Yesterday I heard the news which is all too common these days and caused me to reflect on why starting a home based business - so I could work at home- is such a good idea - the price of petrol has just gone up AGAIN!
There's no doubt that as the world changes, populations increase, demands for fossil fuels and, power, water and all the other necessities of life increase the cost of living causing many professional and hourly-paid workers to give serious consideration to work at home. Now, perhaps more than ever before to work at home is becoming a very real choice for the average 'joe' struggling to keep pace with the torrent of increased living costs. Of course, to a large extent it all depends on the "comfort level" experienced.
What I mean by that is if I'm a sales executive enjoying a better-than average salary, operating and having private use of a company car, mobile phone, medical protection plan etc. giving that up to work at home might just be a pipe dream.
However, a feature of modern day business is that 'nothing is for certain anymore' meaning that even so called successful companies can go to the wall - almost overnight. So, comfort levels can change very quickly and each time it does the person directly involved often finds themselves re-thinking their options and to work at homegest plenty of attention.
I know, it's happened to me and I didn't see it coming either!
One day I was riding high in a new sole-charge position going about my business throughout the whole of the country when out of the blue I get a telephone call that changed my life forever. Even then I didn't immediately think about choosing to work at home.I felt confident that I could find another job, after all, "I had skills"! I had always been 'a very employable person' and could see no reason why I wouldn't be as lucky as before.
But often in today's circumstances things change all the time - seruptitiously and often go un-noticed until one day, you look up and suddenly become aware that the change has been terminal. There's no way back.
Now this is a hard fact to swallow at anytime. But nothing strikes home more than Job Loss and in the USA in 2008 there's going to be plenty of it - caused by all kinds of reasons. Oh sure, there'll be a lot of people who'll think as I did.That "something else will come along, another chance, another opportunity. But for many people it will be a profound turning point in their lives. To these people I say, "Think about Noah - he got a message and prepared himself well for what was coming"!
Can work at home be a saviour? The answer to that depends very much on your attitude and your ability to adapt - because being able to adapt become essential! Twenty plus years ago, we could be forgiven for thinking that the computers were not going to rule our lives but increasingly what do we see? Suddenly EVERYTHING seems to be driven by a computer.
When I was a kid in England, I hadn't even heard of a computer unitl I was in my teens.
Fast forward twenty years and I recall a very important message being delivered by the CEO of our company one day. That message came from an entrepreneur, an astute businessman - from whom I learned much in the ensuing 15 years. The message was that "The company was aiming to computerise the management processes wherever possible and as senior staff members we should decide to move with the times or face an uncertain future".
I have never forgot that day. It made a huge impact on me because soon afterwards I went out and purchased a computer "For my kids to play with". But secretly I had taken the message to heart - not for the purpose or intention to work at home but to do my best to stay a head of the game and remain employed!
I am revealing this information for a reason. If you haven't thought of choosing towork at home - I strongly suggest that you do so!
Where to start? Well there's many possible answers to that but from my experience I would recommend FOUR key courses of action:
Avoid jumping into 'get rich quick' schemes - they're too plentiful once you learn how to boot up your computer and go online. You'll be inundated with them and they'll suck up your cash real quick - with nothing in return.
Decide to re-educate yourself. Learn HOW to work at homeand build a home based business
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Frank Heath
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