Are You
Missing Your Chance to Work at Home?
(c) Copyright 2003, Sharon Davis
Have you missed the turnoff that leads to your dream of working at
home?
Wouldn't that be disappointing? No one likes to think that they
have wasted their chance, missed their opportunity. But that's exactly
what happens to many.
Sometimes you can become so focused on a single-minded purpose that
you miss the opportunity when it presents itself. Maybe it wasn't the
goal that you started out with, but that doesn't mean that it's not
the right path to follow.
Years ago, I left my career to stay at home with my kids. I
remember the months after I had made up my mind… I was obsessed with
my dream of becoming a stay-at-home mom. It was all I could think
about: How would we make it happen? Could we afford it? I dreamed of
watching my girls play from our porch, cooking dinner every night,
having the time to work in their classrooms, go to their sporting
events.
Long story short, we did it. It wasn't easy; I quit my job, we
moved to a different area, my husband had to transfer. But we did it.
It was just as I had dreamed it would be… for a while. But it
didn't take long for my restless nature to crash the party. I soon
realized that I needed professional interaction. I also needed to be
able to contribute to the household income, as much for personal
fulfillment as out of financial necessity.
So, I decided that I should try to find a job that I could do from
home. I'd have the best of both worlds. I knew that I had valuable
skills and experience. It never occurred to me to start a business-
I'd never owned a business before so it never crossed my mind. I just
wanted a job.
Of course, once I started looking around I realized that finding a
job that I could do from home was not going to be easy.
Then I came across an ad for an opportunity to promote an
educational product. I would earn commissions on my own sales as well
as the sales made by any others that I invited to join. That's right,
it was a Multi Level Marketing opportunity, not that I really knew
what that was at the time. It looked pretty easy, so I gave it a try.
What ended up happening was that I earned enough money to start my
own business. I plunged every penny that I made into building the
business that I run today, 2Work-At-Home.com.
An MLM was not what I was looking for, but it ended up being the
right road. It's not something I wanted to spend the rest of my life
doing, but it helped my to achieve my goal. And that goal wasn't even
the one I started out with. I'm really glad that I didn't miss my
turnoff.
Here are 5 tips that will help you to avoid missing your chance to
work at home:
Be open-minded. If I had been as closed-minded as many
people are about MLM's, I would probably still be trying to run my
website with a free webhosting account. Ask yourself, "why not?" and
educate yourself before closing the door on an opportunity.
Recognize when what you're doing isn't right for you.
Sometimes you work so hard to achieve a goal, you fail to see the
forest for the trees. Be honest with yourself and whether or not a
situation is right for you.
Don't waste your time. We all know by now that there are no
typing jobs out there, right? Stop going down the dead-end roads of
the home typist, ad placing and mail processor jobs.
Be flexible. Be open to changing your plans, and even to
completely revising your goals. This doesn't mean that you should
spend all your time waffling between one goal and another, but that
you should have the courage to follow a different path if it calls
you.
Have faith in yourself to follow through with your goals.
It's so easy to take the path of least resistance and give up. It's
hard work no matter which path you choose, but isn't it worth it?
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Sharon Davis, Work-At-Home expert, author and consultant,
helps people to achieve their goal of working at home,
telecommuting or starting a home business.
www.2Work-At-Home.Com
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