Many people who toy with the idea of starting their own
business and working at home, don't realise that you need
to put in a great deal of effort if you are to be
successful. People thinking about working at home
day-dream about being able to leave the alarm switched off
and lie in bed as long as they want. They picture
themselves quitting their job and telling the boss "goodbye
forever". They imagine themselves lazing about on the
patio on sunny days and snuggled up on the sofa while less
fortunate people are out in the cold doing the daily
commuting routine. They imagine themselves as stating
their occupation as "CEO" and they picture the healthy bank
balance that goes with that particular territory.
Working at home can include all that and more but the whole
picture is not all rosy. Strangely, the thing all too many
people leave out of their work at home day-dreams is the
"work" part. It is, after all, working at home and not
"messing around at home" we are talking about; you don't
earn yourself a healthy bank balance by spending your time
messing about. To be your own boss you need to possess
certain attributes. The following are four attributes you
need to have a successful home business.
Commitment. You must be 100% committed to your home
business. There is no boss looking over your shoulder
ready to tell you what to do and when to do it. If you
want to make money, you must be prepared take full
responsibility for everything involved in your business.
You are bound to encounter obstacles and disappointments,
that is the way life is; you have to deal with those things
and continue working to build up your business.
Organisation. You must be capable of organising your work
and able to recognise the need for a proper schedule. If
the work does not get done, there is nobody to fall back
on, the buck stops with you. A flexible schedule was one
of the things that attracted you to working at home but,
before a schedule can be flexed, it has to be planned in
detail.
Goal Setting. Working at home in your own business is not
like being employed. It's not a matter of going to the
office each day and doing whatever tasks the boss assigns
to you. You need to know where you want your business to
go and what steps you need to take to achieve your goals.
Focus. This is the hardest thing for most people when they
first start working at home. The numerous distractions
begging for your attention when you work at home make it
easy to lose focus and waste time. These distractions
exist in all sorts of forms: for instance, a ringing phone,
a friend dropping by or just the allure of the chance to
get out for a stroll on a sunny day. You cannot afford to
let yourself be distracted and you need to be able to
regain your focus quickly if anything intervenes when you
are working.
Working at home successfully requires the individual to put
in time and effort. People who make a success of working
at home have certain character traits that you will need if
you are to succeed as your own boss. If you fail to
realise what is involved, you will not make money working
at home.
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Elaine Currie is the owner of the Free Work At Home
Directory at http://www.huntingvenus.com and author of the
book Ezine Article Writing - 10 Steps To Success. You can
download the book free of charge in pdf format at:
http://www.huntingvenus.com/free_ezine_articles_writing_eboo
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