"I own my own business" is usually code for "I own a job I can never resign from."
If you think that doesn't apply to you - run the test at the bottom of this post.
Somewhere along the way, the business became your baby.
You're probably the best salesperson, the final sign-off and quality control all rolled into one.
And several years in, and you're the highest-paid employee you've got.
But the difficult part is that working harder makes it worse. Every problem you personally solve teaches the business it can't really solve anything without you.
If you miss a week, the wheels might wobble. But if you miss a month, you might not want to think about it :-)
That's not really a business. You could call it employment with extra risk.
So here's the test - a short quiz to see how dependent your business is upon you…
What did it say about you and your business?
