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What Does It Really Take To Do That Home Business?
By: Ron LeBlanc
So you're there at that webpage again. Looking at all the smiling faces and
all the people telling how they started with five minutes a day and no money
down and now they have a vacation home in Aspen. Is it real? Can average
Joes and Janes really make it that big?
Yes and no. I have personally met many average people who have made many
hundreds of thousands of dollars each in home businesses. Some of them had
impressive educations and backgrounds. Some were pretty unimpressive before.
I've met a tattoo parlor owner, a bouncer, a college coach, and a homemaker.
All of them have made multiple six figure incomes. They were average in
terms of their education and work background, but there are also some things
about them that aren't average at all.
Did they have to train for years and listen to a home correspondence course
of hundreds of CD's? No. Did they go get another degree? No. Did they just
get lucky? I don't think so. The reason I don't think so is because they all
had a few things in common. Logic tells me that if the things they had in
common produced the same result, then maybe that's not luck.
I have known all of these people personally, and I can show you some of the
things that they had in common. If you have/do these things then you also
have a great chance at success. If you don't do these things, then your
chances of success are slimmer.
Firstly, each one of them treats their home business like a real business.
If you don't put your business near the top with family and your current
job, then guess what - you will continue to have that job. What that comes
down to is making decisions like your whole future depends on it. Don't feel
like calling that last contact? Can't attend that company function? That
$2000 for marketing could be used for those new curtains or that new stereo.
Those are the key decisions and all these people made them with their
business in mind first.
Secondly, they all had a very pressing "why" to their business. For some it
was the heartbreak of dropping off their 2-year old in day care. For others
it was a divorce or separation and they would have lost everything. In every
case these people had a "why" that gripped them like a grandmother who
hadn't seen them in three years.
I have seen people who were asked about why they are doing a business or
what their goal was and they were vague such as, "I want to get financially
free", "I want more time at home", you get the picture. Worse yet some
people have a negative reason such as "I want to be out of debt", or "I hate
my job". Those are NOT going to carry you through the hard times.
If you can't tell me right now exactly WHY you want to do a business, then
you may want to consider figuring that out before you get started. Get
really specific and positive. What do you want to accomplish? When do you
want to have it by? What are you going to use the $30k in the next month
for? How much will you give away?
Once you have concrete answers to these questions, then you are ready to
start looking at the how-to.
Author Bio
Ron LeBlanc, PE spent 20+ years in science and engineering when he woke up
to his true potential and began working from home. He lives in Boulder, CO.
