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By Kirk Bannerman
From what I have seen and experienced, to quit is the
greatest
temptation during the first year of working at a home-based
business. If smoking was like working at a home-based
business,
the occurence of lung cancer would be dramatically reduced.
It is a known fact that a majority of the people that
undertake
a work at home business do not achieve real success. There
are
several reasons for this, but one of the primary reasons is
that
these people get frustrated and do not allow themselves
enough
time to succeed.
In the early going, one of the most difficult things about
developing a new home based business is dealing with the
emotional
roller coaster that can result from the highs (successes)
and lows
(temporary setbacks) you are almost certain to experience.
Once
you have done the research and decided on a particular home
based
business opportunity, you really need to focus on
persistence and
realize that any real business will not just automatically
become
successful in a matter of days or weeks. You should be
prepared to
give it your best sustained effort for at least 6 to 12
months in
order to begin to build a solid business base and begin to
see
some good income.
Highs and lows were something that I
began to notice when I first
started a home based business. I have many years of top
level
management experience in "traditional" corporations and have
experienced lots of business cycles (corporate "ups and
downs"),
but the natural "ups and downs" that occur in a home
business
(particularly in the early stages) can be brutal from an
emotional standpoint if you don't prepare yourself in
advance for
the fact that it is a basic law of nature...it will be a
rocky
road until you have spent enough time and effort to build
your
business to a level that sort of smoothes out the peaks and
valleys.
The impact of the highs and lows you will probably
experience in
developing your home based business is amplified by the fact
that
you are now in business on your own. You are the boss and
get to
make all the decisions, but you are also on your own in
dealing
with the frustrations that will occur along the way while
you are
developing your business.
When working at home a person can, at times, experience a
feeling
of isolation which is probably brought on by the lack of
interaction of a work force environment.
There can also be periods of doubt in the early going...gee,
did
I pick a viable business opportunity?...am I doing the right
things to develop my business?...when will I start making a
profit?, and so on.
You are most likely going to experience the "two steps
forward
and one step backward" syndrome and the ever-looming
temptation
to become discouraged. However, keep in mind that as long
as you have more steps going forward than backward, you will
eventually get ahead! Simple, but often overlooked.
Relatively minor setbacks can seem huge in the early stages
of
developing a work at home business and can really contribute
to
some noticeable "mood swings". For example, if you are just
starting out and you have four customers/clients and you
happen
to lose one...that's a 25% drop! However, if you
fast-forward in
time to the point where you have hundreds of
customers/clients
and you lose one...that's just a mere fraction of 1%!
Exactly
the same event, just at a different point in time.
Hang in there and just keep on keepin' on. If you have
chosen a
viable home business opportunity (one that has been around
for
awhile and in which some other people are having success)
you
will achieve success, but it takes time and there will be
ups and
downs along the way. Remember the old saying..."it takes a
long
time to become an overnight success".
About the author:
Kirk Bannerman operates a successful home based business and
coaches others seeking to start their own home based
business.
Visit his website at
Legitimate Home Based Business for more details.
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