Facts and Myths of Working From Home

Facts and Myths of Working From Home
With the rise in popularity of working from home, there are
of course going to be many myths that pop up and float
around about it. Regardless of what you may or may not have
heard, the simple fact is that millions of people are
making home-based businesses work for them, proving that
the vast majority of the myths are false. Perhaps you'll
prove them wrong, too.

You'll Get Rich Quick

Starting a home-based business is not the same as buying a
lottery ticket and hoping your numbers come up. A
home-based business is like most businesses. It takes a lot
of hard work and no small amount of time to build
sufficient income to make a full-time living.
Unfortunately, the world of home-based business is full of
all kinds of get-rich-quick come-ons and
overpromised-but-underperforming "opportunities." If you
focus on working hard to create a business where you can do
what you love, serve your customers, and make money at the
same time, it will most likely be for the long term and not
overnight, however, so will your happiness and success.

You Can't Make Any Money

Money magazine commissioned a study of the earnings of
home-based businesses in 1996 and found that 20 percent of
home businesses reported gross business incomes between
$100,000 and $500,000 a year. Most recently, the research
firm IDC found the average income for income-generating
home office households to be $63,000 a year. So yes, you
can definitely make good money by working from home. The
key is to provide something people will pay for and then
pour your heart and soul into it. It should be something
that you enjoy doing, since that is usually a main reason
that people choose to work from home in the first place!

If You're At Home, You Must Not Be Working

Most home-based business owners feel the effects of this
myth from time to time. Because you're working at home, and
not in an office or store or workshop, you're not really
working at all. But as anyone who works at home will tell
you, nothing could be farther from the truth. That fact
still doesn't stop your friends and family from calling and
visiting you. If you find that people don't believe that
you're working when you're working from you home, try
setting regular business hours and let all your friends and
family know what they are. It's also good to set up
separate phone lines for your business and your home, and
be discipline enough to answer only your business line
during your "business" hours. Don't fall into the trap of
running people's errands during your workday. Don't be shy;
be polite, but firmly let your non-business callers know
that you're busy and that you'll get back to them when you
take a break or after work.

Although these are just a few of the many myths about
working from home, it just goes to show you that you can
work from home easily if you choose to, and still be
successful with some hard work and discipline.

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