If you are a work at home parent, there will come a time when you wonder if you have chosen the right path. Whether the question is born of work seeming to take over your family time, a lack of disposable income (yes, not all work at home parents are fabulously wealthy no matter what the television commercials tell you), lack of time, lack of tolerance, or just a feeling that you really still don't have the time you thought you would have to spend with your family at the end of the day.

Many of us decided to work from home so that we would be able to spend more time with our children and family. Isn't it amazing how building that business can take so much time and effort that at the end of the day we barely have the energy left to call Domino's much less actually read a book or toss a ball with our kids. We will reach the point at some point, where we will seriously question our decision and doubt our commitments.

For those times, I encourage you to sit down and make a list of why you chose to work from home in the first place. Make a Letterman worthy top 10 list of the reasons that you wanted to work from home. It's important that the reasons are yours alone and do not belong to anyone else, because when the day comes that you are doubting yourself and your decision to stay at home, your top 10 list will get you through that day so that you can try to do better tomorrow.

When you have a day when dinner is not done, your house has been destroyed, it is raining outside, the sink is full of dishes, and even Calgon cannot take you far enough away from home, hearth, and home office, pull out your list and remember the reasons you wanted to work from home in the first place. Do you experience the good things on this list more often than you experience the days like this (it can go on for about a week in many cases)? If you are not enjoying the good more than the bad, then you need to decide how to make it better.

Revisit your business plan, re-establish office hours, make appointments for family time, organize, 'hire' your children to help out in the office one day a week so that they don't resent your work time as much, and schedule time each and every day for 'you' time. If you aren't making some time for yourself, even if it means you have to get up five minutes earlier each morning in order to do this, then you aren't going to have any time or mental energy to plan where you're going. To enjoy the greatest benefits that working from home has to offer plan your days. Plan time for work, family, self, and other obligations and stick to the plan. If you don't get everything you hoped to get done accomplished, get up earlier tomorrow and try again.

Another important thing that I had to remind myself is that you need to schedule a day off from work every once in a while. If you never take time off you can't renew your commitment to your job, craft, business, etc.


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The biggest mistake I see new home business owners make is jumping in with boundless enthusiasm and absolutely no life jacket. It is great to be excited about a new business or business opportunity, even to share it with everyone you meet. But it is absolutely crazy to quit your day job because you've found the network marketing dream that is going to net you millions.

The truth is that in network marketing, many people never even make back their initial investment. Why? Because it is hard to sell your dream to someone else and most of us can't really relate to the dreams of others. While we all share similar goals, more money, happy, healthy family, living a good life, and feeling a sense of accomplishment at the end of the day, we each have dreams that are ours and ours alone. I cannot give you my dream and you probably would not take it if I could. I do not necessarily want your dream either, network marketing companies, however, are built on people's dreams and promises.

I am not saying that network marketing is bad or that you cannot make a lot of money doing it. I am saying that the average Joe rarely makes a dime doing it because he gets a few doors slammed in his face and gives up because no one wants what he has to sell. The truth is that if he does not know how to sell it, he probably could not have given it away. Don't be a victim of boundless enthusiasm. Learn the product, talk to people who are successful in that company and others, find out what it took and seriously consider whether or not you are willing to do what it takes.

Network marketing requires a special mentality. If you have that state of mind you will be the only thing that stops you from making money. I can guarantee however, that the vast majority of those that start a network marketing business aren't financially prepared to quit their day jobs for at least two years after beginning their business. So, don't quit your day job until you have your feet on solid ground. Be enthusiastic, but be realistic and most importantly be prepared to work hard and invest serious time and money in the growth of your business. I do not care what anyone says about building your business for free, it can't be done. While you might be able to start a business for free, there will come a point where you will have to invest money in your business in order to make money from it. My final piece of advice is for you to be patient with your business. Whether it will happen or not is entirely up to you, but I can pretty much guarantee it will not happen over night. It takes time to build a successful business. Most brick and mortar businesses suffer a loss at the very minimum for the first year of operation. And many suffer losses for 2-3 years before turning the corner. Keep that in mind as you build your business. Your investment now is in your businesses future, whether it is time, money, blood, sweat, or tears.


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