Long time ago, when I was still a slave computer programmer, every after holy week vacation I always wish….
“Sana mas mahaba ang bakasyon.”
And whenever I share this sentiment to my co-worker the usual response I get is “Tama ka pare. Bitin na bitin.”
It seems every corporate employee needs an extended break.
This made me realize that probably 90% of employees fall into one of these categories:
- They’re happy with their job but make a little money.
- Unhappy with their job but makes a lot of money.
- Or worst, unhappy with their job an makes a little money.
Only a handful of employees are both happy and makes a lot of money in their job.
People like basketball player maybe? A celebrity maybe?
I don’t know.
That’s why it’s better that you design your own life.
Where you can choose…
…what kind of work you do.
…how much money you make.
…where to spend your limited time here on earth.
And in my opinion, there’s no better way to accomplish this but by having your own business.
You see, in business, it’s not always easy but at least you’re happy with what you’re doing.
Plus, the income potential is almost limitless.
What do you think?
Hi Jon, just a brief about this piece you wrote. Yes, maybe I am one of those employees that you mentioned but still I am happy with my work. Yun nga lang I will never be rich being an employee. When I retire, I plan to have my own business and perhaps, you could help me have a good start.
I pity you Rod, you should start conditioning your mind that employment will not lead you to your dream life. You should start by reading business books or get Jon course for your startup.. wag tatanga tanga kuya.
Sa madaling salita d maka start ngbusiness e kasi walang puhunan!!!!
Hi Rod.
Whenever are you’re ready.
Starting a business on your retirement is not really retirement though.
Hi, i am a working mom but because of too much workload assigned to me as an accounting supervisor and always having overtime at work just to meet my deadline on my report and even my day-off i spend also for working i decided to quit. and i’m already tendering for a month just to finish our year-end audit.
Can you give me an advice on how i will start to have my own business and what is the better one, because it is my dream that when i get 35 yrs old i wish i have already my own business and this coming June im turning into 35.
I want a business that i can still have more time with my 2 kids.
thanks,
eilyn
Hi Eilyn.
Have you started a business before? What are your interest? I’m sure there’s at least one business that comes to your mind.
I have a podcast recording that will help you lead to the right business.
I shared some of them here:
http://www.eskapology.com/negosyong-swak-discover-the-right-business-to-start-this-2013/
Jon meron pa bang another chance na maka enroll sa IBMC kasi as of now d pa kakayanin mg invest sa IBMC but I am very interested to learn how to start and have my own online business..thnks
Hello Jon,
Katulad mo dati, I’m sick and tired of being an 8am to 6pm robot employee, underpaid and over worked. It’s hell every morning dragging not just my feet but my whole self to work. Kahit ano ang kayod ko kapos pa din. I have 4 sons, to in college and 2 in elem. school. Kaya it’s impossible to support their schooling and material needs. The other day while me and my youngest son, 7 yrs. old and grade 1 in public elem. school, my son told me, “Sana daddy mayaman tayo para di tayo nahuhuli sa pagbayad ng renta ng bahay. Talagang tinamaan ako doon. I said to myself, ayoko na maging empleyado. Kaya sana matulungan mo ako na maging businessman.
Thanks………….
AL CLADO
Hi Al.
Masakit ang feeling ano? Maraming Pinoy ang nakakaramdam ng ganyan pero they feel helpless.
Lahat ay magsi-simula is education.
Kailangan mo malaman ang totoong pamamaraan ng pag ne-negosyo.
At habang nagta-trabaho ka pa, nag aaral ka na sa pagne-negosyo.
At pag kumikita na ng malaki ang business mo, then saka ka pa lang pwedeng mag quit.
