Monthly Archives: March 2015

Home-based Business Start-Up – Staying Motivated

You really have to have a certain level of self-esteem and self-confidence in order to survive starting-up a business. If you don’t naturally have those gifts then you need to somehow manufacture them. Self-esteem is something that is within and it could be likened to self-love.

You really need to like yourself regardless of who else may not like you or any situation in your life that made you feel bad. We all have those trials and tribulations and we can’t let them scar us. We must just acknowledge them and the pain or chaos they may have caused, accept that there may be nothing we can do to change it and then just move on.

When we feel it creeping up it will help to have something to do that counters the emotion. It can be as simple as forcing yourself to smile and hold it for a few seconds; you might also say to yourself that you are a good and happy person and mean it. Take a deep breath to cleanse yourself of the static and move on. If you have the time

Home Business Start-Up – Try and Try Again

Sometimes when we attempt to do something it is just not the right time, for whatever reason. These reasons can include lack of time, lack of money, and/or lack of initiative. It may take you several starts to actually get the ball rolling. From there only time will tell if you are able to sustain it. If you pick up the ball but do not run far with it, that’s ok – put it away and come back another day.

There seems to be a common pattern however, that is self-defeating, and that is that people come in like gangbusters, all inspired and determined to succeed. Some would say they are ‘on fire’; but then when they don’t see immediate results, they just back off, which is exactly the opposite of what they should do, which is try harder.

Maybe it would be better to just start off on an even, logical keel and see where that takes you. There is actually a saying somewhere about this and how a fire that starts out white hot is quick to burn out; but a fire that i

Hate Your Job? Create a Business at Home You Can Love!

Obviously it is more fun doing things we like. Too often in life we are forced to tolerate things because we have no choice and this is particularly so with a job. Most companies know specifically what tasks they need done and define a job by those tasks. Sometimes we are fortunate enough to have a job that at least offers a variety of things to do. That makes it possible to like some aspects of it more than others, which helps a little to get through it.

So if you are planning on starting your own business this is your chance to design something that you enjoy doing. You might start by making a few lists that include your interests and hobbies and another one that has all your job experience and skills. Then you can drill down on each point and for example start to analyze ways you could make money from your interests and hobbies and/or with which you could use the skills you have.

Some examples might be if you really love to play golf. The first thing you migh