There are ups and downs to being both self-employed and a business owner. If you read my last blog post, we talked about the different quadrants. But what very few people are prepared for is the transition from self-employed to the business owner. Nobody works harder than the gym owner in the self-employed quadrant. They get there at 5:00 am and they’re closing the doors at 9:00 pm. They’re training every client, and they’re lucky if they get to take a break just to eat. They want to change lives, it’s a labor of love.