E-Type: Caregiver/Maintainer

— -- Our society has a great need for maintenance. Whether for a person, animal, thing, or plant, the need to be tended to creates many opportunities for entrepreneurs who are able to provide ongoing assistance and care. If you're a person who sees yourself as a helping, supportive, or nurturing personality, or someone who can provide ongoing attention to something consistently over time, you may be a Caregiver/Maintainer E-Type.

People who fall in this category may provide care to a person, a thing, an animal, or plant life. While regular upkeep of lawns may seem very different than providing physical therapy to an elderly individual, both call on similar personality traits. And both face related business issues.

If you're a Caretaker/Maintainer E-Type, you'll find your business can be very satisfying. Others might find your work repetitive; after all, caretakers/maintainers typically perform the same tasks over and over again. Not you. You derive satisfaction knowing that it's your E-Type that keeps the world running. You know how much others depend on you and know that you can be depended upon. That's satisfaction, indeed.

One advantage for those in this E-Type is that there are many opportunities that do not require certification or advanced education to start.

Unfortunately, many of the businesses suitable for this E-Type can be exhausting. They're almost all time-demanding. After all, your purpose is to maintain things or people. That takes continual, regular time commitment. Whether a client depends on you for home health care for an elderly relative or for maintenance of the heating system of their skyscraper, you have to be physically present where you need to be, when you need to be, or the consequences can be dire.

Obvious (and Not-So-Obvious) Business Choices for This E-Type Home health care provider Physical therapist Petsitter Child day care center Lawn/plant maintenance-including indoor office plant maintenance Recreational therapist Equipment repair Handyman Power washer (decks, driveways,patios, etc.) Errand runner Property manager Taxi/driving service for children Cleaning/janitorial services Aesthetician/facialist Hair stylist Nanny Cleaning/janitorial services Personal shopper Window washing Animal groomer Doula Auto detailer