Don’t Forget to Do Your Work at Home

There are several conceptual issues that seem to confuse people who try to build a business where they can work at home. Literally the word ‘w-o-r-k’ seems to confuse some people from different perspectives. While working at home is not a ‘j-o-b’ you still need to take it seriously and actually do the w-o-r-k.

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Some will balk at a business plan the minute they realize that it does involve work. They want so to believe that they can get something for nothing, that there is a magic sauce, that they can just posture as a home business entrepreneur and thereby attract money.

While it is true we may have an aversion to work because of hostile work environments and the jobs we have all had to take in order to survive, there is never an excuse for laziness or slacking, and it really can be fatal to a new home business because it will ne

Creating a Business Plan for your Home Business

When you are first determining what all is involved with having a home business, you must have some kind of loose plan, even if it is just the desire to have a business. It does take a bit more organization and planning to make it happen vs. imagining. Compare what your plan is presently and project all the way out to what you believe it should be or will be ‘someday’.

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Since you will be the primary practitioner it is all about your abilities, ranging from attitude to skill level. Your qualifications and skills that you have acquired in your lifetime are the core resources you have to work with. They represent the foundation that you will build upon to create a profitable business.

It is important from a few different perspectives that you be confident in what you can bring to the table – especially when you are in new territory. New like starting a business of your

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