{"id":24392,"date":"2017-08-24T13:21:02","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T13:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/?p=24392"},"modified":"2023-11-06T14:12:55","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T19:12:55","slug":"control-your-schedule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/control-your-schedule","title":{"rendered":"Why Are You Allowing Them To Control Your Schedule?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/why-are-you-letting-them-control-your-schedule.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-24398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/why-are-you-letting-them-control-your-schedule-620x405.jpg\" alt=\"why are you allowing them to control your work schedule?\" width=\"620\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/why-are-you-letting-them-control-your-schedule-620x405.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/why-are-you-letting-them-control-your-schedule-320x209.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/why-are-you-letting-them-control-your-schedule.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Read the title to this blog post again.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s kind of crazy when you think about it.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously&#8230;Who in their right mind would ever allow someone else to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/freedom-and-con\">control<\/a> <em>their<\/em> schedule?<\/p>\n<p>You?<\/p>\n<p>Whoops.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry about that.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"having no boss\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/imagine-what-your-life-would-look-like-without-a-boss\">You<\/a> must be <em>an employee<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2>On Being An Employee<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>Being an employee means that someone else controls your schedule. If there\u2019s a regional meeting in Omaha, and you live in Portland, Oregon, guess what? You\u2019re traveling to Omaha. Your high- schooler will just have to deal with her Dad (or Mom) not being there for her championship basketball tournament. You don\u2019t have any control over the situation. That\u2019s because employees are generally under their employer\u2019s beckon call<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When I asked Steve if I could contribute an article or two on franchising to his website, he enthusiastically said yes-so I did. The paragraph above is from one of the franchising articles I wrote for him.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/steve-strauss.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-24394\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/steve-strauss.png\" alt=\"self-employed website steve strauss\" width=\"268\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Steve<\/em>,&#8221; is Steve Strauss, a well-known small business expert, and he&#8217;s good people.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s also the best-selling author of the Small Business Bible (<em>along with 16 other books<\/em>), and is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/money\/columnist\/strauss\/2017\/04\/30\/steve-strauss-theres-no-business-like-small-business\/100956860\/\">USA TODAY\u2019s small business columnist.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steve and I had shared some emails and conversed on Twitter before we actually met in-person at an event in Washington D.C. \u00a0(<em>It&#8217;s great getting to know someone online before meeting in person<\/em>.) Anyway&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re thinking about becoming self-employed in some fashion, you need to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveStrauss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">follow Steve<\/a> on the social networks.<\/p>\n<p>And speaking of time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/time.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-24396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/time-620x349.jpg\" alt=\"image of clocks and time\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/time-620x349.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/time-320x180.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/time.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>On Time<\/h2>\n<p>Time is a weird thing.<\/p>\n<p>As an example, I can clearly remember sitting in the last class of the day (<em>from about 6th grade on<\/em>) watching the sterile clock on the wall <b>not<\/b> move.<\/p>\n<p>It seemed like it was permanently stuck on 2:20 pm. In other words, <em>3:00 pm couldn&#8217;t come soon enough<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Conversely, if I look at a clock now*- and then again a few minutes later, waaaaay more than a few minutes has passed.<\/p>\n<p>*At my age.<\/p>\n<p>Can you relate?<\/p>\n<h2>Why Are You Allowing Them To Control Your Schedule?<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;<em>Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Carl Sandburg<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;m asking you this question for one reason-and one reason only.<\/p>\n<p>To get you thinking.<\/p>\n<p>About control.<\/p>\n<p>Or in this case, lack <em>of<\/em> it <a title=\"a job vs. owning a franchise\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/do-you-hate-your-job-maybe-you-should-just-buy-a-franchise\">when you work for someone else<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Questions?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read the title to this blog post again. It&rsquo;s kind of crazy when you think about it. Seriously&hellip;Who in their right mind would ever allow someone else to control their schedule? You? Whoops. Sorry about that. You must be an employee. On Being An Employee &ldquo;Being an employee means that someone else controls your schedule. 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