Sunday, June 15, 2008

The Easy Home Based Business Myth

Are you looking for an easy home based business to pay for those bills and your next holiday? If so, The first thing you should know, all home based business are easy. Easy in the way that they are easy to start or join. However, we will not beat around the bush and say that becoming successful in your own home based business will be easy.

So how do you become successful in your own home based business?. Firstly, how do you measure success? Assuming that you are looking to make some extra cash with your own home based business, rating success may be reflective of how much money you can make or how many people you can help through your efforts. How you rate your success is totally up to you.

Once you understand what it takes to become successful you will understand why there is no such thing as an EASY home based business. Don't just take our advice, go ahead and ask any successful business owner and see how they answer your question.

Exercise - look in your local phone book and choose a dozen businesses. Once you have chosen your businesses, call them up and ask if you could talk to the owner. Ask the receptionist or whoever answers the phone that you are doing a study on entrepreneurs in the local area and would like to talk to the owner. Once you get through to the owner say "Hi, I was wondering if you could help me out? I am looking to start my own business and it would mean a lot to me to hear some stories from you about your journey to becoming a successful businessman/businesswoman". Be interested and let the conversation guide you. Enjoy the ride. This can be an exhilarating and informative venture.

You are probably thinking, there is no way I am going to do that, but just remember, you cannot expect to learn or advance without stepping out of comfort zone. If you do, it will bring you one step closer to becoming an owner of your own successful home based business. So give it a go!

Benjamin Disraeli, once Prime Miinster of the UK once said "One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes".

So what home-based business options are avaliable?

There are Literally thousands of business opportunities to pick from, but no other home based business opportunity presents itself better than network marketing/MLM. In particular, network marketing/MLM is one of the cheapest and fastest growing home based business opportunities worldwide and has one of the highest income generating potentials. In fact, you could get started in a network marketing business for as little as $50 or splash out and still not spend more than $4000.

We are not saying that network marketing is an easy home based business opportunity - it is not, but than again what is easy? For you to succeed you need to be a self-motivated individual with a desire to become successful. We do not recommend network marketing to people who are NOT highly self-motivated.

Just a little word of advice from those who have been in the network marketing industry for many years and seen those who succeed and those who do not; if you do not possess the desire to succeed in life, then network marketing will probably offer you little more than business experience and a few good networks. On the other hand if you want to be successful in life, you know what you want, and are willing to work towards achieving it then you are the kind of person that will do very well in the industry. I encourage you to be open minded and look into this business model as your vehicle to financial freedom. It could be the answer you have been looking for.

This article was written to help you understand that an EASY home based business is a lazy mans dream and not reality. A successful home based business is a dream of the wealthy and a dream I hope you hold. I wish you all the best on your journey to finding your perfect home based business.