5 Things To Consider Before You Start Working From Home
You may have heard about the fantastic advantages available when you work from home, but there are some important things to consider before you start. Lets have a look at 5 of them to ensure that this is the right career for you……Firstly, you need self-discipline and lots of it! Working from home provides a lot of distractions, phone-calls, television, house-work (sadly it has to be done!) to name some. It is imperative that you work out a daily schedule and STICK to it. Draw up a weekly diary incorporating all areas of your business activities and other duties that you need to do each day. For instance, the first couple of hours of your day may be child related, getting the kids ready for school etc. So say, after 9am you are free to pursue your home business until maybe 12 when you break for lunch. Then back to work until 2.30 or so when you then do your house-work. This may not be the exact way that you structure your day, but the main thing is that you have a program and you maintain it. It took me a while to work this one out and once I mapped out my day ahead, I stopped veering off into non-business related areas.Make sure that the business you are planning on getting involved with, is something that you believe in. The product or service you are offering has to really resonate with you, otherwise you will wind up losing interest and ultimately falling by the way-side as many would-be entrepreneurs do. If you have a passion for say personal development, investigate the options that are available in that area.There are a lot of scammers out there offering lots of “get rich quick schemes”. Ensure you do all your home-work and back-ground checks and remember, if it sounds too good to be true, it more than likely is!Be careful when you join any company, that there is more than adequate training provided. On-line businesses like any new career move, require experience and guidance. The more professional companies offer easy to follow, step by step instructions and one-on-one mentoring which provides you with the tools to get you up and running. Choose someone that you relate to and you know will always be available to help you out if should need it. On top of that, you dont have to be a computer whiz to be successful. I knew little or nothing about computers before I started and now I know more than my sons!Remember that it doesn’t have to cost a fortune to start your own home business. There are plenty of businesses available that will set you up for as little as $2000. Initial set-up costs are an important consideration when you are thinking of leaving a traditional job, but don’t believe that out-laying a lot of money will guarantee success. I first started out with a $1200 investment and so was comfortable that if this wasn’t the business for me, then I hadn’t spent too much money finding out.So if the idea of…….* Being your own boss,* Choosing your hours of work,* Having more time for yourself, your family and your friends,* Working from the comfort of your own home,* Setting up your financial freedom,appeal to you and you use the guide-lines I have provided above, then I believe that a work from home business could be just what you have been looking for. What do you have to lose?
