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Is Entrepreneurship a Flexible Career Option?

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Like many things, the answer depends on other factors. The simple answer is that yes, entrepreneurship can be a flexible career option. It’s your choice after all.

There are unlimited options for entrepreneurs. The common thread is simply that you are assuming some risk and organizing and operating a business venture. That’s a broad group of people. The characteristics of the risk, organization and operating nature of the business are for you to decide upon.

Being an entrepreneur generally means that you’re making the decisions (in the early stages at least). But before you dive into creating The Next Great Thing, you should take a minute to consider the type of lifestyle you’re looking for.

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It's Hard to Live Well When You Don't Work for Yourself

The Rock & The Wine at Sunset

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Actually, some people live well while working for someone else, but it’s certainly easier when you work for yourself.

What does it mean to live well? It means having a work/life balance that is best for you. It means being able to take time to hang out with friends and family, to vacation, to pursue hobbies, to volunteer or whatever else makes you happy.

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6 Proven Ways to Make a Living That Don't Involve a Boss, Cubicle or Commute

Career advice: Go to Italy, be a cobbler.

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More than 20 million Americans are self-employed, and other developed nations around the globe also have similarly large groups of people working for themselves. The rank of the self-employed is growing fast as people discover the freedom of being their own bosses.

For those of you considering a new career path that keeps you free from the Dilbert/Office Space lifestyle, here are six tried-and-true options you might want to check out:

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How to Live the Good Life Without Being Independently Wealthy or Retired

Sunset over Barra de Navidad, Mexico

free
Exempt from external authority, interference, restriction, etc., as a person or one’s will, thought, choice, action, etc.; independent; unrestricted.

pur·suit
An activity, such as a vocation or hobby, engaged in regularly.

What’s holding you back from living the life you want to? How are some people able to spend months vacationing every year and enjoy expensive time-consuming hobbies while you’re stuck working like mad at a job you don’t really even enjoy?

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