Home Business--Small Business

Preamble to this website

I am here to challenge you a little. You won't read anything here about getting rich quick, or about my easy way to make money or any other nonsense like that. If you stay long enough on this website you will find all kinds of nuggets that can help you decide about a home based small business. There are also some very impressive small business resource websites featured on various pages. This story can not be told in a 30 second TV commercial. It takes time and effort by you to find out what you don't know. I am a hands on small business person not a professional writer so you may have to dig a little but that's ok. I just don't  want you checking your brain at the door. If this is too much right now bookmark this website or add it to your favourites. It may grow on you.

I am passionate about small business because all small businesses originate as ideas in the mind of one person. That person can choose to ignore that idea or he or she can run with it. It's that spirit that makes this exciting. It's free enterprise in action.It's one special  human being fulfilling his or her  destiny by being the person they were meant to be. Yes, it's about money too but it's also about independence, control, exercising your own special creative genius and most of all being the best you can be.

Home Business Questions

There's a lot of press just lately about the unemployment rates for the over 55 crowd-the leading edge of the Baby Boom generation Click here to read more. Maybe it's time to create your own job.

Thought about a home business lately? Could you work from home?If you watch the news, it would appear that it's not a good time for anything but staying put. That's about the last thing anybody should be doing.

There's a lot of talk about the Great Depression we almost had. Sounds bad and it was really tough for some people but others did well. Many people are still worried, uncertain and fearful of the future. Many are uncertain that we are all through this mess yet. Other people are optimistic and charging ahead.

Why the difference?

Perhaps some people were attached to old habits, old jobs, old thinking and what used to be. They often don't see that things are changing for the better but expect the poor economic conditions to continue.

Others see opportunity in problems. They see present financial problems as temporary and plan to be good and ready to take advantage of the upturn when it happens.

Some people blame their circumstance while others create the circumstances they need to succeed.

Some people are naturally pessimistic while others are optimistic. Which one are you?

Some people misread their doubts as proof they are wise and smarter than the crowd while others see their "doubts" and do it anyway.

Where do you think the business owner fits here?

What's the real difference here? The facts are the same but the perception is different: the thinking is different.

Owning your own business requires what has been termed as a "paradigm shift".

It requires you to see yourself in a new light.

 If you always think of yourself as someone who needs a job, then you will never see the potential business option or small business idea that sort of just floats by your nose like this one.

 If you see yourself as a business owner, you are always looking for opportunity and always seeing opportunities.

Unanswered Business Questions Can and Will Hold You Back:

1. A lot of people assume that opening your own business is expensive and requires specialized knowledge.

 Some do, BUT NOT ALL DO.

2. A lot of people believe that having your own business occupies all your time. No time for family and other interests.

Some do, BUT NOT ALL DO.

3. A lot of people believe that you could never do a business part time like a part time job.

Some do, BUT NOT ALL DO.

4. A lot of people believe that most home businesses on the net don't work. (Mostly right)

Some do not work, BUT SOME DO WORK.

5. A lot of people believe you can't make a lot of money at a home business.

Some home businesses are lousy as money makers, BUT NOT ALL ARE.

6. Some believe all network marketing/mlm opportunities are SCAMS. Some definitely are but not all.

(Note: You don't have to be an mlm to be a SCAM. Scam artists use anything that will make quick money for them-that's all that matters)  See my page on SCAMS and due diligence.

The bottom line in any business endeavour is you--- Not the opportunity or the product or the people you currently know. What do you want? What are your goals and dreams? Can they be achieved doing what you are doing?

I totally agree with Gary Vaynerchuk's value system as outlined in his book "Crush it". His rules for success are:

Love Your Family

Work Superhard

Live your Passion

If you have other questions you would like answered call me on the telephone or fill in contact form on Contact Page.

I have an opportunity for you which will help you thread the needle. If you tried other businesses, do not ever give up. If you'd given up, you would have never have found this one which could be just the right one for you.

The above six questions above are just there to rock your boat a bit so you open your mind to become a possibility thinker not a probability thinker. The mind, like a parachute, works better when it's open. Look at Barack Obama: who would ever have thought that he could get where he got in 2 short years? You can do for your life, what Obama did in his, with your home business. No, you won't become President but you will change your life for the better.

