When I meet someone who is very successful and busy making money for someone else, I ask, “Have you ever thought about running your own business?”

More often than not, I hear many of the excuses that Jeff Haden brings up in his post on Inc.com entitled, “15 Worst Excuses Not to Be an Entrepreneur.”

These are some of the classics:

• I’m too scared.
• I don’t have the right connections.
• I’m too late.
• I don’t have the money.
• I can’t take that risk.

and my personal favorite:

• It’s too hard.

Having run my own business for more than 16 years, I have had many times of it being hard. Sure, I’ve had sleepless nights, but when I look at the quality of my life, I wouldn’t trade it for the world. As Haden says, I’m living my life on my own terms. Immense joy and freedom comes from that. You should try it. •

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