Always Working at Home

When Roger Bannister, after breaking the 4-minute mile, was interviewed, (1956) he was asked to describe how he did it. He replied: “It’s the ability to take more out of yourself than you’ve got.” That is one of those quotes that you want to always refer to in order to stay motivated.

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Can We Do It All? What a bizzy life to have a Day Job AND a Home Business, (not to mention family responsibilities). However sacrifices may be necessary, because it may be critical to have more than one source of income; AND it may just be a good idea (multiple streams of income) to make some extra money.

There are many different motivations for people to want to start their own business. For whatever reason, if they are willing to work hard, then they can have whatever level of involvement they want in their home business, or at least that which is accept

Affiliate Programs: How to Earn While You Learn

It is very easy to join an affiliate program. You can start advertising the same day as they give you your affiliate web page link. That is literally all there is to it as far as planting the seed and starting out. The program provides the product or service that you can earn money from if you are able to sell it.

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So far you have invested nothing – no time, no effort (yet) and the only money you have spent so far is the membership dues if applicable. You are getting a very fair deal in most cases if there are no contracts other than month-to-month (no contract should be a requirement when determining which program you want to start out with).

Just factor in what you would have had to spend to start a business without being able to join an affiliate program. Consider the cost of market research and product development, programming, website developmen

Starting a New Business – Staying Positive

It could be that one reason life presents challenges is that we would be easily bored if it didn’t. Another reason some believe is that overcoming difficulty builds character and makes us stronger. There is probably truth to both those beliefs. So certainly starting a new business, while not ‘rocket science’, is going to present some obstacles.

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One major obstacle is mindset – whether it is your own negativity or those who are close to you – your spouse, family and/or friends. For some reason they are going to be the most critical, and where you might expect a supportive and affirming atmosphere, you are likely going to encounter negativity about your new venture.

Another real true theory that is relevant here is ‘fear of the unknown’, and maybe that is what scares people and makes them so wary of going out on a limb to tr