Owning a business is never easy. You don’t punch a clock, you don’t work a shift, and you don’t have the luxury of passing the buck to someone else.
Which of these scenarios sounds most like you? It is Friday afternoon and you are on the way home, two hours late. The kids are ready for bed and the little ones might already be asleep. Dinner is cold and you are bone tired. You dread the heated words you know you’re going to hear from your spouse. You promised to be home early. There is no money in the checkbook but you have plenty of work. You keep telling yourself next week is going to be better but you wonder how.
Or how does this sound? You are driving home on Friday after getting the crews started for the day and you and the family are taking a long weekend at the beach. You put in 35 to 50 hours a week and are making a nice six-figure income. You have cash in the bank and much of your work is by referral. Rarely do you work on weekends and your business and personal life are good. Owning your own contracting business is very much the dream you thought it would be.