{"id":718,"date":"2010-12-23T10:32:05","date_gmt":"2010-12-23T10:32:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expandsmtest.com\/franchiseking\/why-do-you-want-to-do-it\/"},"modified":"2017-02-26T15:28:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-26T15:28:56","slug":"why-do-you-want-to-do-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\/why-do-you-want-to-do-it","title":{"rendered":"Why Do You Want To Do It?"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/tweetmeme.com\/i\/scripts\/button.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you&#39;re currently employed, why would you want to even <em>consider<\/em> becoming your own boss?<\/strong> Don&#39;t you know that <strong>there are millions of people out of work<\/strong>? You should be <em>grateful <\/em>that you even have a job! You&#39;re crazy&#8230;you shouldn&#39;t be gathering <strong>franchise information<\/strong>, now!<\/p>\n<p>If you&#39;re one of the millions of folks that <em>are<\/em> out of work, why are <em>you<\/em> considering business ownership? With the economy the way it is currently, <em>don&#39;t you think that you&#39;re being a bit selfish<\/em>? Wouldn&#39;t it be better to get something steady, so that you can pay the bills?<\/p>\n<p>So, <strong>why<em> do <\/em>you want to do it<\/strong>? Could it be one of these &quot;<a href=\"\/the-5-best-reasons-for-buying-a-franchise-business\" target=\"_self\" title=\"the 5 best reasons for investing in a franchise\"><strong>5 Reasons For Investing in a Franchise Business<\/strong><\/a>?&quot;<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefranchiseking.com\" target=\"_self\" title=\"franchise advisory services\">Go here<\/a> to get help doing it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re currently employed, why would you want to even consider becoming your own boss? Don&#8217;t you know that there are millions of people out of work? You should be grateful that you even have a job! You&#8217;re crazy&hellip;you shouldn&#8217;t be gathering franchise information, now! 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