你没有借口不去创业：白手起家必备秘籍

With all that said, you’ll also need to recognize your barriers to actually starting down the road of entrepreneurship. Here’s a list of the top 4 excuses people give for not making more money:
除了上述所说，你还需要认识一些创业路上的“障碍物”。以下便是其中四种最常见的不愿赚钱的借口：

No time
一无时间

No money
二无资金

No expertise
三无专业技能

No ideas
四无想法

When you reflect on why you haven’t started exploring how to earn more money, probably every one of your barriers (excuses!) falls into one of the above categories. You might say to yourself:
当你沉思自己为何还没开始探索挣钱的方法时，没准你的理由（借口！）就是上述四种里的一种。你也许会自言自语道：

• “Starting a business is too complicated.” Nope. That’s the “no expertise” excuse.
• “创业太复杂了。” 其实不然。说实话，这个理由真是太不专业了。

• “But I work insane hours, have eleventeen kids, and a 4-hour commute.” Granted, you might have limitations on your time, but you’ll always make time for the things that are most important. And 20-30 minutes a day is something you can carve out–especially if it’ll change your life.
• “我每天要疯狂地工作，上下班就要花四个小时，还有群十几岁的孩子要看管。” 的确，时间或许很有限，但你总能为最重要的那些事留出时间。我想，一天20-30分钟你还是可以抽出来的，尤其是当它可能改变你的生活之时。

• “But I don’t have $10 grand to fund a business.” OK, go back to the top of the article and re-read it. Done? OK. Repeat after me: “I can start a business for under $100.” Say it again. And again. Know that there are many ways to do any task. Sometimes the first thing that comes to mind is some high-falutin’, expensive way. Dig deeper. Focus on exactly what the outcome is, and brainstorm all the crazy ways you could get to it. I guarantee you’ll find ways to get it done on the cheap.
• “可我连10美元都没有，如何创业？”好吧，如果是这个问题，那么请你回到文章的开头，重新阅读一遍吧。看完了？好的，跟我念，“100美元之内，我照样可以创业”，多说几遍。要知道，条条大路通罗马，虽然有时候脑子里总是会先想到一些不切实际又昂贵的方法。继续钻研下去，将焦点集中于产出，头脑风暴一下你所能想到的各种疯狂办法。我向你保证，你一定会找到白手起家的妙招的。

• “But I don’t have any ideas for a business.” Try this: train yourself to look for problems. That’s right — look for problems throughout the day, every day. Jot them down in a notebook. Remember that every problem is an opportunity. Successful, sustainable businesses solve problems. Don’t want to cook dinner? Go to a restaurant. Problem solved. Hate to iron your clothes? Take them to a dry cleaner. Problem solved. Want to find & stay in touch with friends? Join Facebook. Problem solved. (You get the idea.)

• “但是我还缺少创业的想法”。不妨多练习练习发现问题——每天的每时每刻，试着去发现问题，然后记录下来。你一定要认识到，任何一个问题都有可能变成机会。那些成功且持久的事业都是为人解决问题的。不想做饭？那去餐馆，问题解决了；不想熨衣服？送去干洗店，问题解决了；想和朋友保持联系？注册脸谱网，问题解决了。（你明白了吧？）

It’ll take hard work, but the payoff is worth it
虽然创业很艰辛，但是回报很丰厚，值了！

Starting and building a successful business takes hard work. But since you’re reading this, you and I both know you have an urge for something better. You daydream at work about quitting your job. You curse your commute and wish you could ditch your day job. You feel stuck at a job you hate.

成功的事业在开始建立的过程中，不下苦功夫是肯定不行的。但是鉴于你都已经阅读到此，你那份憧憬着更美好事物的急切心情也已经显而易见。也许你在工作时会想象自己离职的画面，你咒骂着每天往返耗时之久，渴望有朝一日能摆脱这种生活。这份讨厌的工作让你不知所措。

While starting a business may not solve all your problems, it can give you a completely new worldview that’s empowering and full of possibilities. It took me a long time to get past my mental barriers and excuses before I started my own business, but when I began taking action, I started seeing things change. A few years down the road, I earn much more, have more financial security, more flexibility, and have no reason to complain about work. It’s been an amazing turnaround.
也许创业并不能解决你所有的问题，但是它会带给你全新的世界观，使你更有主见，也带给你无限可能。就我而言，在创业之前，光破除心理的藩篱就耗费了我大量时间。但是当我决定付诸行动之时，我惊觉很多事情在发生改变。数年之后，我赚了不少钱，经济上有了更多的保障，处事也更加灵活多变，对工作的抱怨自然也就烟消云散了。难道说这个转变还不能称得上神奇吗？

And while I’ve learned a thing or two about how to do things on the cheap since I started my business, I was still able to start my business inexpensively–and so can you. Now though, you have the advantage of tons more free and low-cost tools for starting your business. The most important things in your toolbox are a bootstrapping mindset, a focus on experimentation, and providing value.
创业之时，我还学会了一些白手起家的小窍门。即便是现在，让我白手起家闯出一番天地，也未尝不可，那么你也一样。虽然现在出现了更多免费或廉价的工具，让你握有优势，但对于创业来说，最重要的还是步步为营的理念、对反复试验的注重、以及提供有价值之物。