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Afraid to Look? How Your Home Business Fears Could Ruin Your Life |
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Written by Bob Matthews
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Saturday, 06 September 2008 |
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Have you ever though about leaving your 9-to-5 job to work from the comforts of your own home? It can be a rewarding switch, but what would you be leaving behind?
by BobMatthews
Have you ever though about leaving your 9-to-5 job to work from the comforts of your own home? It can be a rewarding switch, but what would you be leaving behind?
Think of it: The long hours. Your overbearing boss. And the coworker who drives you batty.
And then there's the pay. It limits all your financial decisions. "No, I can't afford it now--no to the Cadillac Escalade I want, no to my brow lift, not to my daughter's braces." In short, "No, no, no!"
And there's no saying that you'll have your blessed job tomorrow either. So what's keeping you from looking for something better?
"It pays the bills."
In other words, it's safe--safer than the alternative of the unknown. But just because something is familiar doesn't mean that it will always be there for you. Life is not certain. Change happens. The question remains, "What are you going to do about it?"
"What if I fail and loose everything I have?" You ask. "I can't live with failure. I just can't."
So you don't.
But how will you pay the bills when one day you no longer have that job? Where will you turn? You'll be without any other income, and THAT is hazardous.
Right now, take a good hard look at your predicament. Step outside your feelings of the situation and study it as if you were analyzing your cousin's situation. What would you advise him to do?
You'd probably tell yourself something like, "How will you find something better if you don't look?" Or "Maybe you'd be pretty good at that sort of thing. Remember Trish from Dayton? Well, she's woodworking now, professional furniture--full time. You used to be pretty good with your hands too--remember that rocking chair you made Grandma for her 60th birthday?..." You would egg yourself into researching your interests rather than dismissing them.
But remember that you shouldn't listen to all the voices in your head. Some are good; others bad. You need to tell the difference, and the way you do that is to separate yourself from your feelings.
Go ahead. Give yourself permission to look into home business opportunities. And who knows? You may just find something better.
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