Perhaps you are thinking to have your own business. Probably you are inspired by a video you watch or a blog that you read, but to tell you honestly its more than that.

To answer the question is entrepreneurship for everyone my answer is “no”.Not everyone is cut out to be an entrepreneur and you know what? That’s okay! It’s okay to be an employee, a top manager, a farmer, an artist, musician or something else. It doesn’t matter what we choose its just that there’s something about entrepreneurship that make it advantageous in life.

Just like other labor jobs it requires specialization the only difference is that this entrepreneurs likes to create new things. They love to live on their own terms they like to have more control and they have a passion for solving a certain problem and then create something that fixes it.

Over the time entrepreneurship has been over glamorized by society which focuses on the outliers. The reality is that most entrepreneurs fail. It’s a hard road to take and if you’re not prepared to take risk, work for long hours and understand that failure is a huge possibility then you’re living a fantasy.

If you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur you can check out this TOP 10 SIGNS to be a Business owner:

Top 10 Sign your an entrepreneur:

1. You like to dream big. Entrepreneurs can think big picture. Entrepreneurs can see what the future holds before it takes shape. Its not just having a great idea but how you can make more out of that idea.
2. Are you hungry and eager to win? Entrepreneurs wake up with an itch to create value, build things and achieve their goals. Drive will boost your eagerness to propel further, it will fuel your desire to reach for your goal.
3. You like to be alone. You like to be working alone every night after office hour. You like the feel of thinking things. How to solved this and that. Most likely you have less time for family and social life.
4. You like reading. You tend to read a lot of books and read blogs and newsletter. It give you sense of accomplishment when you read. Makes you wiser and confident.
5. You hate authority. You feel uncomfortable when someone commanded you, you feel that you deserve something, that you can do good, but you dont have choice cause you need to earn a living.
6. You like hacks. You find your self to be efficient in terms of finding ways to use technology on how to use it in your own advantage. Like using IFTTT and slack in streamlining workflow.
7. Time is precious to you. You don’t waste time, you know that its a valuable asset. This is something you can bring back that’s why you use it wisely.
8. They are inspired by people. Entrepreneur love their work, but they get inspiration from other people, they have deep connection to human race. They listen to them they watch them and they talk to them.
9. Your driven by opportunities. You see opportunity every where you go whether your travelling or reading books or browsing internet your mind is running with opportunities.$$$
10. You embrace change. While most people despise the idea of doing something new, entrepreneurs embrace it. Entrepreneurs enjoy change when it’s going to result in something better.

Entrepreneur is a long journey and for some who is starting it may be straight and easy path. You have the drive, passion and willingness to achieve your goal but be warn you need to pause and plan your next move there are always depth ahead. Entrepreneurship is a rewarding ride understanding that you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur is one best way to stay inspired and keep chasing that dream. In moments of struggle, come back to this list and realize that you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur and have what it takes to succeed.

I’m an OFW here in Singapore for many years now and through out my journey and Gods grace i was given an opportunity to restore my self from debt, live a comfortable life, prepare for our future and become a blessing to my family. Just like many other OFW that works abroad living outside our country is not a bed of roses its not a comfort zone a lot of adjustment and sacrifices to trade our time for money because we want to give the best life for our family. One thing i realize that life as an OFW here in Singapore, there are full of uncertainty in terms of job. We don’t know when our journey ends here because even the company likes you to stay, but don’t have enough quota for the company to provide you working visa, you will end up unprepared looking for another job or probably going back home.

Caught up Unprepared

Its a common thing for most of the foreigners here to be worried when their working visa expired or the company close due to bad business. Despite of many years of service or how good are you on your field of work or expertise there’s no exemption to the fact that you might loose your job, and this is a reality that we have to accept here. This type of senario will suddenly shift your plans 180 degrees. Sudden change will make you worry and anxiety will star to trigger…. How can i provide now for my family? How i can finance the house that i bought? What will happen to the education of my children? or may be how will i start all over again? If you caught unprepared most likely all your hardwork will be a mess and end up starting again from scratch. Most of our kababayan here in Singapore that are work pass holders including me are not exempted to this. We are all hoping and praying that the next renewal of our pass our names will not be picked on a raffle draw of uncertainties.

Plan to be prepared

We filipinos are know to be resilient from difficulty in life wether its calamity or life situation, we tend to bend and stand up again. This is something we are proud of and i could say very unique characteristic with other neighboring countries. But now the question is until when we will be resilient? Are we learning from this experience or are we keeping our self to be resilient as long as we can?

The reason why i ask this question is because i know majority of OFW know that chances of loosing jobs here in Singapore is high, but how come we dont take action, we don’t make a corrective plan to address transition and sudden lost of job. If the main reason why we work is money and your source of income is your job why we dont plan to work on your finances or invest in your self about seminar or workshop on how money to works for you.

Its a sad reality that despite being resilient we don’t adapt change and planning. We just keep moving in circle and repeating same pattern all over again.

Our kababayan here, they are tie up from their 8-6 job, some are extented to 12 hours per day living a rat race without savings. Some despite of being bless here with years of service they never invested for their selves to improve. Why only 1% of filipino population are into investing despite having a 10M of OFW working in different parts of the world? I understand… sometimes we need to learn it the hard way before we realise to take action and i my self I’ve been thru the same agony and realization.

Driven Purpose

My passion about technology, personal finance and business push me to reach to people who wants control for their life. If your an OFW or someone aspiring to be financially free and independent, this blog will take you to your own personal journey toward a better life for your self and your family. With the latest tools online i can teach you how to start online business with a minimum risk involved, allowing your self to be equip on buying and selling online, building your own store, market your products and how to pick your products. Slowly building your finances while having your own regular job. This will be your story and i will guide you step by step to reach for your goal, your dream and your life. Welcome to BizTech!

Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton