On a beautiful late spring morning, five years ago, two friends each launched their own web development businesses. They were very much alike, both were of above average intelligence, both were personable and both – as new entrepreneurs are – were filled with ambitious dreams for the future.
Recently, these two friends ran into each other at a local small business expo, each was there for the purposes of business development.
They were still very much alike. Both were in relationships. Both were still in business for themselves.
But there was a difference. One of the friends worked alone, in a web development business, which took on any project it could get. They had not had a vacation in the five years since they started the business. They made a living, but they did not have a life.
The other friend also had a web development business, but it worked with contractors, had employees and had cashflow that allowed that friend to choose the clients the business worked with, get paid for the value the business provided those clients and afforded that friend a work life balance, that included multiple vacations each year. That friend had a dream business and was living a dream life.
