Are you thinking it might be time to take control and work for yourself? To be master of your own destiny and chart your own future, instead of slaving away in a dead end 9-5 job?
I had the same thoughts about 5 years ago - and have successfully nurtured my home based enterprise into an international business of which I am enormously proud - and which has absolutely changed my life so much for the better that I still have to pinch myself some days!
But I am jumping ahead...
It's not always easy (and can be very difficult and sometimes confusing) to work out how and where to start. I know... I went down that road too.
So lets begin at the beginning... with YOU!
The degree to which YOU are up for this challenge is everything in the first instance.
There are a number of things about yourself that you really need to be thinking about:
How much do you really want to redesign your life? How much does this mean to you? What will you and your life look like 5 years, 10 years down the track if you stay on the track you are currently on? (and let's face it... most of us work our tails off for 40 odd years, pay our bills, pay our taxes... and die without leaving any substantial financial legacy behind us. In my view - that's a pretty odd plan for a life... and a long way from what we imagined we would do with our lives in our earlier days!)
So - how much do you want a different future - and what sacrifices are you prepared to make to achieve that? Do you want much more from your life and efforts - without making any extra effort?
If that's the case - I suggest you stay employed by someone else. If you are prepared to learn new skills and develop a higher value to the marketplace than you currently command - then self employment could be for you.
How teachable and receptive are you to new ideas and new ways of thinking and behaving? Will you embrace gladly the notion of personal growth and personal discipline? You want more - you have to become more!! Are you prepared to learn and grow and develop as an entrepreneur - or would you rather someone else takes the responsibility?
In business - you don't get paid for turning up... you get paid for the value you bring to the marketplace. Are you prepared to understand that and work on learning how to add value to what you offer the marketplace? The marketplace pays on value - not on need, or hours used.
Are you a stayer or a quitter? (see point one!) Are you going to finish what you start and see it through? Focus, patience and self discipline are common to people who are successful in any field of endeavour (sport, the arts, business... doesn't matter!)
You will never truly succeed at anything if you are prone to tantrums and giving up as soon as something doesn't go the way you expected or wanted... and things in business will sometimes go wrong!
Are you EXCITED and PASSIONATE about the future that could be yours if you work for yourself and get it right? Are you liberated by the idea that you can become more valuable and with work and time can totally reshape the future for yourself and your loved ones? Are you committed to your vision - or at least the possibilities? Do you BELIEVE you can change your destiny and do something "different" - or do you think that's not really possible for you? Has life got you by the throat - and you can't see any possible way of that changing... or are you ready to fight for your future and make it a reality?
The emotion and belief you have for this new direction as a real and totally valid future for you... is what will "make" you (see point 1) or cause you to fail.
So... if you feel you stack up on the "you" issue... then the other major issue is...
Kim Bassett runs an international internet based home business from Queensland, Australia. She has guided hundreds of home business entrepreneurs all around the world to success. For further information please visit her web site.
