Hi, hi, hi!
I hope that you are doing great and that you are all well rested for some extra activities for our today’s lesson which we have seen is “Online business”. Without waiting any longer, let us begin!
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Here is a short text about starting an online business. Read it and write down new words in your notebook, translate them with the dictionary and make example sentences.
Starting an online business has many benefits. Of course, people jump at the idea of making money: lots and lots of money!
That’s a very legitimate motivation. It also won’t happen overnight. Often people starting businesses go years without even paying themselves salaries. And getting rich is no guarantee. In fact, if you strictly wanted to make a bunch of money, there’s a good chance you’d be better off putting your nose to the grindstone at a desk job and starting a good savings plan. So gobs of cash aren’t the only reasons to start your own business.
Many people cite other justifications. Personal freedom is one. Owning your own business means controlling your own time. It means being your own boss. If you’re frustrated with working for others, if you’re tired of laboring to build someone else’s dream, this can be a powerful draw.
Financial freedom, too, inspires entrepreneurs. You might eventually become a millionaire. You might not. What you really want, presumably, is a better life, and entrepreneurship can give you a certain level of control over your finances that can make that possible. When you work for someone else, you’re making money for them. An hour of your time generates X number of dollars, but your money-making efforts are ultimately flowing upstream to your boss. Going into business for yourself means you can reap all the rewards of your work.
Can you live the life of your dreams? Absolutely — if your dreams are realistic. When you jump from your day job to your own job, to a company you create, you gain exciting new control over your life. You set your own schedule, control your own money, do your own thing.
You also encounter new challenges. Sure, you don’t have to work for your boss anymore. But you get a new boss: the market. Actually, you get a bunch of new bosses: clients, customers, growth and revenue goals, etc. Bills still stream in, month after month, and while you don’t have to work for someone else, you replace a steady paycheck with a new imperative: profit or perish.
And to meet and beat that challenge, you need to ask the right questions about your business and be ready to find answers that work.
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Some extra idioms:
- A bit much - If something is excessive or annoying, it is a bit much.
- A blessing in disguise - Something good that isn't recognized at first.
- A bridge too far - A bridge too far is an act of overreaching- going too far and getting into trouble or failing.
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Some extra phrasal verbs:
- allow of – make possible, permit
- get over – be shocked or surprised that something if real or true
- knock around – discuss casually
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Don’t forget to practice, have a lot of fun, take care and of course, see you all tomorrow for the new lesson!
Best regards,
your teacher Stevan! <3
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