The experience of owning your own business is something that most Americans have the desire to do, but seem to lack something to get the job done. Either it’s money, time or even a clear idea of what type of business they might want to operate.

Whatever the reason, they’re just excuses to cover you for when you want to complain about your current job or financial situation in you life. Making excuses doesn’t do anything for you, your family or the situation you’re in at this moment. The entrepreneurs that actually go out there and make something of themselves are the ones that didn’t make excuses as to why they didn’t succeed, they just pushed themselves and got the job done.

For many years I’ve been trying to get something going to jump start my independent career decisions. I tried many things along the way and quite a few of them failed. I look at it the way Thomas Edison looked at making his invention of the light bulb. He said, “I didn’t fail 100 times when trying to make a light bulb, I just found 100 ways how NOT to make a light bulb.” His determination and positive outlook on life helped him overcome his situation and created not one, but hundreds of inventions that we still use today.

We don’t need to invent something to be successful, we just need to come up with a better mousetrap to make something for ourselves. I didn’t invent knives, air-soft guns or any of the other things I supply to my customers. I just found a way to better reach customers in my area with better prices than any other in the same region. I bring a different level of customer service that my competitors can not provide.

As for creating a business that’s right for you, that is up to you. No one knows you better than you. What are your interests? Are you more of a labor-type or someone who enjoys using your mind more? Whatever it is, you are the one who decides what you want to do. Nothing fuels a business more than the passion of the owner. Passion for what you do will take you further than anything else in the world. So what is it that you’re passionate about? What is it that you enjoy doing or being involved in that drives your passion?

In today’s economy, many Americans are out of work and quite a few have given up on looking for work all together. It’s times like these that are perfect to start your own business. Follow that passion and the dream of being independent to do what you enjoy doing. Being out of work gives you the extra time needed to focus on the different aspects of operating a business, to see if you can make a go of things. Take advantage of a bad situation and turn it into something good.

What is it that you love to do? What is it that you want in you life? How are you going to make those “wants” a reality? Go out there and make it happen. What else are you going to do? Work for someone else?