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Nataly over at WorkItMom has written a post that you must read:

Having your own business means being scared…every single day

Usually, I give you a portion of her article over here and make you go read the rest over there. So here’s that little portion:

“What I’ve learned from my six-month stint as a full-time, no security blanket entrepreneur is that mostly, it’s freakin’ scary.”

Now go read the rest, because if you liked this scary post, or this uncomfortable post, you’ll LOVE her post!

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1. On December 4th, 2007 at 4:09 am, Cyns Online Home Business Ideas said:

You are so right - Nataly’s post is a must read. Personally, the fears she talks about are very real indeed and are I think what pushes us on to become successful entrepreneurs.

2. On December 4th, 2007 at 8:33 am, Aruni said:

It’s a nice post. I left a comment.

3. On December 4th, 2007 at 4:01 pm, Dorothy Stahlnecker said:

Holy cow, I do all those things..it is scary….and there appears to be little end to my second guessing because I have a long way to go yet.

Nice information, now if I could only apply it.

Dorothy from grammology
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