So it's in your head and you are going to do it - Run your own pet store business that is. Except it is a new venture for you - you've on no account done it before and you need a helping hand, little by little to accomplish your objective. No worries we have all the help you will need.
Being the boss means making challenging decisions every calendar day, except they are your decisions and, unlike when you go to work for others, you in reality get to make them! On occasion, and particularly in the pet store sector these decisions have to be made without having all the information you need and you will add know-how very quickly.
This is finally it; you've made the jump and you're operating your own business. This is the moment when you need to really focus on what you want for your business and your life. Try to keep the two apart as much as possible...this can be extremely demanding for a lot of people in particular if you now work from home a lot. Bear in mind though the entire point of working for yourself is to better your life in it's entirety. Don't let the new business be "A millstone around your neck"...it's there to get you the rewards you have always wanted.
However having lots of money in the bank is a relief.
Having something to confirm is also an excellent motivator. Having a parent, sibling, spouse or other significant person that is thriving in business creates a vast motivation for others to take a crack at. Not out of a sense of competition but because it is easy to perceive the love people get from running their own business, and their own lives.
We live in a big world; their are hundreds of pet store businesses - but they aren't all the same; as a new entrepreneur it's your duty to run your business the best way you see fit using your experiences you've acquired in life so far.
Majestic pet store businesses are designed that way by people just like you. They turn out well because they plan to unbeaten, they take the time to work out how they want their business to be; they design it that way and take profound pleasure as their venture and their life starts to fit their dreams.