Get real about Home Businesses!!!
By Michelle Cornes
Are you thinking it might be time
to take control and work for yourself? The degree to which YOU
are up for this challenge is everything. Here are some of the
things about yourself that you really need to be thinking about:
How much do you really want to redesign your life? How much does
this mean to you? What will you and your life look like 5 years,
10 years down the track if you stay on the track you are
currently on? (and let's face it... most of us work our tails
off for 40 odd years, pay our bills, pay our taxes... and die
without leaving any substantial financial legacy behind us. In
my view - that's a pretty odd plan for a life... and a long way
from what we imagined we would do with our lives in our earlier
days!) So - how much do you want a different future - and what
sacrifices are you prepared to make to achieve that? Do you want
much more from your life and efforts - without making any extra
effort? If that's the case - I suggest you stay employed by
someone else. If you are prepared to learn new skills and
develop a higher value to the marketplace than you currently
command - then self employment could be for you. How teachable
and receptive are you to new ideas and new ways of thinking and
behaving? You want more - you have to become more!! Are you
prepared to learn and grow and develop as an entrepreneur? In
business - you don't get paid for turning up... you get paid for
the value you bring to the marketplace. Are you prepared to
understand that and work on learning how to add value to what
you offer the marketplace? The marketplace pays on value - not
on need, or hours used. Are you a stayer or a quitter? Are you
going to finish what you start and see it through? Focus,
patience and self discipline are common to people who are
successful in any field of endeavour (sport, the arts,
business... doesn't matter!) You will never truly succeed at
anything if you are prone to tantrums and giving up as soon as
something doesn't go the way you expected or wanted... and
things in business will sometimes go wrong! Are you EXCITED and
PASSIONATE about the future that could be yours if you work for
yourself and get it right? Are you liberated by the idea that
you can become more valuable and with work and time can totally
reshape the future for yourself and your loved ones? Do you
BELIEVE you can change your destiny and do something "different"
- or do you think that's not really possible for you? Has life
got you by the throat - and you can't see any possible way of
that changing... or are you ready to fight for your future and
make it a reality? The emotion and belief you have for this new
direction as a real and totally valid future for you... is what
will "make" you or cause you to fail. So... if you feel you
stack up on the "you" issue... then the other major issue
is...
What on Earth do I do to find the right business? Investigate...
then investigate again :) Get a feel for what your options are,
how viable or desirable those options are for YOUR circumstances
and resources. My experience on this was that there are some
real scams and dodgy "businesses" on offer out there - and
essentially - they weren't too hard to pick out. I also found
quite a number of business opportunities that required major
capital (and I mean MAJOR!) and major financial inputs over
probably quite a few years - just to stay afloat. I personally
could not afford to operate a negative cashflow business for 6
months - let alone a number of years! It just wasn't what I
could do - and unless I could do that - those businesses would
never survive. Not what I was looking for... I found that this
all narrowed down the field quite considerably..in fact I was
starting to wonder if I would ever find what I was looking
for... but I ploughed on. I learnt a few things:-: My business
needed to be based on real products or services that there was a
PROVEN market for. I also had to like and feel good about them.
I wanted to enjoy and be proud of what I did. Those
products/services needed to be something that required repeat
business, customer longevity. In other words - I wanted good
products/services that the market had already demonstrated it
wanted - and was actually in a GROWTH phase. I was not
interested in getting into an industry that was well over its
hay day. I was building for the future! I wanted something I
could grow and develop into. Something I could start with the
resources I had (a little time, a little money, and a lot of
ambition!). Something that would allow me to develop a business
income around my existing obligations to start with - but which
would allow me to buy back my life in chunks over time. If I
wanted to earn a lot more from a business - I understood it
would not come about overnight. It was going to take some time
and some learning of new skills. That was over 18 months ago
now, I found my perfect business and have never looked back.
About the author:
Michelle Cornes runs an international internet based home
business from the United Kingdom. For further information on the
ethical, honest business she found and works on today please
visit her website
http://control-your-income.com/?refid=article-567887726
Copyright 2005 Michelle Cornes
Article Source: http://www.money-4-work.com
