Quick, Easy Money...And Horse Feathers
by Kirk Bannerman
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Published on this site: February 4th,
2004 - See more
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Enter
the horse feathers.
Does it ever end? I've been involved with Internet-based
home businesses for some time and I continue to be exposed to a seemingly endless
barrage of offers (all costing me money, of course) claiming to be "the secret"
for making a fantastic income, in a very short time, and with very little effort
involved.
I must admit that I may have a slightly self-serving reason for
addressing this topic. My articles are published on my home-based business websites
for the purpose of trying to give prospective team members a true sense of what
is really involved with starting and developing a successful home based business.
The
self-serving part, I suppose, is that I want people joining my team to have the
straight scoop going in so that we don't waste each other's time. I admit to being
selfish in this regard (I don't want to waste time working with people that have
unrealistic expectations), but it is also very efficient for both parties involved,
so it is not a totally one-way thing.
Now, back to the topic at hand. There's
no magic here, folks.
Once you have selected the home business that you
are going to pursue, there are no substitutes for time and effort in developing
your business. A dream of being an "overnight success" is just that,
a dream.
I can tell you from personal experience, that once you "pay
your dues" and begin to have real success with a home based business, it
is really terrific. Think about Nirvana or Valhalla, take your pick, but in any
event it's really sweet.
When I started developing a home based business,
making a good income was obviously an objective, but I also had other sub-objectives.
One of the most important things was to have nearly total time flexibility (I
mean, if I was willing to continue to wear the 9-5 Mon-Fri collar I could just
have just stayed in the previously "traditional" work force).
Time
flexibility was (and still is) a "biggie" for me. Many people working
at home have the same need for various reasons.
For work at home moms, a
home business can be a real godsend to accommodate the hectic time pressures,
particularly when the kids are quite young and mom is also spelled "transportation".
In my own particular case, the reason is not quite so noble...I just
want (need?) to be able to pick up my fly rod and go fishing at a moments notice
(sometimes I'll be gone for a week or two at a time, but now the business has
enough momentum that it keeps on operating just as well as if I were here tending
to it on a daily basis).
Bear in mind, I am only able do the breakaway
thing now that I have put in all the up-front time and effort and now have developed
enough kinetic energy in my home-based Internet business to be able to enjoy the
fruits of my labor.
Kirk Bannerman: Operates a successful home
based business and resides in California. For more
details, visit his website at http://business-at-home.us
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