to rock the boat in any way, even if you come up with an awesome plan for the company.

3. You must follow company policy and protocol. It may not in any way link to your part in the job, but it is policy that you must do things on someone else’s schedule and in someone else’s way.

4. You are confined inside the walls of the cold, industrial environment known as the cubicle. It is a maze of the same windowless blocks of space for as far as the eye can see.

5. Job security is a thing of days gone by. Your aren’t a valued member of the company, because everyone is disposable in this trying age of layoffs, downsizing and company closures.

6. Gone are the days of bonuses and pay increases for the hard-working, committed employee. Even if you were to do something fabulous to increase profits for your company, you will most likely never see the fruits of your labor.

7. When you are on the clock, you belong to someone else. They own you There is always someone that knows what you are doing and if it isn’t in the best interest of the company, you could lose your job over it.

8. Your creativity is limited. The new layout you painstakingly designed is rejected because it’s “too different from how we’ve always done it”.

9. A personal life is unheard of when it conflicts with the hours of your 9 to 5 grind. You cannot skip the after hours, mandatory meeting just to have dinner with your family, even if it was just announced 5 minutes earlier.

10. There is no variance to your job. You do the same thing today that you did yesterday, last week and will be doing a month from now. Groundhog day anyone?

Isn’t it time you gave up all of the above rituals to take charge of your own time and freedom? You can be the master of your own destiny and begin to be your own boss by starting your own business. You have so many options. Get out there and fire the old boss and become the new one. – 35634

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