That’s my approach. Cautious Entrepreneurship.
moreover, kailangan mo i-condition ang mind mo for business. maraming bumabagsak na negosyo on the first 5 years of their existence. its because of their mindset kaya invest big time for your business education.
hi jon!
at 52 yo im still dreaming to be rich. im a single mom with three boys to support pa. thank God yung isa nasa Sydney na sponsored with the good siblings of their late father, studying ulit with the same course na tinapusan nya dito. dream ko lahat sila mkpag aral dun ng college and get masteral degree pa. kaso im still waiting pa na makatapos yung nasa Sydney at mkahanap ng good job dun para mkatulong sa ibang bros nya. three yrs yung course nya. two months p lng sya dun. mattanda na mga anak ko. sa akin p rin umaasa sa ngaun.
im really interested to this kind of business na inaadvise mo, because at my age at my mga sakit na rin na naramdaman, mahirap na lumabas lagi to find a source of income. designer ako at salesperson din sa real eastate company. at nag aagent din sa mga ibang company na nagbbenta ng mga machines. i had a good income before pero naubos na rin sa kakaprovide ko sa mga anak ko. may mga problema pa kc sila and as a mother hndi ako sumusuko na tutlungan sila until maging successful sila. dhl alam ko katuwang ko c God sa pagtulong sa kanila.
i hope you are the answer of my prayers. and i am hoping also na matulungan mo din ako to have a good income while staying at home lang. binabasa ko mga emails mo araw2 at inuulit ulit ko dahil mahina ang apprehension ko sa mga bagong technology. im a hardworking mom pero hindi pa rin naging well to do (financially) buhay namin. in fact, wla p rin kmi house.
nag uumpisa na ako gumawa ng ebook pero hintayin ko yung coming webinar mo para malaman ko kung paano talaga gawin at kung matapos na paano ko ibenta on line since wala pa akong alam sa new technology talaga. mga anak ko lang gumagawa ng fb at email accounts ko.
thank you again lalo na sa mga emails mo. God bless
PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW TO HAVE A GOO INCOME WITHOUT A BOSS..TX
teach yourself first perlinda. you must invest big time for business education and most importantly kailangan ung mindset mo, for business talaga, kasi nga di ba nahubog tayo mula bata na kailangan magaral mabuti at magtrabaho. malaking kalaban yun dahil yun ang kinamulatan natin, subconcious mind muna ang kailangang i-work out bago ka magsimula ng actual na business mo. syempre that’s without a boss
Well said sir. Madaming magagaling at matatalinong Pinoy pero hindi sila Hinulma para maging Amo.. puro Pagiging Slavery Attitude.
@Rod Zuniga
Sir bakit po hihintayin mo pang mag retire kung pwede namang habang may work ay little by little nakakapag pundar kana para sa retirement mo. Mayroon pong paraan para yung na save mong money in the bank ay kumita ng mas malaki. For example ay investment. Hindi po ba mas maganda pag retire nyo ay talagang retire tulad ng sabi nga ni sir Jon.
Hi Jon:
I am a working mom and I tried starting my business which is direct selling and I can say na medyo mahirap sa umpisa at medyo matumal din. I am employed right now and I can say na kulang pa rin ung budget namin kahit pagsamahin pa ung kita sa direct selling at sa work ko. Can you please advise me on what is the best way to do about starting a business which is long term and can really help on my family’s expense….I can also say na loaded kami sa mga loans kaya lhat ng pwdeng pasukin na business ginagawa ko….please help me on this.
Thank you!
Hi Yhen.
Ang advice ko lagi e magsimula ng negosyo that you can leverage any combination of experience, knowledge, skills, passion, and resources.
Do this for the next 7 days. Spend 30 minutes a day just brainstorming all business ideas that you have. Get a notebook and put all your ideas in it. Even silly ideas.
You see, most people don’t “think” much. Trust me on this, if you’ll only spend time thinking and analyzing your situation, the resources that you can tap into, and opportunities around you, you’ll DISCOVER the perfect business for you.
TAKE ACTION!
