I Lost My Job! Should I Start a Business

　　我丢了自己的工作，我该创业吗？

　　I get a lot of email that starts, "I just lost my job!" Somewhere in eachemail, the writer goes on to ask, "How do I start a business?"

　　我收到很多邮件，开头都是说“我丢了工作”，然后在邮件中，他们就会开始问“我是否应该自己创业？”

　　Morepeople are getting downsized, terminated or just plain fired all thetime. And because of the state of the economy, finding another job canbe difficult. Creating a job of your own by starting a business looksattractive when you can't find a job - or just can't stand the job youhave。

　　很多人都被裁掉了，终止了合同关系或者就是简单地被开除了。并且，由于当今经济形势不景气，找到一份新工作很难。在你找不到工作或不能忍受自己工作的时候，创业听起来很有吸引力。

　　But"How do I start a business?" is not the first question you should beasking if you're in this situation; the first question you should beasking is "Should I start a business?" Before you start thinking aboutthe different types of businesses you might start, you have to do somethinking about you。

　　但是如果你正处在这样的情况下，那么“我该如何开始创业呢？”不是你最初开始该问的问题。你最该问的第一个问题是“我是否应该创业？”在你开始思考自己该发展什么类型的事业之前，你要先想想自己的情况。

　　Startinga business is not for everyone. Being self-employed is very differentthan being an employee. And some people find it impossible to adjust tothe differences. Let's see if you have the necessary entrepreneurial mindset to become self-employed. These are the six traits that I think encapsulate the ways you have to think and behave if youwant to make a successful transition from being employed in some oneelse's business to starting a business of your own。

　　并不是每个人都适合创业的。创业比打工难得多。有一部分人发现很难适应这些差距。让我们来看看你是否有准备单干必备的企业心态。如果你想从给别人打工到自我创业成功转型的话，那么我推荐以下六个你必须具备的思考方式和行动方式的特征。