If you have a 9 to 5 job, you no doubt have had some very
pleasant daydreams about working from home. You know the
kind: you wake up any time you like, put your feet up on
your desk (complete with your fuzzy slippers), blithely
start a load of laundry between phone calls, happily plant
flowers during your lunch break, grab your laptop and head
to the park with your kids.
Working from home is the dream of millions of corporate
workers who would love the freedom of being their own boss.
While there is a definite upside to working at home (yes,
you can wear your fuzzy slippers whenever you like!), do you
really to know what it takes to work day-in, day-out from
your home$%:
There are certain characteristics of a successful home
business owner that have little to do with the love of
unfettered freedom (although that certainly does help).
Before you take the leap and join the ranks of the 20
million Americans working from home, ask yourself the
following questions:
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1. Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit$%: You need to be
self-assured and have an "I can do it myself" attitude.
Period. Okay, you can have your weak moments, but overall,
you do need to have confidence in yourself and your
talents - and the ability to communicate that to other
people, namely, your potential clients.
2. Do you have a working knowledge of finance, marketing,
record-keeping and secretarial skills$%: Don't be fooled into
thinking that because you're "the boss" that you are exempt
from grunt work - including dusting your own office
furniture and backing up your own computer files. While
there may come a time when you can hire people to do this
for you, you will drive yourself into bankruptcy if you have
a prima-dona attitude.
3. Are you an expert at something$%: You need to have a solid
idea of what kind of business you will have at home. Having
several years of experience in your line of work in the
corporate arena will be invaluable in helping you get
clients - which will be the lifeblood of your business.
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4. Do you have a cushion$%: Not only for your chair, but in your
bank account. You will either need a spouse working
full-time with benefits and/or three to six months of living
expenses tucked away in a savings account.
5. Can you work alone$%: Can you live without the water-cooler
gossip, meetings, lunch with colleagues every day$%: Running
a home business can be a lonely proposition. However, this
can be remedied by joining a network of other work-at-home
professionals or your local Chamber of Commerce. Once
you've made those connections that sense of being trapped on
a desert island will begin to disappear.
6. Do you have a strong work ethic$%: If you work from home,
it is all too easy to get distracted by things that have
nothing to do with work - like Internet chat rooms, the TV,
the neighbors, you name it -- and can easily sap your time
which IS money.
7. Do you have the support of your family$%: Working from
home can seem like you are not working at all...after all, who
is looking over your shoulder$%: It is easy for family
members not to take what you do seriously, particularly if
you don't take yourself or your business seriously. Make
sure you set yourself up with an office that is not used for
anything else - this is particularly important for tax
purposes if you want to deduct the space of your home
office. You also need to explain your work arrangements
with your friends, former coworkers and family and set
definitely office hours so you will not be endlessly
interrupted by family members or friends who discover you're
now "at home" and available to run errands.
8. Do you have passion, a vision, and a desire to succeed$%:
You need to love what you do. A threadbare clich:%$eacute;$%: Perhaps,
but at the end of the day, what's the point of having a home
business if you are not nuts about it$%: That zeal is what
will get you through the rough spots and keep you plugging
away when you start to think that maybe you're crazy for
starting a home business.
9. Do you know how to keep it all in balance$%: Ironically,
running a home business can leave you little time to be with
your family because you're always working. It is important
to be able to put up a strong barrier between your family
life and work life. Not doing this will lead to burn-out
and very strained family relationships. And, isn't that why
you wanted to leave corporate life in the first place$%:
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