What has been the biggest influence?

[UKRobin]

nicthechick

Please let me know what area you work in, I think I fancy going into debt. :lol:

 

[gordonthegofor]

Being a depressive I needed the pressure of knowing that if I did not do this job there may not be any more

 

[Jayne]

I've posted this here too, as per Andy's request..i'm not double posting on purpose

Hi,

With the bakery, I was talked into it by my husband who is a qualified baker. I had started my own art business and had to give it up, because the bakery shop was like a 24 hr business. I was only going to do the books to start with, but ended up learning the whole lot and working full time and then some. Food never interested me at all, but seemed like a good way of making money. It doesn't rock my boat though.

My next biz I started because of the bakery too in a way. The estate agents were taking too long selling it and sending us loads of time wasters, so I bought a computer, learned how to use the internet and started selling it myself. Which I really enjoyed, so I had my own site built to help others.

My new biz, well that's just for the pure love of painting. I'd rather do that, than anything else.

Jayne

 

[Peter Jolley]

I used to be an operational fire fighter and did not like the down side attending fires and road traffic accidents.

So transfered into fire safety, which worked well for a few years until I relised that I could still do the job I love (preventing fires / redcuing risks) without the politics (I am sure you know what I mean by this).

So at the begging of last year after a few years research, here I am, no politics and doing the job I love.

Pete.

 

[Deleted member 3454]

I've posted this here too, as per Andy's request..i'm not double posting on purpose

Same here!

For me it was a combination of things.

Throughout my working life I have always been happiest working in administration - a long spell (more than six years) in a call centre in the 1990s really cemented that feeling.

I also felt that I was forever being overlooked for promotion despite my strong computer skills. My sister set up her German to English translation company and I was always envious of the fact that she chose her hours and was doing well.

In 2003 our son was born and I decided not to return to the job I hated so much - when I found out I was pregnant I actually had to cancel a job interview. My family suggested I think about using my skills as a self-employed administrator. In the autumn of 2003 I received an email from my dad asking me to quote for a job - I won the job and my company was born. It wasn't until later that I discovered that there was a title for the role I was doing - Virtual Assistant.

 

[Rachael]

I started my own business because:

1. Like everyone else I hate having to work for anyone else. I love working with people just not FOR people.

2. Love the fact that I can work to my own schedule!!