Hey Dan here and in this video I'm answering a question from Jesse in San
Diego about good career choices for enfps who are maybe more wired to be an
entrepreneur or an artist and need a gig or a job of some sort to hold them over
while they rebuild their financial base so that they can go for it again
so the situation Jesse shared is this he's an ENFP and an entrepreneur at
heart and knows that's what he ultimately wants to do but in the past
when he's went for it as an entrepreneur he's failed and ended up in some bad
financial situations so at this stage he's not given up on the dream but he
wants to rebuild his financial base for a bit before going for it again and he
asked me what type of careers could I do where I wouldn't essentially go crazy
where it might be at least a little bit stimulating or at least I'd be able to
put up with it for a couple years as an ENFP so I think there's two different
routes you can go with this and the same roots would apply for someone who's
let's say an artist a painter or writer and want to build their life around their
art but ultimately needs to be paying the bills at the same time the first is
to pick something that's going to be fun that's going to be stimulating for you
this probably involves working with people but that is not the same as what
your business might be in the future and just really something where you can
disconnect and get into it so you mentioned you're in San Diego I'm sure
there are a ton of outdoor activities of tour companies of things like that like
what if you took people out fishing like you worked on a fishing boat where you
took people out fishing for the day or did walking tours of the city or some
kind of hiking outdoor related thing these come to mind for me because
they'll be stimulating you'll be working with people it might not be the perfect
career for you but will probably be a good amount of fun and it won't feel
like you're locked away in some office that you really dislike the day to day
of it there's also a good chance that maybe you get into something like that
and you find you enjoy the day-to-day of it and then after a while you realize
hey why don't I actually just start a business around that instead of just
saying like hey here's some businesses people on the internet told me to start
or whatever it is that you discover and opera
community within the job that you're actually doing because you end up
finding that it's really fun but you see opportunity you realize maybe the people
that you work for or work around aren't as entrepreneurial as you and you have
these opportunities to do something a bit different in a video I filmed a few
years ago I talked about some of the best jobs for artists or things where
you just really don't like it like be not don't like it like you hate it but
where you know that's not your long-term career so something like being a bellman
valet park or a waiter or waitress or do we all this is everyone just a waiter
now or everyone's a waitress whatever it is some kind of a really hourly based
job that you do to pay the bills that isn't terrible it's maybe involved some
exercise or interaction with people and that you can do that but the thing is
you don't ever really love it and that's the point that you won't get sucked into
it and end up doing that forever that you'll keep that pressure of wanting to
do the thing you really want to do whether that's an entrepreneurial
business or some kind of art the reason I'm expanding it in this video and
saying to really focus on things that you'd actually enjoy it because you did
mention needing a couple years to rebuild your finances and it also opens
up the possibility of discovering an entrepreneurial opportunity right so if
you're doing something you really enjoy maybe you organize some kind of tours
locally and you find actually I love showing people my city I love meeting
new people from different cultures and coming up with the scripts and planning
and taking people to little-known local spots maybe end up really loving that
and decided hey why don't actually start a tour business and then you have that
experience already which is a great place to start a business from now the
second way to go is think about the skills that you need to develop you
mentioned having some business failures in the past why do they fail what do you
need to know what do you need to develop about yourself what do you need to just
discover in general to figure out in order to have a successful business in
the future maybe reflect on that for a bit make a list of those skills and then
look for some kind of job where you'll be learning those skills maybe your
business failed because you hated to sell you did not like talking to people
about what you did so no matter how your product was no one discovered you
well then I might suggest getting some kind of a job in sales with a really
good mentor someone who will invest in you and help you develop that ability
entrepreneurship and management are also skill so maybe you can find someone you
can work for in a small company where it's a ten person company and you know
that the owner or manager is really good at what they do that they're growing
let's say and you have a chance to learn directly from someone that could be
another really good opportunity so think about what could I learn don't make
these next few years some waste where you and I know that's what you're trying
not to do this while you ask me the question don't waste these next few
years where you feel like you just have to slave away to make a bit of money
before you can go for it again look at it as a chance to develop your knowledge
and your skills and prepare for the next time you're going to go for it and the
same thing is true if you're an artist and you're watching this and you want to
have a job you need to be earning money but your main desire is to grow your
business around your art whatever that is whether it's painting or recording
some kind of music or filming videos or writing whatever it happens to be ask
yourself what are the skills you could develop that will help you succeed in
the future maybe something like digital marketing learning how to grow online on
Instagram or learn photo editing or learn some kind of marketing in general
maybe something like that would help your creative business grow maybe
getting some kind of management job even though it might seem totally
counterintuitive maybe learning how to manage people will be really useful
because as an artist you like to just create and so learning how to hire
people and manage people might help you get that marketing person or that
freelancer to work for you in the future and help you grow your business so the
two main choices there are find something that's going to be fun and
allow you to really recharge yourself and also just be enjoying your day to
day and maybe discover some opportunities or the second approach and
of course you can combine these two that's even better the second approach
is to figure out the skills you need to develop to succeed in the future and
find some kind of a job that allows you to develop those skills
the last thing I'll add here you mentioned in your email to me that you
really had a way of going all-in and financially hurting yourself with your
businesses think about that the next time you work for yourself what could
you do with your business model with your approach to not make it such a
stretch two of the main businesses I started one was a freelance copywriting
business and the other was a coaching business in both cases I had income of
I'd say at least $1,000 if not a bit over that within the first couple weeks
of starting that business so why not take that approach in many many
businesses it's possible to start with money coming in from day one I've done
it in a lot of different businesses it's just all about how you're approach
things and if you start with money coming in from the very beginning you
have more confident you have less stress and less risk obviously and it really
helps you build that momentum early this is why sometimes when people start their
businesses with a loan or with savings they don't have nearly the same amount
of momentum and just kind of urgency and motivation as you do when you start a
business where you have to make it work and fortunately most of the time that
I've started a business I have not been basing it off savings or a loan I've
just jumped right in and made sure that there's enough cash flow to keep it
going from the beginning highly recommend changing around your
thinking a bit and thinking of ways that you could do that and for anyone
watching if you are interested in building your own freelancing business
or coaching business and doing so in a way that does cash flow early I do offer
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