My 6 year old son asked me this one afternoon as I picked him up from school.

See, we recently underwent a change in our family.  My son is used to me not getting home until after 7pm.  But recently, like too many Americans, I lost my 9 to 5 (actually later…LOL).   Normally, this would/could be devastating to a family in the economic times.  With foreclosures on the rise, bankruptcies and credit card debt plaguing families and unemployment reaching record highs, this could have caused major problems.

BUT…we had a Plan B.  And that Plan B is paying my bills, keeping food on the table, etc.

See, years ago I was introduced to the Network Marketing or Home Based Business industry.  What attracted me was the opportunity to create additional income from home with a low start-up cost alongside training and support to help me grow my business.  I would truly be in business for myself but not by myself.

In Network Marketing, not only are you IN business, but you also ARE the business.  If you think of yourself as an employee working a part-time gig from home…you will stay there.  But if your mindset is that you are a business, it will affect how you approach not only your business but your entire life.

So, when my son asked me if I had a job, I told him that I OWN my own job.  It gave me an opportunity to begin planting the seeds of entrepreneurship into him.  See, because I don’t want my son to have to worry about someone hiring him.  I want him to be the one that does the hiring.

So here is the thing:

When you have a job…someone else determines your worth (salary)

When you have a business…your efforts and what you do determines your worth.

When you have a job…the value of your time is set by someone else

When you have a business…you value your time and it to gain maximum return on investment.

A job…is the box that you are placed in

A business…is your chance to think, move and live outside the box

So…while I lost a job…I didn’t lose me.  I own my own business and I AM my business.