How to Start Your Own Business

Burn the boats!

The other day I was reading an email from a very successful business owner.

His name is Oscar Garcia.

In fact, he is also my Facebook friend and teaches live trainings on how to create successful Facebook advertising campaigns.

Apparently, according to Oscar (I didn’t personally research this), the Spanish had a saying as they arrived in America. They would say “burn the boats” meaning that they were here to conquer and that they would not retreat.

Oscar was miserable working at a high paying corporate job. He quit his job, took his 401K money and moved in with a friend. He started his own business and is doing tremendously well.

He left himself with no safety net. No way to give up or retreat.

Like I’ve done a couple of times.

It wasn’t until I burned the boats and jumped in both feet first that I finally registered my LLC and published my first book.

Now, I’m not suggesting that you do this. In fact, I strongly discourage it. I have had to give up and sacrifice a lot of things to do this.

Which is why I would rather teach others. So they can learn from my mistakes. Instead of making the same ones I did.

This all inspired me to record Episode 3 of The Power of Writing Podcast. It’s about starting your own business.

Here it is:
How to start your own business