Why the Five “No”s are Barriers is described in Part one and in Part two a Google video is presented to help you answer the question posed in the article title “Home Based Business Is It For Me?”
Why should your “thinking” change is considered in the article “Home Based Business Owner Mindset”
Does “9-to-5″ thinking work? the answer and other questions are asked in the article “My Mindset”
Why build to wealth?, Why should you be part of a T.E.A.M.? look for the answers or clues to the answers in the article “The Big Question – Why?”
As you grow your business there is always something else to consider. What are the two more things in the article “2 More Things To Consider”
“He believed the formula should be taught in all public schools and colleges, and expressed the opinion that if it were properly taught it would so revolutionize the entire education system that the time spent in school could be reduced to less than half.” Quoted by Napoleon Hill – author of Think and Grow Rich, concerning Andrew Carnegie’s formula.
Andrew Carnegie’s formula, contained in Think and Grow Rich, includes these two ways to Build To Wealth. [1] Purpose and [2] F.O.C.U.S. The Acronym comes from Robert T. Kiyosaki – author of Rich Dad Poor Dad, his acronym stood for Follow One Course Until Successful.
When you have Purpose and Focus you will be on your way. These two things are the beginning because you will need money to build to wealth. You will need education to help you also. Negatives you will need to stay away from are: [1] Laziness [2] Negative opinions from negative people who do not want to see you succeed [3] Your own Negative thinking dragging you from your PURPOSE and stealing your F.O.C.U.S.
I had an idea, to write articles, to share what I knew from my experiences in my home based business because I thought that it would help people if they had access to the right information they could make a educated decision regarding the building of their home based business. For me, my home base business is the sensible, logical, and affordable choice. I realized that my knowledge level had increased beyond the ‘beginner’ I was.
As a result, I had to make a decision do I continue to write articles for beginners or do I continue to learn and share from my experience. I think every beginning business owner comes to that crossroad where he/she has to decide which road they will choose. Remember [1] Purpose and [2] F.O.C.U.S. Choose wisely.
What is building to wealth? Why would you want to do it? Wealth is a word people associate with Donald Trump, Robert Kiyosaki, Warren Buffett, Bill Gates, and list goes on. When the economy takes a downturn, people re-evaluate their priorities. Instead of thinking of what to “cut back”, why don’t we build to wealth? The business owner wants to increase the profits in good times and bad. In bad times, the business owner has to be thinking through even more ideas to hold profits steady or to increase them. America has been the land of opportunity since I was a little toddler. I had an idea, to write articles, to share what I knew from my experiences in my home based business because I thought that it would help people if they had access to the right information they could make a educated decision regarding the building of their home based business.
There are many ways to build to wealth. I narrow the scope to one – home based business. Buildis the key word in build to wealth. Why do I not say “Make Money”? Wealth is a word that means many things. For me it means, the ‘money’ in my pocket that I use to pay my bills. It also means having ‘common sense’ to figure out how I can ‘better’ my situation in life so that my child has money to go to college, I have money for my retirement. So I have to ‘think’ of solutions so I can ‘better’ my life. A man’s thoughts can make him wealthy. When he arrives at a solution which will better his life. A person can have a ‘wealth’ of knowledge on many things. How he/she uses that wealth of knowledge either helps or holds back.
Your home based business will be built by you. But as you learn, the team concept or ’system’ is much better for you. Because when you need answers, you have a resource to ask. You should be an integral part of a team (system) that helps you. Be part of a T.E.A.M. and do not “go it” alone.
A wealth of knowledge does not come from just one person but many. Diversity has ideas but Unity has knowledge. The Founding Fathers of the United States experienced the diversity of ideas first hand. They also knew that unity was necessary to attain the wealth that they all desired. So they had to unify their knowledge and their ideologies to gain something they ALL wanted ultimately — Wealth. They, the founding fathers, had to build to wealth to accomplish what they as a group wanted.
You the reader must decide how you will build to wealth. Home based business is a very good vehicle to accomplish such an objective. The decisions you have to make are many. The money to be made in a home based business is just ONE thing gained. You will also learn how to build as a team because you will begin to see how companies have to work with other companies to accomplish profits for them.