Like! good advice Jon
Narinig ko sa mga talk ni Bo Sanchez about “Money Machine”. Though may business ka at nag tratrabaho ka parin parang empleyado. You have to create a system that will work with or without you. So kahit wala ka negosyo tumatakbo parin eto ng maayos at kumikita. So i think yun ang focus mo. Having a business alone couldn’t save time for yourself and your family. If you build a system like that then you can say your “money works for you”. Just like what Jon is doing. He’s building a business that could run on autopilot and earn passive income.
Can you explain what it means an autopilot and earn passive income? Give us an examples on what is it.
hello jon
glad i connected to you
it seems i get so little with what i am doing
i am a working mom but i’m also into direct selling loading etc etc name it i have tried it i wanted a business where i can really be happy and earn a little each day more than what i am earning from my work why is it eluding me i really want to quit my job and just earn and be my own boss
thank you for whatever help you can extend
Hi Sir Jon,
Nakakarelate po ako sa topic ninyo. I am a marketing by professions. and Besides lahat na pwdeng maging reklamo ng isang pagiging empleyado ay masasabi kong na usal (na sabi) ko na. So far po nag-wowork ako ng 9-6 mon-sat. and i am also engage in Net Working coz i believe naman sa net working. My problem is kulang na kulang po ang kinikita ko as a full time employee to sustain the needs of my four childrens. At hindi ko din masyado maasikaso ang pag-nenetworking ko kasi wala akong budget man lang to meet may prospects. sana po Mr. Jon, ay mapayuhan nyo ako ng quick income mas maganda kung araw-araw na income..
more power po……
Hi Jon,
OFW po ako and i can say na talagang sobrang pagod na at stress mag work sa abroad. Im always planning na mag business nalang but im always confused kung ano ba talaga ang magandang negosyo. My interest is cooking and also mga damit shoes bags. Hope you can help me.
More power!
Hi Jon,
I know and I agree that one should chase after the dream of having one’s own business. But this has always been my problem – what business do I put up? I always read that you should put up a business that you really like. I don’t know, I like so many things. But which one should I pursue?
Please help me decide.
hi jon,
I enjoyed reading your advices, I was an employee for more than 20 yrs, and now i can say, im enjoying my business, but not the people behind it. I mean, I hired relatives or even relatives of friends, and I realized
finding someone who is trustworthy is harder than starting and maintaining a business. i actually travel once a month or every two months from manila to the province because I maintain two stores and I could say these stores are doing well. My problem right now is how could I be sure with the people taking care of my business while I am away for a while. Its so depressing every time I discovered cheating or fraud in my business…Please advice me ..More power to u and this column.
Yes it is true. I also had that same experienced. In the corporate world that is life everything is bitin with regards to your happiness. Sometimes you compare your holidays with that one from the workers from other country wherein they have 2 weeks of holidays.
In the corporate world there is a saying that “You are as good as your last Paycheck and just 2 months away from poverty”.
hi jon, i’m a mediaman by profession specializing in newsroom operations for radio and tv. actually i work in 2 media outfit, in radio and tv. but, kulang pa rin sahod ko, i want to create my own radio and tv production outfit. i can feel na this is very possible since more than 20 years na rin ako sa trabahong ito, i know na rin sa ins and outs of the business, but i don’t have the capital. can you share with me your idea on how to start this business with a very minimal capital? thanks jon
Cguro halos lahat naman at gustong magnegosyo kaya lang kdalasan ay takot malugi at wala ding perang gustong ipalugi Kay hindi mkaumpisa sa pagnegosyo.nandyan yang mga negatives na mahirap magnegosyo dahil sa competition at malugi.ano kayang negosyo ang Hindi pa saturated?just asking???
Im 38 years old and a govt employee. Life is so short, so i wish that i am one of those people who are living their dream. I should not waste my time living here on earth doing things that i dont like. Sad to say but i am one of those corporate slaves, sooooh scared to quit my job to chase my dreams. Thats why i am so glad that Jon’s IBMC came into my life. Im gonna give it my best shot for i dont wanna live miserable with the remaining time of my life.
