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It's Hard to Imagine - Dave Balch
I was driving through the fog in 35-degree temperatures and a forestry truck passed me. I remember thinking that the fire danger must be zero; "It's hard to imagine that it will ever be so hot and dry again that the fire danger will be high." But I...
Internal Customer Service – The Key To Productivity & Growth - Carole Nicolaides
by Carole Nicolaides © 2002 http://www.progressiveleadership.com Customer service is the foundation on which businesses are created. Unless you understand your customers and treat them with respect, you will go out of business. That is a well-known...
Understanding What Reciprocal Linking Means - Dirk Wagner
If you have been marketing on the internet for any length of time you have surely heard that reciprocal linking is a great way to boost your google page rank as well as your search engine ranking. But what does reciprocal linking actually mean?...
Creating Your Own Internet Marketing Product through a Home Based Business - Aneesh Nat
Creating Your Own Internet Marketing Product through a Home Based Business There are thousands of marketing tool kits available online for a whole range of prices, but what if you are not interested in buying someone else’s tool kit and are more...
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Are YOUR Toes Bruised?
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Cathy Bryant
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What a question! What's THAT supposed to mean?
I ask the question because so many people today who profess to be interested in operating their own business spend far too much time "tire-kicking."
While I would never underestimate the importance of exercising due diligence when investigating any type of business or income opportunity, there comes a time when you simply have to make a decision and act upon it.
Let's face it...no one business is right for everyone. We all have different interests, different abilities, different financial goals. But one thing's for certain...you'll never get off the ground if you sit on your hands!
Take my own experience, for instance. I started with an idea, a concept. I wanted to help others learn that with a little knowledge and a lot of sweat equity, anyone with the desire can earn an income from home.
This is not the first business I've operated from home; far from it. My first foray into the home-business scene was with a direct sales company called Discovery Toys. At that time it was in its infancy (as a matter of fact, I was the very first representative in my home state of Mississippi). For those of you not familiar with Discovery Toys, it markets educational toys and games through a variety of sales methods. It also provides an opportunity for residual income by building your own sales force. I chose to only do sales, and I did very well with it. Why? Not because I sat around wondering IF it would work; I just did it!
Another business I operated from home was as a tutor for young children whose parents wanted them to learn how to use a computer. I invested in a computer and - continued below ...
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software and marketed my business to day cares and preschools as an optional service to those parents willing to pay for it. Once again, I took a chance...and it paid off. But it didn't happen by accident, and it didn't happen overnight.
You can spend your time analyzing the daylights out of each and every venture, but I can assure you that if you do, at some point you'll convince yourself that it just won't work! And you know what? It WON'T work unless you are confident in your ability to succeed.
Here's another news flash...when you do start your own business, you're going to make some mistakes. If you're not willing to learn from those mistakes and use that knowledge to improve yourself and your business, then maybe you'd just better stay in that 9-to-5 job.
Operating your own business involves risk-taking and decision-making; no one can tell you exactly how to run your business. If you're looking for someone to answer every question for you, make every decision, and show you EXACTLY what to do every step of the way, you don't need to be in business for yourself.
Getting started is the hardest part, but once you do, don't look back. You'll get discouraged and want to give up, but you have to hang in there. The rewards are many.
Like...not having any more bruised toes!
Cathy Bryant has been teaching others how to succeed in their own home businesses since the last century! Visit her website to learn about a wide variety of home-business options, and subscribe to her unique newsletter, the HomeBizJunction Herald. http://www.homebizjunction.com
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How To See What Pages Of Your Site Google Has In Its Index - Tinu AbayomiPaul
There is a lag time between the indexing or updating of your site, and the time it takes to show new results in the database. Depending on your site, where it was linked from, who it was linked from, and who knows what other factors, the amount of...
How to Research and Purchase a Good Investment Property - Elaine VonCannon
How to Research and Purchase a Good Investment Property How much do you really know about investment property? Accurate research and professional expertise applied to the purchase of an investment property builds a solid foundation for financial...
The 3rd Plan Missing from your Business - Patty Gale
If you're like most people, you probably started with wonderful ideas of fulfilling your dreams, to be successful and to take charge of your own destiny. I hope you have achieved those or are well on your way. You wouldn’t think of starting...
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