Editor’s note

√ I need a steady source of income.

√ The nature of my business prevents me from doing my 9-5 and run the business simultaneously. This means I need to quit my 9-5 or reduce my hours to get the business going.

Typically, businesses need the first two years to be established and start making a profit. Therefore, I will need enough funds to replace the deficit in my earnings for potentially the first two years of starting my business.

You see before my editing role for Dreamer 2 Creator Business Magazine, I knew nothing about business. That compounded my doubts that I would ever be able to do it. However, through my journey with Dreamer 2 Creator Business Magazine, I garnered a wealth of knowledge about the principles and operations of a business. As a result, the barrier preventing me from going after my dream, fear of failure, is no longer a paralytic catalyst because the knowledge I have gained has replaced my fear with confident hope.

Ihave a dream. That dream is to start my own consulting company to support education settings to provide access to quality education and support services for children, young people and adults with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). At a glance, that should be pretty straightforward for me to do. After all, that is my day job. I develop customized education programmes that meet the needs of children with SEND. To date, I have met and exceeded performance management targets everywhere I have worked in this capacity. Equally fascinating, employers have been keen to retain my services, despite the remunerations not being parallel to my performance.

One of my greatest fears is failure. The dread of failing motivates and fuels my determination to succeed. My work ethic throughout my adult life enables me to succeed at every job, and in the career I pursue. Yet the fear that propels me in my career is the same thing that paralyzes my dream. Let us be analytical for a minute.

Some PROS:

√ I have the skillset, expertise and experience to deliver the service I have on offer.

√ I do not need start-up funding

Some CONS:

Fast forward to 2022, I have registered my business, opened a business bank account, secured my website domain, Social media handles and email address and I am now refining my business model. Thanks to our contributors and the team at Dreamer 2 Creator Business Magazine. Your articles served as the links that connected the dots for nudging me towards my dream. They taught me about Business in a practical way I was able to engage with issue after issue. The knowledge, insight and inspiration I received and continue to receive have served me well, as it has countless others who engage with each issue.

Be motivated; if I can do it, so can you. I have not given up my 9-5 just yet, but I am taking steps towards it. So my encouragement to you is Just Go For It, one issue at a time, one step at a time.