Hi John, I am in my worst situation, I am no longer happy with my job and underpaid and away from home for almost 12hrs. i plan to resign by Jan. 2015 to start a small business at home. I am planning to put up a small eatery since my passion is cooking. I hope to get some ideas and advice from you on how to start a small food business. Gusto kong magkaron ng time for my family.
I want to be a cautious entrepreneur like what you are always saying. I want to follow your footsteps and design my dream life.
I want you to be my mentor and I’m hoping that there will be another session for your IBMC.
Thanks in advance and God bless us all..
Hi Jon, I have always dreamed of working at home, actually, I have resigned from my full-time day job last Dec 2013. The blog I would like to create was put on hold for 1 year now due to the circumstances I was in last year. I am wondering if your online course would suit my time as of now. I am a mother of 2 girls, and I am alone attending to their needs and doing all the errands and the household chores. I haven’t got a replacement for my trustworthy kasambahay who went home already last August 2014. Thank you.
Hi Jon, I am an OFW and have always dreamed of having the best of both worlds- working at home and serving my current company. Sounds greedy but working at home, to have my passive income and to prepare myself- cause I know working overseas doesn’t mean forever. So when I read and learned about e-book business, I thought of,”this is it!” I am very much interested with online jobs, and actually slowly starting.
I hope you can guide me more as I start learning e-book business “how to’s”.
Thanks and hope to hear more about this online business.
Hi Connie.
It’s not greedy. Like every other OFW and parents, they just want a better life. Starting a business doesn’t mean it’s just about you but about the people you love and care.
Get your 23-page guide for free. Start here po > http://goo.gl/3YtQg9
Hi Jon,
I’m a single mom and unemployed right now. Please help me to start my own business before I signed up in a networking company. And one more thing I don’t have any capital to start up with. Thanks.
Hi, Adamsonian here, parehas tayo ng mentality, i value my freedom kaya i put up small repair business after college, veteran on my field kaya d naman maluge khit nun nagsisimula palang at limited ang capital, but parang walang masyadong growth. Cant trust my technician. Advice naman.
Hi sir Jon, i always read your email and talaga naman isa ko sa mga sa taong gustong mag business pero di alam kung pano saan magsisimula, im a simple employee, in 5 years of working in corporate world i dont have a big savings coz di naman malaki ang salary, my salary is good for my everyday living lang at minsan kulang pa rin. Minsan na din ako nag try sa neyworking but its not working, i need to spend more time para sa ganitong klaseng business, the i decided to stop it, and i realized na its not the business i want.
Hi sir Jon, yeh your right. Minsan nkakapagod na magwork, pero kapag iniisip ko ano nga ba nag goal at purpose sa work kung baket ako natatyaga. Kapag regular holiday no work no pay pa, kaya i starting saving money, invest sa small business. Wala naman kasi ako malaki capital para maginvest sa isang malaking business so i start sa small business, with hope that eventually it will grow katulong ko naman ang aking husband
Hi sir Jon…..
I want to have that business that you”ve started last time that the capital is only 500 pesos. Plz send for me a brief steps on how to start that business. Thanks and more power…God bless
hi sir Jon,I’m a full time employee but I’m not happy in my job,kasi d naman ganun kalaki ang salary,,ung dream ko talaga is to become an entrepreneur and to have my own business.. I think my strength is photography,but I don’t have any resources and capital can you give some advice what kind of business that is right for me tnx.. Godbless u
hi sir. i am a marketing graduate and been teaching for almost 5 years..i want to start a business but i dont have the capital ..i am very blessed that i found your page in fb and started to subscribed and been receiving some of your simple yet powerful tips on business which can help me as a business instructor and also as a future business owner. i hope you can encourage more people. 🙂
I am very much attracted to your suggestions here on entrepreneurship and i am inspired to write more and more though i am not really a good writer. I am already 53 and despite of my efforts to earn much but failed to send my children to college completely. My children are very disappointed of our situation, and me too the more disgusted and frustrated. but I still go on..and now hopeful to do things online for business. I am inspired by your testimonies..in fact I am now trying to make a page on WordPress as u suggested. But i dont know what to do here, meantime i just write and post my own life story and some tips “how to” on marriage life, in preparation for the e-book that you’ve been telling in your testimonies. Please provide me with detailed instructions on how the e-book is made from first to its packaging. and how to get affiliated with the online stores for selling. I got this hope from your articles..and I am now happy…knowing things are just simple and homebase and need not to spend much to make things happen. or no cash be spent at all. THANKS JON GOD BLESS U MORE AND MORE
Hi Jon,
It really feels refreshing knowing you’ve plenty of time bonding with our family without having to worry the workloads on the cubicle type of work.
