Making the TransitionYou might be a born entrepreneur, but that doesn't mean you're ready to own a business. With our help, though, it'll be a smooth evolution.

After repeated attempts at squeezing your square self into around hole, you finally admitted it wasn't going to work. Yousaid good-bye to corporate America and bravely embarked on ajourney toward the greener pastures of entrepreneurship. Youcarried with you tons of tangible information-details onmarketing, health insurance and places to find cheap officesupplies. The one thing missing from your backpack was anunderstanding of the myriad of changes you'd experience as youmade your way through this transition.

If you find yourself sitting in your office, blasting the stereoand fighting the temptation to surf the Internet until your eyesbleed, you're not alone. According to Manhattan psychologistDr. Vicki Ianucelli, we areconditioned, from the time we first step foot in school, tofunction optimally in a structured environment, so the idea thatyou can actually ditch this kind of life isn't always top ofmind. "In making the jump from a 9-to-5 job to trying toestablish a business, you need to create a new reality," saysIanucelli. "That's very difficult."