Monthly Archives: April 2015

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

Finding Your Home Business Niche – Be Focused and Flexible

While it is important to have goals so that we can formulate a plan for starting a home business, and to stay focused to achieve them, it is equally important to remain flexible. In other words, be willing to change your course if necessary. To be really creative we must be able to see beyond the ‘dotted line’.

Therefore it may be good to make your goals ‘generic’ – in other words not ‘make X number of dollars per month from XYZ’ but just ‘make X number dollars per month’ – that way if on your way to XYZ you find ABC to be more of a ‘natural’ for you, you won’t miss the opportunity because you are so focused that you have ‘blinders’ on.

You may find after some time in research and development of your business that you really don’t like something that is part of your initial strategy – for example even that you don’t like marketing and sales, period. While any

Developing a New Business Online – Trust is Key

If you think about it, trust is really key to most everything we do. They say the more we trust, the more ability we have to navigate the environment to reach our goals. It is like a give and take situation where the more you give the more you get in return.

Some examples of possible behavior in this regard would be the difference between suspicion and giving someone the benefit of the doubt. The former puts up barriers and defenses which may impede progress and actually become limitations, more than protecting us from what we suspect. It may well result in termination. The latter allows things to flow and develop as they will. If all goes well, there will be a successful transaction or exchange as a result.

With that said, nobody should just trust blindly in most cases. We need to create trust by for example doing research and having direct experience; and finding favorable results, we then start to trust that we are going in the right direction and therefore begin t