Hey everyone Paul Mendes here with Profitable Freelancer and in this video I think it's a great
time in the year to discuss different things I'm thankful for and while I was putting together my
list I really figured out that my list is exactly what are the benefits of being an entrepreneur
because that is really what I am the most thankful for because when you're working for yourself when
you're are you your own boss, you basically have the ability to be grateful for a lot of different
things. Where if you were just working a 9-5 you really wouldn't have that same outlook and
with the crazy year that we've been having there's no better time than to really look at the things
in our life that we're thankful for. Expressing gratitude towards those things because even though
things might always seem to be you know you don't know which direction things are moving in there's
always someone out there who has it a lot worse than you and chances are if you woke up today,
you have food, you have clothes to where you have shelter, you are doing really well. So let's
look into our daily lives for different things we're grateful for because when we're grateful
and we're living from a place of gratitude we're able to serve ourselves better and not only that
we're able to serve everyone around us better that we come into contact with.
So with that being said let's get into the top three benefits that you get when you are an
entrepreneur
so the first benefit of being an entrepreneur I like to divide it into three different categories
and the first one is health. Now when we say health a lot of times people think about physical
health but it's not just your physical health it's also your mental health, your state of mind,
the mood you're in every day because when I was working a nine to five and even though I enjoyed
some of the work I was doing, being confined to just a little cubicle and having to sit there
every single day no matter what only have certain amount of time off that really started to take an
impact not only on my physical health but also on my mental health. So by becoming an entrepreneur
not only are you able to set your own schedule but you're also able to improve the quality of
your health by doing that. So let me explain when you have a nine to five you don't have much time
in your day because a lot of it is either done commuting to work sitting at work coming home and
then doing those chores or whatever you have to do. Whether you have a family or kids to take care
of etc, however, when you are your own boss it gives you the ability to structure your day. So if
you want to just like I do I like to put some time in my morning where I'm able to get some physical
activity and I'm able to actually structure my day around not only what's going to work best for my
body but also what's going to put me in the best state of mind because we all work differently in
different ways. Some of us like to just kind of sit down in the morning and get everything done,
others don't like the mornings they need more time to wake up they like working at night. So there's
a lot of different things that kind of vary person to person, but when you are your own entrepreneur
it gives you the freedom and the ability and the choice to structure your day so you have
the best health possible physically and mentally. Now the second benefit of being an entrepreneur
lies in the wealth category now I know that this is a topic that a lot of people touch on
about having financial freedom but you have to look at it for what it is. When you're working
a nine to five you usually just have one flow of income so you're trading your time
for money, and the reason so many people have to work their whole lives until you know they're in
their 60s or 70s and then retire and barely scrape by to make it in their retirement is because they
never understood how to create financial freedom. They never understood how to stop
trading their time for money instead as an entrepreneur you start trading your
value for money. So in the form of products services whatever it is that you're doing
as an entrepreneur. So in my case providing online digital services like digital marketing
that gives me the ability to not get paid by the hour but to get paid for the value, I'm delivering
to companies. So when you have financial freedom it's a massive benefit in your life because even
beyond yourself think about your family, your friends, your community, all the causes that you
care about in the world when you're just working a nine-to-five or you don't have financial freedom.
You are stuck in your own bubble you're not even thinking about helping your neighbor helping your
family or anything you're stuck in your bubble but when you're an entrepreneur I'm not saying
it's easy but when you get to that level where you're getting paid for your value now you're able
to create a real difference in your life and the people that matter to your life
so don't think that just becoming an entrepreneur will grant this to you overnight that's not the
way it works but it does take hard work. After the time is put in though you'll start to see that
this benefit is much bigger than just having more money because when you have more money and you
know how to use, it as a tool that's when it opens up all the fun things that life has to offer.
You can go on different trips for your family for yourself you can buy things you've always
wanted you can live in a safer area you can drive the car you always wanted. I mean there's so much
negativity around people that are successful sometimes and how they spend their money but
when you work hard you get to live the life you want to live. So that is another thing when you
have that financial freedom you can really control the trajectory of your life, your parent's life,
your kid's life, everyone around you. So that is the second benefit of being an entrepreneur
and getting right into the third benefit that lies within the relationship category. So
when you're stuck in one flow of income, when you have to go to an office every single day
to get that paycheck, a lot of times relationships start to suffer because you don't have a lot of
time to really put into fostering and nurturing different relationships. So whether that's even
unfortunately with your significant other you don't have a lot of time to spend with them
that can drive people apart. Let's say it's with your parents, let's say your parents are growing
older and you want to be able to spend more time with them but you really can't you don't have much
vacations days at a nine to five, you're stuck on a certain schedule. Let's say your parents live
out of town it gets very very stressful on that relationship aspect of your life now when you're
an entrepreneur once again it opens up freedom. It's not easy but when you do it the right way
and you build yourself up and you start providing value that's when you can set your own schedule.
You're not tied down to a certain amount of paid time off, you don't have to explain where you're
going, a lot of times as an entrepreneur and this is what I preach in all of my training and my
courses to build an online steady flow of income because what does that give you the ability to do
to just pick up and go anywhere you want to in the world as long as you have a computer, a phone, an
internet connection and just somewhere to work. So when you are able to not only structure your day
not only improve your health but start to improve the relationships in your life
and all of those different areas start firing on all cylinders that's when you become the highest
version of yourself and it might seem really far away for some of you and that's okay because it
really is a day by day thing. No one just wakes up overnight a successful entrepreneur a lot of times
those stories of the people that do have countless errors and failed years of trying to
get things to work. So don't be misled by other people's journeys you're on your own journey
you can have success as an entrepreneur and I hope this video was a quick reminder that you have a
lot to be grateful for and If you're thinking about being an entrepreneur or you already are
then looking at how you can view your day-to-day life from a place of gratitude and this will help
not only you but everyone else you come in contact with. My name is Paul Mendes
with Profitable Freelancer I hope everyone has a great week spend some time with your
family and I'll see you in the next one. Be sure to subscribe for more content to
come!