More and more people are getting tired of the 9-5 lifestyle that was sold to millions of Americans in the previous century. We’ve grown into a society that requires much more flexibility than that, and with technology we have been able to find just that. The idea of a job was a lot different than what it is now, and with new developments in the field of artificial intelligence we’re able to create algorithms powerful and smart enough to do the tasks that a person can do. For that reason in this article Chrissy Weems will be discussing 5 different ways in which direct sales can empower entrepreneurs.
Direct sales can be both a job or a business you can start for yourself. No matter which way you decide to go into direct sales, the following five things are how you will be empowered as an entrepreneur.
Fire Your Boss
When you understand how to sell you will be able to do what every person working a job wants to do, fire their boss. Though it sounds easy, it is the toughest transition anyone can make. Not knowing where or when your next payment will come creates enough pressure for you to muster up the courage to find solutions.
Time Control
When there’s no one telling you what to do, you are able to create your own schedule and do things when you want to do them. This can be a double-edged sword because there’s no one to keep you accountable, and no structure. The structure is yours to build because you have complete power.
Flexibility
With time control and no boss to tell you what you can and can’t do, you have a lot of flexibility. It’s up to you to decide when you can be and want to be flexible or not. For example, you may have a project due in two days and can’t afford to go to a party that you got invited, but your friends really want you to go. You can be flexible, but you may need to spend extra time the next day and maybe stay up through the night.
Entrepreneurship
How a direct sales position or business empowers entrepreneurs is by actually making them go through the narrow path of entrepreneurship. There’s no other way to learn how to swim than to jump in the water.
Tax Advantages
Having your own business or getting paid straight commission is not seen as a regular job by the government and so you can benefit from some of the available tax incentives only available to entrepreneurs and business owners. These include tax write-offs for business expenses like food, travel, advertising, and others which we can’t go into detail in this short article. Just understand that Uncle Sam would rather have you create jobs than take them and is more than willing to help you do just that.
In conclusion in this article we discussed the topic of direct sales and how they can empower entrepreneurs. We say that if someone is not already an entrepreneur, the best way to show them the path is to have them go through it, and what better way than through direct sales. Direct sales will teach you almost everything about being entrepreneurial. You need an idea, a product, a consumer, a market, and a way to reach them so that you can present a solution to a problem for which you are to be paid. All you have to do from there is sell and get paid.