{"id":1276,"date":"2017-02-27T22:52:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-27T22:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/assistinghands.com\/18\/?p=1276"},"modified":"2017-03-09T23:30:05","modified_gmt":"2017-03-09T23:30:05","slug":"helping-others-makes-business-owner-feel-better-news-article","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/18\/newjersey\/greaterocean\/blog\/helping-others-makes-business-owner-feel-better-news-article\/","title":{"rendered":"Helping Others Makes Business Owner Feel Better (News Article)"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols offset_small\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column \"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p>John Pearce owns Assisting Hands Home Care with his wife, Brenda, in Toms River.<\/p>\n<p><strong>When did you decide you wanted to be an entrepreneur?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;I have thought about being an entrepreneur, off and on, for probably two decades. However, like many people who decide not to become entrepreneurs, it was less risky for me to<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1277 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/assistinghands.com\/18\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-09-at-2.47.40-PM-300x196.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/18\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-09-at-2.47.40-PM-300x196.png 300w, https:\/\/assistinghands.com\/18\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2017\/03\/Screen-Shot-2017-03-09-at-2.47.40-PM.png 526w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>stay within the comfort of a salaried corporate job. It took a series of events that made me take a hard look at what I had been doing for most of my career. While I was considered very successful by corporate standards, I suddenly found myself asking \u201cWhat am I doing?\u201d, \u201cAm I happy doing this?\u201d, \u201cAm I proud to tell people what I do?\u201d In all my years of working, I had never really taken the time to truly think about and answer those questions. 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