| A home business can make you money and there | | | | food bought at an exorbitant price at fast |
| are millions of people the world over who can | | | | food outlets! |
| testify to this. | | | | |
| | | | Somebody working from home might be limiting |
| Often when I write an article about working | | | | their chances of becoming fabulously wealthy |
| from home I get hit by emails and | | | | but with lower overheads, less time spent |
| correspondence that state that there are many | | | | stuck in traffic jams, more quality time with |
| failures and that it is impossible to make | | | | the family and total freedom to work the |
| serious money from a home business. | | | | hours they choose... who needs all that money |
| | | | anyway? |
| My answer to this is that the failure rate | | | | |
| for home businesses are the same or even | | | | It is a foolish person indeed who does not |
| lower than people who choose to start a | | | | seriously evaluate how they too could |
| traditional business primarily because | | | | possibly escape the rat race! I guess this |
| overheads are significantly lower. It is a | | | | statement is slightly unfair because there |
| fact that many people who start in business | | | | are many people who enjoy running their |
| for the first time do end up losing all their | | | | business and would never dream of working |
| money but who ever said that this was not the | | | | from home but for many who are unhappy with |
| case? | | | | their current lifestyle it is a choice that |
| | | | they should not overlook. |
| Yes, you will also hear stories about people | | | | |
| who started a home business and now shop in | | | | So if you are thinking of starting a home |
| the budget discount stores but there are many | | | | business what is the best way to go about it? |
| out there who are enjoying escaping the rat | | | | Research, market analysis, careful planning, |
| race and living a great life. | | | | respect for other members of the household |
| | | | and a lot of hard work are required in the |
| On the flip side I can also tell you horror | | | | initial stages. Running any type of business |
| stories about business owners who ended up in | | | | is not for the feint hearted and involves a |
| bankruptcy paying exorbitant rents and rates | | | | lot of sheer effort, blood, sweat and tears. |
| for large premises, big cars and huge numbers | | | | Anybody who tells you otherwise is a fool. |
| of staff. Many of them are also now shopping | | | | |
| in budget discount stores. | | | | You will also need the ability to work |
| | | | unsupervised and being at home, there are |
| Small business owners the world over often | | | | many distractions including the television, |
| feel like they are in a prison cell unable to | | | | the garden, your comfortable bed and |
| escape the daily grind of making ends meet. | | | | hopefully the well stocked fridge! |
| The main reason for this is usually down to | | | | |
| the costs associated with their high street | | | | Do not ignore the doom and gloom merchants |
| business premises. They probably spend half | | | | who say it cannot be done but do pay heed to |
| of their time and profits just covering the | | | | the reasons they give. Most likely it is |
| cost of their place of work! | | | | because they failed to succeed at home or |
| | | | they know someone else who failed. It is |
| Many entrepreneurs waste a couple of hours a | | | | possible to learn a lot from reading and |
| day traveling to and from their business | | | | understanding other people's war stories. |
| premises stuck in traffic jams, looking for | | | | |
| parking and getting angry and irritated at | | | | If you are successful in setting up a home |
| the same time. They face high fuel bills, | | | | business and you do start making serious |
| traffic fumes, police with speed cameras, | | | | money then you can have a private chuckle at |
| traffic wardens and end up eating unhealthy | | | | all the people who said it could not be done. |