Economy is built by the consumers and the companies providing goods and services for the consumers. The consumers must tell the companies what they want. This requires the consumer to make educated decisions. Decisions that are based on the ecology, products that can be biodegradable, grow products where the nutrients are present and not processed out of them.
People have to take back what belongs to them — their health and their ability to build to wealth.
When you are a home based business owner there are a lot of things to think about and do.
My style of writing tries to be conversational. Even though you are not physically present to carry on the other side of the conversation. I try to anticipate questions. In most cases I use what I have experienced hence my title — My Mindset. It will be benefit you to read Home Base Business Owner Mindset before you read this article. From my own experience, when I take a trip. The trip consists of a beginning, a middle, and an end.
The journey to build wealth is very similar to planning a trip.
When you build to wealth you look to the Internet for answers. I did a search about a year ago. I was looking for another stream of income. I had a 9-to-5 job. I was looking for something else. So I went to the Internet and started my search. There was a multitude of seemingly good opportunities. Each one promised I would be rich overnight or at least by next week. Are you familiar with that promise?
There was no road map to riches. There was no road map period. One of things I hopefully conveyed in Home Base Business Owner Mindset is that the things you learned as a 9-to-5 employee usually do not work for you, if you are considering a home based business. That is Reason One why there are so many failures.
When you decide to become a business owner you will be confronted with many things and by many people. [See my article "Home Based Business Is It For Me?"] Some of things, probably attitudes, will be similar to “things” encountered in your 9-to-5 job. But other things you encounter maybe, for the first time. You may not know if these “new” things are “good” or “bad”?
In Home Base Business Owner Mindset, I asked What is your WHY?. You have to personalize and ask What is MY Why?. The importance of this question lies in 2 areas. (1) Why is this question important to ask? (2) Why should I ask this question instead of asking a different question?
(1) Answering What is MY Why? starts your thinking processes to change. You are looking for a Changed Thinking. The way you consider information using your 9-to-5 job thinking is I go to work -I am at work – I come home from work — You are thinking about your paycheck at the end of week and how it is already spent on things you want and need? Am I right?
(2) If you do not want to answer What is MY Why?. When times get hard, will you quit the business and complain? Because you did not answer the “right” question before you started your chosen business. Reason One — No road map and 9-to-5 ‘thinking’; Reason Two — Not prepared. In Home Base Business Owner Mindset, I asked “Can you plan your trip?”
When you answer the question What is MY Why? You will have the beginnings of a personalized guide for you. You are your TRIP PLANNER. Write down on paper the answers to What is MY Why? KEEP the paper. It will help you with your trip planning. You will know what your chosen business is and know what you will do when the “hard times” come. [your commitment wanes and you want to revert to "pre-business" routines] Loss of Changed Thinking or not changed enough.
For you people who exercise at a gym, Do you lift weights by yourself or with the assistance of a ’spotter’? In Wisdom — “Are TWO heads better than ONE?
You should also seek out someone else who is “farther down” on the same path or road you want to “travel”. It should be a person who will assist you not help you. Some people use the term ‘Mentor’.
In a 9-to-5 job, the only thing you owe YOUR BOSS is a day’s work. When you are a Business Owner YOU are THE BOSS. What do you owe yourself?
Hopefully, I have explained to you a lot of things to be considered when you want to be a Home Based Business Owner.
You see being a Home Based Business Owner is challenging, exciting, and demanding. Throughout the series of articles, I will share my experience to be my best and build my business to provide residual income and financial security for my family.
What this article explores could be called Step One. Can you find IT?
Take a look at this Problogger article. Prepare your mind for new ideas. Can you make connections between the article content and being a home based business owner? The title of the article is
Building a Blog Plan for Success
The author’s name is Shawn Williamson. He is a Salt Lake City writer who documents his journey of escaping the rat race at
DoYouLiveOrSimplyExist.com
His premise is that you have to have a purpose for your blog. Why are you writing a blog? He calls it Basic Questions. He lists the questions the blog writer should ask to determine the reasons for writing. This soul-searching is all done with the purpose of building a plan to write future posts.
