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Would You Like To Throw Out Your Alarm Clock

Topic: Business OpportunitiesFeaturing Nicole CalhounPublished April 15, 2008

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Have you ever experienced this? You close your eyes for the night, and just when it seems like you are getting the best sleep ever, bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep: your alarm clock goes off.

You reach over and hit the snooze button. You settle back in and just as you drift off into that peaceful dreamland, there it goes: bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep.

If you’re like me, you could do this another couple of times before you actually get out of bed. Why we torture ourselves is beyond me, especially considering we know we have to get up. Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if that annoying thing went off and we were getting up to go to Hawaii. Or, possibly it would not be as irritating if we knew when it sounded, and we got up to call the bank, that we’d find there was a six-figure deposit to our bank account.

Okay, so maybe the alarm clock isn’t such a bad thing. Maybe the reason so many of us hate it is because what it represents in our lives: another day we have to get up and go to a job we hate. Or, if that were not enough, a job that barely pays us enough to keep our heads above water.

What if I told you that you could throw out your alarm clock and never have to wake up to one again, unless you wanted to? Would you believe me? Well, you absolutely should because you absolutely can!

The secret to waking up when you want is to have the time and money to be able to do so. If you were in charge of your own time, you would get out of bed when you were done sleeping, wouldn’t you? Of course you would! Who in their right mind wouldn’t?

If you were in charge of how much money you made, you’d make sure you made enough where all of your bills were paid, you had plenty left over for fun, and you had enough to save and invest. Wouldn’t you? Again, the answer is obvious.

Well, how do you do that you may be asking? The answer is simple. You have to find a way to be in control of both your time and your money. And the best way to do that these days is to own your own business.

If you have a job, someone else determines those two very important factors in your life. They determine not only what time you get up, but what time you go to lunch, how long you have to take a lunch break, and even what time you leave.

If you have a job, someone else determines how much money you make. Which in turn determines how much you get to save, spend and even live off of!

Therefore, letting someone else determine how much time and money you get doesn’t sound very appealing, does it? But, that’s what most Americans do every day. They let someone else determine that financial future.

It’s not what most of us set out to do. No one wakes up one morning and says, “I think I’d like to have someone run my life.” But when we say okay to a job, that’s exactly what we do.

Now, you just have to ask yourself: Do I want to be in control of my destiny, or do I want someone else to be?

Hope you answer correctly!

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About the Author

Nicole enjoys spending time with her son, Jordan and her husband, Muri. She loves to travel, work her home-based business, shop and meet new people. If you would like to spend more time with your loved ones, please contact Nicole.nnhttp://www.fulltimefamily.comn

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