Tuesday Tips

Missed Monday Musings, back to it next week!

Today's tips focus on Homebased business. The top tips to offer those considering working from home are these:

First Tip, it's not an afterthought. If you are in a situation where working from home isn't your first choice, consider your WHY. I have been on both sides of this over many years. The threat of downsizing led me to my first network marketing business that I dearly loved and I made many mistakes doing it part-time. It showed me that I enjoyed entrepreneurship, but managed inventory poorly. I came away from that financially more aware of what profit and loss is.

More importantly, I got the entrepreneurial bug, as I created my own schedule, cared for my customers, designed goal plans and attended learning events. This experience spoiled me for any employer... I had a few more employers after that, and have one now, in fact, although I work from home and am in the process of building my own online business also.

Second Tip: The most important lesson I have learned about this is that no matter who you are working for, it is ultimately YOU that calls the shots even in an employment relationship.

Empowerment is choosing how you are going to "fill your current space" as Wallace Wattles says in his classic, The Science of Getting Rich. I call it to "Stand Up Within" no matter what your external circumstances are. Within a job, you can expand your vision to enjoy it more, to contribute more, to see with gratitude what gifts this situation may develop in your character.

If you are building your own homebased business and NOT THERE YET in your own estimation, just consider this question for a moment. What if all that you need for complete success is within you?


Third Tip: Being grateful or complaining brings more of the same. I always choose to be grateful. I don't know if it was given to me at birth or if I learned it, but I know that it grows like a virus. It's a lot better virus to have than a cold!

Draw on your internal gifts and find a trait that you can be grateful that you do have. A question I often ask myself, is "What's GOOD about that?" especially when it's negative. You will be surprised to find that soon there will be opportunities that you notice whether ways to market your business, or learn a skill you wish to improve, or cross paths with a new customer or business partner.

Final Tip for Today: Write a NEW Story. Rewrite the story of your homebased business. Make a future business that you can step into. Create your dream business, designed by you. Visualize it in detail, then STEP INTO IT. As Ellie Drake has taught, it really is Easier Done That Said! So, I'm going to go do it right now.

Back to it,
Best for now,
Mary