I see in his writing not only an answer for me to my question “why do I blog?”. I also see the answer to the question network marketers ask themselves, ask other people in their downline, etc. That question is “What is your “WHY”? WHY do you want to do this business? What drives you? What is your motivation? The answer is they have a business plan, a business model, a pattern to operate their business by. Home Based Business Owners and even Network/Affiliate Marketers HAVE to have a business plan, model or pattern to operate their business by.
If you want to successfully compete in this Global Economy, you MUST have a plan. Do not to make running a home based business complicated.
Make it SIMPLE.! Jeff Ferris is a Business Owner, I know, uses this phrase
“If You Are Not Having FUN — You Are Doing It Wrong”. I must admit that the first time I heard Jeff say this I did not understand, I had mixed emotions.
People that are considering a home based business must change their thinking. That is Step One. Then the planning and asking the question “What is your WHY?” begins the thinking process to consider alternatives and consider “what ifs” and if the thinking process is carried to completion. You will have a home based business or you will have figured out new and varied ways to provide financial security for you and your family.
Step One — Do You See Why “Changed Thinking” Is Necessary?
Your “thinking cap” must be on, the choices are many and maybe confusing at first.
Now plan a trip — This particular trip is called “Your Future”. Did you do Step One? Can you plan your trip?
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have a home based business? I have found out there are many things to consider when you are seriously considering a home based business. This article is in TWO parts – the ‘first part’ will show you obstacles you may encounter in your decision making process. The article is from About.com – Small Business it gives you information to think about. The ’second part’ will show you a video of a successful business person. The video has information that will aid you in your decision making process. Her testimonial includes “how to build your dream home”. Listen closely — Is A Home Based Business For Me?
PART ONE
Break the 5 Barriers to Starting a Business
From Darrell Zahorsky,
Your Guide to Small Business Information.
Many cubicle workers hate their jobs and secretly wish to start a business. It’s the Dilbert environment with a overbearing boss watching every move and taking credit for good ideas that feeds the dream of entrepreneurship. If ever there was a better time to start your own business now would be it. Entrepreneurs today have access to a wealth of knowledge, a variety of support sources and reduced startup costs.
Break the 5 Barriers to Starting a Business
No Money: Having enough money to start a business is claimed by many entrepreneur wannabees to thwarting their dreams. The reality of a successful business is to bootstrap it in the beginning and accomplish the most critical mission of any startup… finding a customer. Forget the fancy office, the cool CEO chair, or glossy four color brochures. It doesn’t take big dollars to start a small business. Over 48% of the Inc. 500 started their business with less than $20,000.
No Time: Working a full-time job, raising a family, and enjoying a weekend out is the common time-filled life when you work in cubeville. Time is a resource we can control. If you’re going to be a successful business owner, mastering time is key. Startups require sacrifices. You have to be willing to give up the weekends to build momentum.
No Benefits: Let’s face it, stepping out of the corporate world without benefits can feel like walking a trapeze without a safety net. It can be easier for a younger, healthy worker to forgo the health benefits offered by a company. For the Baby Boomer startup entrepreneur, health benefits remain a top concern. Think through your decision, use your spouses plan or consider the optional HSA’s (Health Savings Account).
No Family Support: It’s difficult enough to give up the comforts of the corporate world to start a business. Without the support of your family and friends the journey can be challenging. To win the support of your family take the time to explain the business and build a solid business plan. If others can see how you have taken the time to think it through and minimize the risks, they will be more supportive.
No Courage: Dig deep enough and you will often find the reasons for not starting a business are excuses. The biggest barrier to overcome is yourself. Fear is present in all entrepreneurs. An interview with Tony Magee, the CEO of Lagunitas Brewery, on MyPrimeTime says fear is a strong motivationer. Fear drives him daily to succeed. It’s a matter of learning to accept fear as a silent companion you can beat everyday.
Departing from the cube life takes dedication, guts, and a little chutzpa. Millions of business owners have succeeded. Take the plunge today and join the entrepreneurial revolution.
This being my inaugural run in my “new vehicle”. I will be testing out a few things. I will be finding out new things and most probably will change things. I will eventually in the short run or maybe the long run re-arrange, move, or get rid of things. For the immediate present my theme is “change” . I welcome comments on change — do you like it — what you do not like about it — what would you change — other comments are welcome if they are civil, useful, worthy of discussion.
The bluevan changed to the berryvan. The color change is a wonderful idea.
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