Make it Great

So on this website I frequent called WAHM, they have a  folder for business people to converse and share information. Well, I keep seeing the same questions and topics related to “What makes people succeed in a Home Based Business?” and “Why do some make it and some don’t?” This question seems to be on a lot of people’s mind, so I will take upon myself to answer it. Ahem.

Well I can’t answer it, I tried but all I can do is give my opinion on it. So here is my  view point on it all. Sorry to let you all down..

Why do some succeed in working from home and others go back to 9-5?

First, I don’t believe anyone is a failure, nor do I think anyone can fail at working from home. We all work from home for our own reasons and all have our own goals. There is no guideline to follow that says if you are not on this level of your business in 3 months you fail. That is not the golden rule. So, even-though someone may fail by our standards, who are we? Our standards should only count for ourselves and no one else.

Just because something doesn’t work out doesn’t mean you failed at it. I don’t think it is very encouraging for people to hear, “If you have to go back to a 9-5, you are a failure!” I wouldn’t say that to anyone.

So why doesn’t working from home work for a lot of people? Depends on the person and their individual situation. It could be bad timing, money, stress, family or other influences that may cause someone to leave a business. None of us are an island and we all have things going on our lives that we can’t always just shake off and put on the backburner.

No matter why someone leaves, I think we all should remember that there are 2 sides to every story. For all the success stories and top achievers, there will always be those who don’t make it that far. For all the positive things about a company, there will always be some negatives. No company is perfect. So no matter what we believe about our companies, everyone isn’t going to agree, in fact a lot of people won’t think our companies are the best.

Just live your life and try to be encouraging to others along the way. Having a big business with lots of moola is no fun without friends and family to share it all with. If you drop all your friends in the beginning and step all over people to get to the top, you probably won’t stay there very long.