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Work at Home Story

New Business by Cheryl Hall


Sure, you can bring home the bacon and fry it up in a pan, but who
is going to unload the dishwasher and find a clean one? The ideal
that was "working Mom, the woman who can have it all" has been
exposed for what it is and left most of us with "there's got to be
another way". But can you ditch the 9 to 5 for the freedom of
working from home AND do the Mommy thing? You know there are ways to
make money from home, but what can you really do? Are you qualified
or just kidding yourself?

Just what have you learned throughout formula and diapers that you
wouldn't have learned while getting your MBA? You mean somewhere
between the training pants and training wheels I acquired the skills
to become a "captain of industry"? Can you please explain just what
exactly I could proudly display on my resume besides, "lives on no
sleep" or "tells an awesome bedtime story" that would help me to get
ahead?

Would it surprise you to know that some of the key elements to
starting a new business are the same things you do every day?

When you start a new business, you need:

Courage

The complete disregard for potential disaster is what got you this
far in parenting! Think about it; if anyone really thought about
what could have gone wrong just to this point, they would have
talked themselves out of it. Common sense and logic have the unique
ability to steer us through possible dangers, and if we let them,
talk us out of magical opportunities. If you were really afraid of
showing up with egg on your face at some point, you never would have
had kids. Now that's the pioneering spirit which will help "talk you
into" starting a new business. Did you think you'd be a perfect
parent? Were you nervous? A little scared, but totally excited? Did
you have a passionate desire to start a family? The same passion can
be used to create a successful business; and you've got it.

Stamina

Anyone who can survive through nursing a child during a childhood
disease or a bad cold or colic, has the energy to be a CEO. I
remember staying up 4 nights in a row when my daughter had the
chicken pox thinking, "I should get a promotion for this." How many
all-nighters have you pulled since you first came home from the
hospital with your child? How many times has it just been sheer
determination that kept you awake in the car on the way home from
work? And then you get dinner on the table! Starting a business will
require that kind of tireless determination, especially in the
beginning. Sometimes you've got to hunker down and just get the task
done, that's the difference between you (a success) and the other
guy (who will close up shop). Just the will to get it done
automatically starts you on the path to success; and you've shown
that you've been able to do one thing, sometimes the most important
thing in business - hang in there.

Focus

Sure, you might not know at any given moment what's in your checking
account, where your car keys are, where you dropped off the dry-
cleaning or what that guy who keeps talking to you at work name is
but when it comes to your child, you've got laser-like focus. You
know what they're doing, where there are, what they're feeling and
why 24 hours a day. You've read every article, every book, taken
them to the right classes, heck, there for a while you even stopped
talking like an adult and every syllable was a mimic of their
babble! No one could ever say you haven't been completely focused
since the day they were born. You changed priorities, schedules,
habits and your lifestyle. Remember when you first started changing
diapers? You were such a bumbling novice, right? Now you're like a
diaper-changing machine. You did one thing, you did it well and you
repeated it. A business will flourish and prosper with that kind of
focus.

Balance

As the founder and owner of a new business, on any given day you
will start a new advertising campaign, streamline the accounting
system, make several cold calls for new business and then go to a
networking meeting in order to grow your list of contacts. That's
all? Hey, as parents, that might actually be a nice relaxing day! In
this juggling performance entitled "having it all", you know the
priorities and you're multi-tasking from the moment you wake up! You
can pack a nutritious lunch while changing schedules while folding
laundry while planning dinner. Balancing multiple tasks comes
naturally to women (especially mothers), which makes the balance
required to prioritize and meet multiple goals simultaneously a
breeze. Why not use some of that creativity toward a business?

Patience

There are some days when your child wakes up wild. We don't know
why, if it's too much sugar or the full moon or a "stage", all we
know is that occasionally, some days you've just got to wait and
hope they knock it off soon. There are some days when you start your
new business that you'll spend a lot of time waiting. You're waiting
for responses to that new direct mail piece, waiting for the phone
to ring, waiting for the check in the mail. This is where many new
businesses quit and go home; they don't have the patience. They
expected instant results and now they're going to throw the baby out
with the bathwater. Parenting has taught you though, waiting it out
doesn't mean in you're in the wrong place, you're just open and
ready for the right opportunity.

So be confident! There are some wonderful opportunities out there
for you, and if you think you can start a new business, you most
certainly have the "right stuff" to get it done.




About the Author
Cheryl Hall (http://www.MillionaireKids101.com) has the keys for
parents to help their children become financially successful. She
has created 3 courses to help children learn how to think about
money and start on the road to wealth and independence; Millionaire
Kids 101, 201 and Millionaire Masters. Cheryl is a successful real
estate investor and has been helping new investors...


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