Passion and Persistence. The perfect combination to become your own boss!

The way to successfully become your own boss is usually not simple. Today we will give you some recommendations on how to achieve that.

As the headline hints, you need to find your passion and work your ass off for a lengthy period of time. Why this combination? If you find your passion it is going to be much easier for you to dedicate your time to such an activity and you won’t quit after a short period of time if you don’t see any results yet. This is nicely explained in the book written by Angela Duckworth, Grit: The power of passion and perseverance. We highly recommend you to go through this book, as it can much help you to deeply understand the principles.

Hard work beats talent

The passion drives you to persist in working hard. It sounds like a cliché when we say, “hard work beats talent”, but it is a fundamental fact you need to have in your mind. Talent is a wonderful thing and can help you to achieve grandiose things. But even without talent, it is possible! If you outwork the others and never give up, the world will serve you.

Many successful people had no talent and they had to fight for success. An always crucial thing of those people was that they did not give up, but always they improved, they kept going forward, they experimented. It all together led to success. So, if you have in your mind that big names, as for instance Jeff Bezos, had just luck or talent then open your eyes now and realize that it is about something else. Most of the successful people have in common that they work hard and are enthusiastic about what they do. That’s the key. Be ready to spend thousands of hours to reach your goals, to improve, to grab that success. It will not happen overnight. But once you are determined not to quit and to keep going forward you can achieve massive things.

Always focus on improvement

Find your passion, so you can dedicate all of your time to that for years. That you can improve yourself step by step and once you become an expert for a certain topic, you become a business owner or whatever you wish for. Just remember, always focus on improvement and on demanding work. Passion will help you to keep on track and create the path to the success you can enjoy. It can take quite some time till you find out what your passion is and if you are still not sure, just go and try it out. Try different options till the moment you find out what your passion is. As soon, as you have it, it's just up to you and your challenging work. Outwork the others and enjoy not only the achievements but also the way to success. If you fail, just stand up and tell yourself that even this failure is a step forward and make the best out of it to the next step.

If you want more on this topic, we very much recommend the bestseller book mentioned above. So, now if you do not know your passion yet, try to find it out, work hard, and become your own boss!