Are Your Work At Home Expectations Realistic?

By Quintarsa Malone
Posted Thursday, December 23, 2004

Tips for having realistic work at home goals.

1. You will not get rich quick. If that is what your thinking, you will never find such a program. Sure, you see ads all over the place declaring that you will be making 10,000 a month within 2 months. This is just not realistic, it takes time (and sometimes money) to grow a home business to any kind of significant income. But once you do, its worth every minute (or dime) spent.

2. Money will not fall in your lap. A home business takes work, lots of work. You can not expect to sit on your laurels doing nothing and have the money start rolling in. If you are dedicated and constantly work toward your goal, you will reach it eventually.

3.You must have a plan and set realistic goals. To help your home business succeed you need to have a plan of action. Sit down with a pen and paper and write out your goals. Where you want to be in one month, three months. six months, one year, and three years. Write down how you plan to achieve these goals. After each time frame reevaluate your goals. Were they realistic when you made them? Or do you need to rethink your plan? If you need to rethink your plan don’t feel discouraged, just know that your goals weren’t quite realistic when you started, but you can easily remedy that.

4.You must follow through with your plan. Making a plan is great! But if you just make it and forget about it, your plan will do you no good. Make sure you are doing the things that you put down on paper as your plan. Work on them a little everyday, and soon you will see work at home success!

About the Author
Quintarsa Malone is the owner of (http://legitimate-work-from-home-jobs.com). She is a single mother of two little boys and lives in Northern Indiana.