Posted: Jun 9, 08 10:23am

Starting your own business can and will be rough. You really need to have a passion and willingness to stick to it. The last corporate job I had I worked 5 yrs for a dominant male company and no promotions for women in the making. However I did recieve a lot of training in the secretary field and other avenues to make me a better administrator. Even those seminars or meetings that you just hate to go to have helped. Taking notes, planning, getting the full benefit of all the free things out there. I started moonlighting and planning.

Then one day I got fired. I put into action my company name, no one that I knew of had a Mobile secretary service. I sent for my license and called all my family and friends to spread the word. Made up my own business cards, distributed them to markets, offices, other places of employement for them to contact me for relief or additional help.

I can't say it was easy because it wasn't but I was determined to make it. At times I would even go to the temporary services to fill in the gaps of my company. But beware, owning your own company is costly. At the end of the year you need to pay double taxes. So plan wisely.

I started my business in 1997 and I it has evolved to bookkeeping, property manager, dictation and a world full of knowledge. But I love every minute of it. I help people of all circumstances and that in itself is a good feeling. If you are in it to get rich well that is where the richness comes in at - the satisfaction of helping others.