Your insights here on your blog help us readers reflect what our dreams are and motivates us in moving forward to reach those dreams.
Thanks and More POWER.
Hilbert Lim
Hi Jon,
I just feel the same if you’re employee hindi ka malaya and worst hindi nabibigay ng pagiging empleyado ang financial freedom na gisto mo, i just want to have a freedom nagagawa k ung gusto k. Haizzt im so tired of this feeling.
HI Jon,
Gusto Kong mag stay pa sa company because of health benefits but I’d like to invest to a mutual fund. OK lang ba yun?
Hello Jon,
I came from both worlds: private corporations and national government agencies from 1990 to 2014. I left them both as well. Lot of things happened. But the worst is i am now slaved by a disease called diabetes and jobless. Before reaching my golden age next year, I am thinking, dreaming and planning to put up my own biz. A business suited to my health condition, but is there any? I appreciate any advice or thought from you. Thank u. My inbox is now filled with your messages and I am religiously reading them. God bless!
Hi, I am staying in Lesotho,52yrs I have been struggling ,single parent (divorce) with two sons.I have lisned to your video.can you please summarize all that .what should I do? Help me practically not theoretically. At my age I understand and believe in doing, I am not educated but I have a bit knowledge of internet.can
Hi Jon,
This article is the same as what I am experiencing. I want to get free of being an employee. My wife and I have a part time business but its not enough for me to quit being an employee. We want to have a good market of our business but we don’t know how? It would be grateful if you give me some advise or help me in any way.
Thanks,
Hi Sir Jon,
Sana magreply ka.. I first read about you noong nagdonate ako ng konti to buy an old newspaper na nilako ng isang matandang lalaki sa bus para daw sa mga anak nya. I never imagined i’d be reading gold from an old newspaper.
I’m only 25 and I have failed 3 businesses already. Super sakit at nakakahiya pero hanggang ngayon hindi pa rin mawala sakin ung pangarap kong maging entrepreneur. I have searched and thought long about my passion. Ang passion ko, it turned out is about christian values.
Nacurious ako noong sinabi mo na ang unang book mo na naibenta ay compilation of verses. I am hoping to find that market na yun. Kasi i dont know where to do my research dito sa field na ito..
I hope and pray na magkaroon na ng sagot ang prayers ko regarding my career.
Ingat po palagi. Godbless.. 🙂
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Good day po coach Jon! I am very glad po nung makita ko ikaw sa internet. Lalo na po nung nakasama ako sa webinar kahapon. I am a fulltime mom with 2 kids. My husband is a driver. I resigned last year as a secretary, dahil umalis na ang nag-aalaga sa mga anak ko. Mahirap po talaga ‘pag isa lang ang nagtatrabaho. Minsan naiisip ko na mag-abroad, pero maliliit pa po kids ko. I was thinking na sana may makita akong pwede ko maging income, na hindi ko na kailangan iwan ang family ko. Kaya nung July 14 lang po, I’ve searched in google, una ko po nakita dun si Bro Bo Sanchez, then the next thing na lang na nakita ko ay your picture with him and your name po. So dun na po nag-umpisa. Araw-araw ko chine-check ang inbox ko sa yahoo mail^_^ para sure po ako na wala akong ma-missed na mga tinuturo mo.
