For Parents Wanting to start a business at Home - Perserverance

For Parents Wanting to start a business at Home – Perseverance and a Little Common Sense Advice

Perseverance has got to be part of your business plan when you decide to quit your job, stay home with the kids and make a living.

In 1997 I had my first child. I was prepared to be a stay at home mom until the reality of the one income family sunk in. No more extras. Yes I was truly delighted to be there with my new baby for every coo, expression and moment but when you realize that you are pinching pennies just for the necessities the shiny stay at home mom illusion begins to fade.

Thankfully my husband had purchased a computer for the home right before my first bundle of joy came along. I sat in front of that thing every moment the baby was a sleep or when everyone called it quits for the night. I didn’t have a clue what to do but I knew I had to do something. More on what I did in another article. My husband was reasonably supportive at first but became more and more annoyed about his wife being downstairs at 2am than in bed.

Fortunately I stuck to my perseverance business plan. After another 2am session my husband threatened to throw the computer out on the street. I held my guns and a week later a paycheck arrived. Then another and another and another and another you get the point. Today I make more money from home than 95% of the population of my state does going to work everyday.

There are huge ups and downs and some days I ache for a steady paycheck. On those days I weigh the pros and cons and nearly 8 years later I still can’t see any job being financially or personally as rewarding as running a business from you own home.

I offer this to you. If you are thinking of starting a business from home using the internet here is some of my own personal advice.

Be leery of those offers that tell you $1000 per month your first 30 days. It definitely can happen. I have several friends in the network marketing industry who are making more than 6 figures per year. These stories are absolutely true but be absolutely prepared to sell your butt off day in and day out those first 30 days. If you go this route find the big cheese in your upline. Make friends and copy everything they do down to the letter.

Have cash behind you. No matter if you go with a pre designed business opportunity or you make your own. You are going to need a few months worth of cash on hand to cover your living expenses and your marketing expense. The saying is true you need money to make money. Your marketing budget can be as little as $100 but you must have something to start marketing with. If at all possible at least $3000 spent in the right places can get you started pretty quickly.

Just try. When you come up with your own ideas to make money from home just try. Who gives a darn what people think. You can laugh at them while you are putting your paycheck in the bank and watching your kids reach there latest milestone. There will be those who don’t believe in you. There will be those who are scared senseless to do anything but the 9 – 5 job. Who cares! Let those comments roll off your back. You are going to FAIL and FAIL and FAIL. That’s how you learn. My first pay checks were $5 and $10. I see paychecks coming in now for $5000 and $10,000. I still fail today and will fail tomorrow, but every once in awhile something big happens and gives me enough energy to try the next thing. To this day even after 8 years of making our mortgage payments I still have people that say it will never work.

Charity Adams
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