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Going from Pay Check to Payoff: Making the Transition from a Job to 6. Associate With Other Entrepreneurs
It's natural to feel isolated during your business startup phase, particularly in a home-based venture or one with little face-to-face interactions with staff or customers. Your sense of isolation may be compounded by feelings of being overwhelmed with work that just has to be done to get the business moving. You may believe you have to focus exclusively on your business activities, and don't have time for “socializing.” If you don't occasionally get away from your work, though, you will miss opportunities to create informal support systems with other entrepreneurs, resource people, and possible business contacts. You lose a valuable way to overcome your apprehensions about your current income status. Take positive steps to help emotionally cope with your startup anxieties. Become active in a civic group, especially if it includes other business people. Join your local chamber of commerce and participate in its small business activi-ties. It's a good way to “connect” with other entrepreneurs. Your city may have an association for home based business owners. Its members almost certainly will empathize and relate to your experiences. You also may find that you can join forces for work projects, or trade services. You might find it helpful to enroll in business and career development courses offered by your local college or school district. Those activities enhance your knowledge base at nominal costs, and also can bring you together with other small business owners and entrepreneurs.
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