When to Start a Home Business?
By John Olson
Posted Wednesday, December 22, 2004
I find that most people seem to start trying to make Money online with a Home Business at the wrong time.
They just lost their job, there spouse just lost theirs or money problems have overwhelmed them. They are in a disparate situation, they need to make money Now, not tomorrow, but Now.
That is exactly the Wrong time to start.
Why?
Because they are looking for something that doesn't exist. Money over night, success in a flash. Instant Riches.
Sorry to say, it doesn't happen that way. Don't believe all the Hype you read on Websites, or posted on Company Message Boards or coming from some upline member above you.
What is the purpose of the Company Website after all?
To get you to join, spend your money or time or both and if it seems to promise that it's going to be easy making money, that they do all the work and you just collect the checks, don't fall for it. They just want your money and your time.
If members post on the Company boards about the hundreds of members they've signed up almost over night, don't think just because they did it, you can.
How did they do it?
They have either spend a Lot of Money Promoting, or paid for sign ups which in the long run will be almost worthless. Or, and most likely of all, they have a Large Mailing List that they have built up over time of people who have joined things with them in the past and trust them.
The same goes for that Heavy Hitter upline of yours who writes everyone below him or her and tells them how easy it was to get sign ups. Hog wash... Easy for them, not so easy for you and the rest of us.
For most of us, it's going to take time and a lot of work.
I will not lie to you and tell you anything is easy, fast or guaranteed. Any program, no matter who says what, is going to take time and work.
So, when is the best time to start trying to make Money in an online Home Business, or any start it yourself business, for that matter?
When you already have a job and money coming in every month. When the bills at home are getting paid and there might be just a little extra to try something new.
Of course if you just inherited a Ton Of Cash and don't need to work, you can start any old time.
The best time to start a business to make Money is when you don't need that Money.
It's like the old saying about Banks loaning you Money only when you can prove you don't need it. Whatever program or company you are in or are thinking of joining, you need to realize it is going to take time and work and that you had better have a way of paying the bills while it builds.
I read about people and get E-mails from others all the time saying they just got laid off, lost their jobs or have extra expenses they can't handle, wanting to know what to do to make it BIG or even small, just enough to pay those bills.
If you are in one of those situations and are already in some program and are hopping if you just hang on one more month or join one more thing it's all going to start working, or you are waiting for that company or program to launch so you can be Rich?
Get yourself a real job and stop dreaming it's going to happen over night or in the next month. Get a real job, and work your program as a second job. And work it as hard as you can.
Work it that way until it's been paying you enough to pay the bills for at least a couple of months if not longer before you even think of getting rid of that real job.
Make sure you take care of family first... They are the most important part of your Life. Make sure the Bills are being paid second, that will help keep your family happy. Then work your program and start to build it.
If you take care of what is important Now, and work your program or business after that is done, you will have success and a better life down the road. Don't be a Dreamer chasing after "Get Rich Quick" schemes. Get Real and take care of yourself and your family first. Then chase your Dreams and build them on solid ground.
Family First, if you take care of them, they will be more likely to stand behind you in your quest. Don't Loose what you have trying to earn what you wish you had.
About the Author
Written by John Olson Owner and Webmaster (http://shop-money-time.com) (http://tgif-marketing.com) Reprint rights available with this Signature only. (c) Copyright, 2003
