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Life Doesn’t Begin
After Retirement How YOU can live a balanced life NOW while working
Are you living the life you want? Or are you living to work - working harder not smarter? Are you waiting to “begin living” after retirement? You’re not alone. I finally had enough and took ownership of my income, lifestyle, wealth and equity (ILWE) by becoming self-sufficient through franchise ownership, and it was the best thing I ever did. Rewind: I was working 40+ hours with tons of travel. Factor in the traffic and aggravation of the commute, and misery overflowed. Once I got home, I’d have to take care of the home/kids responsibilities while checking emails for the office. There was also travel for weeks at a time which included weekends and missing out on my son’s school and sports events and sometimes holidays and birthdays. Weekends meant getting the cleaning done and running errands for dry cleaning, groceries, etc. I also had to schedule hair appointments around work, since I was tied to the desk/office
46 The Franchise Woman
by Susan Scotts
from 8-5. And when they said one hour for lunch, they meant it. No fun lunches with friends for me! All this only to have a cap on my salary. Sound familiar? One year after I had reached my goals for a big commission check, they decided to reduce my pay structure. That was the final straw for me. Through that experience, I learned I desired three things: control, flexibility and the ability to create wealth for my future. I realized that by working for someone else, I would never have those things. I was Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing, but I’d never be in control since I didn’t own the company. I had zero flexibility, and with a compensation schedule they could change any time, the wealth part wasn’t looking so good either. I took ownership of my future and bought a franchise. I didn’t know everything about owning a business
