The skills that got you employed won’t help when you’re self-employed.

If I do a good enough job, I’ll talk some of you out of going into business at all. The few left standing will at least have a realistic notion of life in the business world. (Please note: There are several significant reasons for hanging out your own shingle, but I’m not going to delve into them today. That makes it too difficult to sound like Eeyore wrote this month’s column.)