Monthly Archives: April 2015

Home Business Start-Up – It’s Always Important to See the ‘Big Picture’

There is a saying, ‘any port in a storm’. Think about it. Isn’t that true? Think of your business in that way – and make the ‘big picture’ be that you survive by doing something, maybe lots of little things along the way. You do what you need to do to get by until you find your ‘niche(s)’.

Remember you just need to get by when your home business is in development and you are living your dream to do something more than you have been doing so far, or maybe just started lately. Many people have jobs that are barely tolerable because they feel that they have no other choice. Often they really are not happy, particularly in the current economic condition of the ‘middle class’ or ‘working stiffs’– the vast majority of people.

Big picture is you will build it up and make it something that you want and even better that you have. In the meantime you will be planning and learning and changing as

Home Business Opportunities – A Recipe for Success

If you have ever baked a cake and did not follow the directions in the recipe, you may have had an inedible disaster. If you are lucky (and creative) you may be able to rescue it by crumbling it over ice cream, or some other way to think of cake.

It’s pretty much the same with most things – there are correct ways to do things, and some ways work better than others. Some things lend themselves to creativity in that you can sometimes do them slightly differently and they will still work. You may even be able to improve upon them. For others though it is imperative that you stick to the recipe if you want the same results as you envision – for example our cake.

When you are doing something new, that you have never done before or that you are really not sure of how to do it exactly, it is a logical conclusion to realize you need some direction. Even the hyper-creative or non-conformist should have some frame of reference – or ‘ballpark&#8217

Home Biz Start-Up – Staying Focused Amid Chaos

People usually have a certain amount of chaos in their lives, however there are times when there is more turbulence than ever. Even looking at chaos as stress, things like losing a job or source of income is a major event on the stress-o-meter. So if we have waited until a real crisis arose before we took action to start a home business, it’s going to be more chaos.

Starting a business has a lot of it’s own chaos even on a good day! Not to mention all the new information and emails from everywhere, etc – Not the best time to develop a sensible plan, and as a result, lots of short-cuts may actually be necessary due to the critical time element where finances are concerned (bills due).

This scenario is another reason why we should ‘just do it’ now, instead of ‘one of these days’ we are going to start our own business. Just like preparing for an emergency or having a contingency plan, start trying to make more money now. Wheth