Great blog Marsean, I'm with you the freedom to be me is a great reason to join.

Nice blog Man! I couldnt agree with you more on the last paragraph! the fact that I could gain freedom and never have to sponge of my parents again sounds great!

I want to own myself and not to be owned by somebody else ( like not wanting to be employed by someone at a job if you know what I mean)

I hope at the end of this instead of me getting money from my parents that I could give money back to them!

Josh

I like that. I believe the japanese have a term called Ikagai. What's your Ikagai which means life purpose

I enjoy the freedom to do something that not every can or wants to do!

I enjoy being able to take a little something and make money from it!

I enjoy communing with everyone on this site, from time to time and just getting a feel for people who knows what it means to do and feel the same things I do!

Mickeyb

Being able to be a little above average, I'm an average guys with an average life, wife and kids with an average job. I don't need my personal name to be known for anything but to accomplish something that places me little above average would be enough for me.

Knowing you did something that has changed a life for the better or doing something that changes mine for the better would fill me with a life long sense of pride.

The freedom of this work we do and the smile of my daughter are the things that motivate me! :)

The freedom for my family to do whatever we wish, when we wish and how we wish. But then again "If wishes were horses, beggars would ride"

My motivation is:

To work for myself;
To work from home;
The freedom to do what I want and when I want;
To provide financial security for my family;
To have the means to do more for the charities we support; and
To encourage other women to do the same.

To express myself and have some degree of worldly success and help others. I like money too, but that's not the main reason.

My main motivations are the desire to provide for my family and wanting to help others.

My wife has kept me afloat for years. Everything I have, I owe to her. I want desperately to give her the kind of life she deserves. She and my kids deserve so much more than what they have at the moment, so that is my primary goal.

Beyond that, I have always wanted some sort of career that involved helping people. Over the course of my life, I've had many thoughts on how to do that. As a child, I thought I'd join the police, or the fire department. As I grew older, I thought perhaps teaching or becoming a doctor would be good. I considered being a school counselor. My first girlfriend's mother was a psychologist, so that appealed to me at some point.

Somehow, despite all of the things I wanted to do and be, I ended up working retail. I spent most of my time as an assistant manager and found that I actually preferred being the assistant than the actual manager. I felt it allowed me to be closer to the staff than the manager, but I still had the ability and authority to address their concerns. I loved that and found that I sort of fulfilled a couple of my previous ambitions; I trained many new employees (teacher), and listened to their problems and gave advice (counselor).

I trained some employees who went on to become supervisors or assistant managers and loved seeing them go from part-time employees to part of the management team. I love seeing people develop and grow, so that is my secondary purpose in being here: I want to help others. I want to use what I learn here to reach out to others who may feel trapped in dead-end jobs and help them improve their lives and reach their dreams.

if I can do that and get paid for it at the same time? Well, I don't think there is much that's better than that.