What if there was a business out there that would change your life?

What if there was a proven business model to follow? Evaluate it for yourself.

What if there was almost unbelievable corporate support for your home business?

There's a number of twists here that people love that I won't mention now.

Comment on Current Crisis in Economy

There are many people suffering not just because they lost a job, or a house, or a business, or a pension or stocks. Most of this stress and terrible circumstances can be blamed on not having another source of income. No Plan B. People have been putting all their eggs in one basket and flying on only one wing for far too long. You can change that right now. This can become your financial safety net : Your Plan B 

Could ONE of these 16 reasons be the piece of the puzzle you've been missing?

16 Simple Reasons Why This Small Business Model  Makes Perfect Sense

1. No employees- not needed

2. No special office space, use a closet in your house

3. Tax deductions for home business

4. No accounts receivable, done for you

5. No Product Handling, No Delivery by you

6. No Invoicing by You

7. Websites  already set up for you to Promote Your Business

8. Create Passive and Immediate Income for You Now and Retirement

9. Enjoy Holidays. No Worries. Extra income for Gifts

10. Take Time Off, ANYTIME

11. Feel Good about Your Business All The Time

12 Share this Feeling with others. If you want. Optional

13. Minimal Start Up Capital

14. Part Time or Full Time, No Experience Necessary

15. Full training provided via websites, conference calls and webinars.

My Opportunity and Me

What My Home Business Means to Me

It's all about how I choose to spend my time

These thoughts are no particular order but they are all important:

1. I have a good reason to get of bed in the morning

2. I am constantly learning internet basics and applying them

3. It gives me hope for a better tomorrow

4. It's a real challenge to find ways to make my web business work better.

5. I get to stay at home. Family time is not an issue.

6. No Rush Hours, no commuting of any kind

7. I walk in the park 2x a day because I can

8. I haven't had a boss in 38 years

9. I get to use my ingenuity and imagination every day

10. I can help others if they want help with making extra money

 11. My wife thinks I'm wonderful

12. My dog likes me the best because I'm here all day

13. It's a very short walk from my bed to my office so I can use those new ideas I wake up with immediately

14. I start work anytime I like, sometimes at 4 am but I don't consider it working.

15. I can have dinner ready when my wife gets home from school (teacher's assistant)

16. The whole world has access to my websites that were created by me

17. My websites are really a compilation of my work/life experiences that I now get to share

18. I don't have to rush into the shower but I find a regular routine can be useful

19. My wife makes a protein shake for breakfast every morning delivered to my office

20. I am constantly meeting new people many of whom are proactive and a joy to be around

21. I get to try my own ideas out all the time, no committees, no boss to worry about

22. Obama is now saying it but I've been declaring my independence for years (38)

23. The overhead in my home business is light, affordable and sustainable

24 . Finding useful web business tools and learning how to use them brings happiness to me.

25. I only do projects that I am interested in

26.I can take time off and my websites are still working 24/7

27. There are no limits to the number of websites I can create.

28. I make small and big mistakes and I fix them and learn

29. I can watch my fish all day if I like in the fish tank next to my kitchen table.

30. My income is totally dependent on me.

31. I can do this business as long as I can type, no heavy lifting.

32. Smelling my wife's baking and cooking while I work

33. I can go to bed and get up anytime I like

34. I find interesting books to read on business, self help and trends.

35. I connect with like minded people on a regular basis

36. The www is a giant puzzle that I get to play with every day

37. I can take my business with me anywhere on my Blackberry Bold/Laptop

38. My home business gives me control over my future

39. I get to promote a business model that works because of a novel idea

40 I got to create a website called "colmcmaher.com"

41. I am constantly thinking about new ideas like audio and possibly video for my websites

42. I am 62 and just feel like I'm starting out

43. I choose who I want to do business with.

44. I choose when I want to work

45. I quit working when my brain gets tired, then I watch a good movie on TV

46. You have time to notice the seasons changing in your own yard

47. I can play golf on un-crowded golf course mid-week

48. I don't have to drive in bad weather

49. If it's too nice to work, I don't. Time to goof off which I should do more often.

50. The business culture, I am part of, is very positive and based on cooperation and giving a hand up

51. I can go the gym any time of day I like and stay as long as I like.

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