I really hope and pray ito na po ung matagal ko ng hinihintay. I am excited and willing to learn.
God bless you coach Jon and your family!
dear jon
i started making a book. i realized i have a talent in writing and is happy with the result always.m making moves to complete the books and i am asking you to help me publish it for income.how and where, as what you did with your life.i salute you. i came to know i was a believer of my ownself’s survival of deeds to conquer the world.i thank you.let me know the publications and printings as it will be a finished task soon.thanks.
Yes. Sir Jon, matagal ko na gusto kung paano ba ang sinasabi nilang on-line business. Ayaw ko magbenta o mag-sales talk dahil di ko rin hilig. I’m grade 1 teacher at ako lagi ang nauutusan mag-edit o gumawa ng layout thru ms word or excel. At yan din ang passion kong gawin. My husband and I love arts at magaling siya mag-paint pero di sya magaling sa computer puro games lang. And I really invest in my education because I believe that learning should never stop as the world changes.
Thank you!
I worked 20 yrs. earning more than enough for my family (1 child). But i decided to quit. I want to see the world outside. OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT.
When i was working and receives salary increase and promotion, i invest in properties, bought some parcel of land, thru pagibig.( wala pera sa cash) Hinulugan ko sa mahabang panahon. Opo tumataas naman ang sahod pero indi ko ginagasta, dinadala ko sa lupang binibili ko. Maliliit lang naman.
now i decided to quit. (Aug2016)
Ayoko na sa mga boss.
Ayoko na sa mapang aping Namumuhunan, binenta ko ang ilan sa mga lupa na nabili ko at sya ko ngayong puhunan magsimula.
Diko alam saan at paano.
I prayed so hard.
today i enrolled in Jon Orana’s ibmc, trying my luck. praying na ito na yun.
Wala namang sigurado sa mundo.
Ang alam ko I have a goal, i have a dream, i guess that’s enough para subukan ko ang maraming bagay kung san ako magtatagumpay.
laban lang.
pag mali bangon lang.
Cheers to our Freedom.
Hugzz to all.❤️❤️❤️
I absolutely believe that there’s nothing wrong with being an employee as long as one is working with a good and stable company. The only problem I think is that here in the Philippines, some companies only last for some 20 or more years then they suddenly fold up and employees working for them for, let’s say, more than 15 years are left with nothing. Worst is that they have incurred PAG-IBIG, SSS debts which they already paid in full as they were automatically deducted from their payslips. Sounds familiar? This is exactly what happened to me. Now I’m stuck with doing some home-based work and projects that pathetically pay for my daily needs and public utility bills. But that’s just about it. No extra money for winding up in the mall. My only hope is that when a door closes, another one opens. I’m very interested in coach Jon’s business ideas. They are realistic and achievable as long as one knows the basics. Cheers!
Good Day Jon, about all this. Im interesred to know how join. How much and is it easy for me to.cope up this strategy. Im a mother and have a business but still not sufficient the income.Still I’ll gi in loan and debt because of my kids education I’m trying to apply but maybe I’m over age and still motnpassibg in the kob Ive applied. And make me feel depressed with thenincome.I have right now.
Sir jon, Isa akung OFW dito sa riyadh at gustong gusto ko ng umuwi sa pinas makasama ang pamiliya ko anak ko pero sa hirap ng buhay hnd ko magawa tumigil magtrabaho dito. Tatlong besis na din ako nagnegusyo jan sa pinas pero bagsak lahat. Sana matulongan niyo ako.
Hi Jon, I am tired of doing my work as an employee..and my life still the same nothing change..I decided to engage into business particularly in ebook business but how can I start and I don’t have not enough money to register in your aps system..pls. help me jon, to get out of this corporate world and I believe that God use you to help others especially those who are interested to become an online entriprenuer. Thank you very much. God bless.