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70 Reasons Why You Can't Start Your Own Business

2/27/2014

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Want to start your own business?  Your inner critic will tell you these -
 
1.    You haven’t earned it yet

2.    You haven’t paid your dues

3.    People will see through you

4.    Who are you to do X?

5.    You’re not ready

6.    You’re too young

7.    You’re too old for start-ups and tech; it’s only young kids that succeed

8.    People will laugh at you

9.    People expect you to fail

10.  You can’t do it on your own

11.  You don’t have the experience

12.  You haven’t done this before so you won’t be successful

13.  You can’t launch a business

14.  You don’t know how to sell

15.  People won’t buy from you

16.  People will reject you

17.  You suck at cold calling

18.  You’re not an author; you can’t write a book

19.  Your audience isn’t big enough

20.  You don’t have the right skills, experience, education, network, mentor....

21.  You will fail (again)

22.  You can’t be as successful as others

23.  You don’t have what it takes

24.  You don’t know what to do first

25.  Your product should be perfect before you launch

26.  You’re not an expert

27.  You don’t have the confidence it takes

28.  No one will pay for your product, they could do it themselves or just Google it

29.  It won’t work

30.  Someone will launch a better version of your idea

31.  The marketplace is too crowded

32.  People won’t choose me

33.  You won’t be good enough

34.  You can’t run your own business; that’s only for real entrepreneurs

35.  You’re not a real entrepreneur

36.  You don’t have the right strategy

37.  You need a business background

38.  You can’t make money from an idea you’re really passionate about

39.  You can’t stay focused

40.  You don’t have what it takes to be truly successful in the world

41.  It won’t work so don’t waste more time

42.  Your family doesn’t even think you can do it

43.  You’re a fraud

44.  You’re not cut out for success

45.  Entrepreneurship is for men; women can’t hack it

46.  You don’t have a good idea

47.  Other people think you have it together, if you do X, they’ll see you don’t

48.  You’ll annoy people by calling them about your product

49.  People don’t want to be bothered

50.  If people don’t like your ‘big idea’, what else do you have going for you?

51.  It won’t work

52.  Your idea won’t make money

53.  You don’t have the passion for it/to succeed

54.  Nothing comes easy to you, so don’t bother

55.  You don’t have the credentials

56.  Your friends with jobs will  think you’re a joke for trying to start your own company

57.  People will figure out you have no idea what you’re doing

58.  If you fail, your friends/former colleagues will laugh at you

59.  Stick to what you know

60.  You’ll never figure out all the processes for building a business

61.  You’re not a people please; people will think you’re just out to ‘get’ them

62.  You’re too disorganized

63.  I don’t know how to charge people

64.  No one will buy from you (and why should they?)

65.  If you try and your business fails, you’ll have to get a minimum wage job and make $50k for the rest of your life

66.  You’re just not cut out for this/entrepreneurship

67.  You’re fooling yourself by thinking there’s a viable business here

68.  Someone else is better than you

69.  You don’t have the physical presence of a CEO

70.  You have no idea what you’re doing. You’re a dreamer, not a doer

Now, here is the most important thing - do you agree with your inner critics?
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