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Freedom vs. Security
People motivated by freedom often have several irons in the fire. These people fail more often in their endeavors but in the long run they usually end up more successful. They are more successful, because they have more irons in the fire, something usually works out successfully. Almost every day someone asks me where he or she can find a REAL job that they can work from home. They are usually thinking about a job paying hourly wages. These jobs MAY exist but only highly professional or specialized positions, although I have not seen one on-line that wasn't some sort of scam. Moreover, whenever you find professional software programmers or successful authors and the like they are usually not interested in working for an hourly wage, preferring to work on contract as independent contractors where they can earn more money based on their own productivity.Working A Job In the past you could expect security from a good job but not any more. There is a major trend in process in the workplace. It is costing more and more every year for a business to retain employees. Our company's fortunes are tied to outside influences in which they have little or no control. Examples include the stock market, private investors, and a fickle marketplace. A company that is up one month can go out of business the next. We have all seen this happen repeatedly in the last few years. Employers are responsible for funding their own overhead. This funding comes right out of profits. They pay hourly wages or salary, the employment taxes, social security and medical benefits. These benefits packages normally cost at least one third of all compensation. Employers are held legally responsible for the actions of their employee's. Lawsuits are at an all time high; employees are suing their employers for all sorts of reasons. Larger and more profitable companies with deeper pockets are often higher profile targets. The result is stressed out employees trying to do too much that end up working harder for less pay. This employee / employer job model is rapidly changing. One in four jobs today are 'pay for performance' jobs. Businesses are purchasing more labor from temp agency's and private contractors where they can have more control on costs. To understand this trend put yourself in your company's shoes. Why would you choose to hire an employee when you can contract 'pay for performance' labor and only pay for results? Often it's actually more profitable to hire an independent contractor to manufacture the product, hire temps to fill the orders, and pay sales commissions to independent contractors after the sale. This trend started on the Internet and is going to continue to grow for the foreseeable future, especially as we head into the world economy.The Home Business Opportunity While you will not likely find a home-based job paying hourly wages on the Internet, you can choose from literally thousands of home business opportunities. If you are like me and you are motivated more by freedom than security you can grow your own home Internet business. However a business opportunity is not like a job, it is an OPPORTUNITY to earn income - not a guarantee. Your income will depend on your efforts and your own productivity. When you earn income based on your results, you can do the work anywhere, anytime, and however you want. In addition, you can do the same things big corporations are doing. You can even market someone else's products avoiding all sorts of costs. On the downside, no one is going to care if you make any money or not. Your success it totally up to you. Growing a home-based business requires independent skill development. You will need to invest at least as much effort acquiring the necessary skills as you would for any hourly job.Choosing The Right Opportunity Finding a good business opportunity is a lot like finding a good job. You want to find a good match for your existing skills and interests. The best business opportunities are like the best jobs, you will be more successful if you are doing something you really enjoy ad are good at doing. The following topics are important in developing any home-based Internet business. You can either develop the skills yourself or you may partner with others or purchase outside help as required.
http://www.smithfam.com/tutorials.htmlGrowing Your Own Home Business Many 'Get Rich Quick' schemes do us a disservice when they lead us to believe that it's possible to make a lot of money without any real investment. As you can see it's not any easier to be successfully self-employed as it is to find an hourly job, but this is changing. In the future we will need more skills and a more diverse set of skills to hold almost every job. When you own your own business you are paid for your results not for your effort. You don't need to be an expert at every aspect of the business if you can motivate others to help you develop your business by paying them for their performance. If forced to choose between 'Freedom' and 'Security'... I must embrace the former. The average person can develop most of the skills required to be successful in a home-based business in as little as a year or two. If you are like me and love freedom more than security, growing your own home-based business is well worth the effort.
ROBERT SMITH helps thousands successfully market their Internet based home business. You'll find tons of free marketing tools & resources on his Internet Marketing web site at: http://www.smithfam.com/
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