{"id":16168,"date":"2015-04-27T01:55:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T01:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=16168"},"modified":"2015-04-27T01:58:24","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T01:58:24","slug":"you-dont-have-to-buy-a-franchise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/you-dont-have-to-buy-a-franchise","title":{"rendered":"You Don&#8217;t Have To"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/petra-679395_640.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-16169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/petra-679395_640.jpg\" alt=\"don't\" width=\"487\" height=\"728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/petra-679395_640.jpg 428w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/petra-679395_640-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 487px) 100vw, 487px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t <em>have<\/em> to. <\/p>\n<p>(<em>Buy a franchise<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s perfectly okay to just\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/looking-at-franchises-first-things-first\">look<\/a><\/strong> around a bit.<\/p>\n<p>I really don&#8217;t blame you.<\/p>\n<p>Job security is almost non-existent these days.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re employed, and you&#8217;re really good at what you do, you can lose your job in a split second. Talent only goes so far these days.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve been downsized, and you&#8217;re say&#8230;51 years old, I <em>really<\/em> don&#8217;t blame you for wanting to explore &#8220;<em>other options<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re 22 years old, and just graduated college (<em>congrats!<\/em>) I certainly don&#8217;t blame you for wanting to be in control of your career by becoming the owner of a business. Especially since you&#8217;ve probably watched your mom or dad or aunt or uncle go through a downsizing. Pretty <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/downsized\">ugly<\/a><\/strong>, eh?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Don&#8217;t Drink This<\/h2>\n<p>If you <em>are<\/em> looking at other options, like franchise ownership, do yourself a favor:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don&#8217;t Drink The Kool-Aid<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t look into franchise ownership because you&#8217;ve &#8220;<em>heard<\/em>&#8221; that it&#8217;s a lot less risky than starting a business from scratch, or some other related nonsense.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/shocking-franchise-success-failure-statistics-revealed\">Read<\/a><\/strong>. But still&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s (<em>franchising<\/em>) the greatest business model ever invented. You just have to know how to figure out what you can<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/free-net-worth-calculator-from-the-franchise-king\"> afford<\/a><\/strong>, choose a franchise that&#8217;s right for you, do amazing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/franchise-books-become-franchise-owner\">research<\/a><\/strong>, and make sure everyone that needs to be on board, is.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>You Don&#8217;t Have To<\/h2>\n<p>Really. <strong>You don&#8217;t have to<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>You don&#8217;t <em>have<\/em> to buy a franchise. You can just look around a bit. Lots of people do. You can even take a break from looking at all the different franchise opportunities and come back to your search another time. I&#8217;ve had people disappear off my radar screen&#8230;people who were really serious about being their own bosses, contact me two years after we first started working together.<\/p>\n<p>People decide<em> not<\/em> to buy a franchise for lots of reasons&#8230;with <em>fear<\/em> being the top reason.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>This is all you have. This is not a dry run. This is your life. If you want to fritter it away with your fears, then you will fritter it away, but you won&#8217;t get it back later<\/em>.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8211; Laura Schlessinger<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s okay. If you&#8217;re not ready, you&#8217;re not ready.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n[Tweet &#8220;If you&#8217;re not ready, you&#8217;re not ready.&#8221;]\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nYou may <em>never<\/em> be ready to do something big-like becoming the owner of a business.<\/p>\n<p>So what?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don&rsquo;t have to. 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