Have you ever felt the urge to simply take the afternoon off and have a round of golf?
Or maybe you love the idea of having a latte down by the beach and going for a long, lazy walk planning your next holiday.
Well, you are a lifestyle entrepreneur.
Basically, a lifestyle entrepreneur is somebody who runs a business to support their desired lifestyle.
Business, to a lifestyle entrepreneur, is a means to attaining their lifestyle goals - it’s not a means to an end.
A lifestyle entrepreneur does not thrive - or want - massive growth. They’re not interested in venture capital or hiring staff. They don’t want to be the next Google, YouTube or any of the next multi-million dollar IPO’s or takeover targets.
No. They have left the “rat race” behind for the simple reason that they value having the choice to do and be what they want.
The lifestyle entrepreneur values their freedom more than anything else.
And the beauty of today’s amazing technology is that becoming a lifestyle entrepreneur, earning a six-figure income and having the freedom to enjoy it is right there in front of us. It’s never been more obtainable.
Let me throw you up some examples: broadband, wifi, skype, twitter, google docs, PayPal, virtual Assistants … and I could go on and on.
Such tools allow anybody, anywhere the chance to transform their lives from stressed-out employee or business owner to one who’s more than happy to have a nice little business that’s there to support their lifestyle.
There’s a part two to this post but I put it on my to-do list … I’m off to have a hit of golf followed by a nice hot latte.
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Martin Neumann runs HomeOfficeVoice, a business and blog helping lifestyle entrepreneurs succeed. As a special offer for Home Office Warrior readers, Martin is offering exclusve access to his new 5-day email course “21 Steps to a Lifestyle Business to Die for” a full month before he releases it publicly. Click here to enroll. It’s free!
Categories: Web-Workers, Work-Life Balance
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Man that was put up fast.
Hope y’all enjoy…
Lifestyle entrepreneurs are certainly a growing band. Homeworkers were initially thought to be little more than lifestyle businesses, but that has now changed with more people moving into their homes as a full-time place of work.
Also, many people want to get away from the 9-5 job and look to improve their existence. I wrote about this subject when I looked at the rise of the Alterpreneur for the Guardian newspaper. You can read the feature on my website:
http://www.nexus-publishing.co.uk/guardian01.htm.
The research indicated that its the older generation (50 plus) who tend to start lifestyle businesses as they have few dependents, some cash to spend and a more relaxed outlook on life.
I would certainly describe my business as a lifestyle enterprise as it allows me to do the work I love and pay my bills. You can’t ask much more than that.
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