Take A Journey of 1000 Miles

Many times when you are looking at a home-based business opportunity it is very easy to assume that it is a ‘get rich quick’ opportunity. That all you have to do is sign up and instantly like magic you will be “filthy rich” within a month or 3 months at best. Sometimes those that present the opportunity leave this very impression. Those that present an opportunity this way, any opportunity, think they are doing right many times, but in essence they do more harm then good. Thus the Home-Based Business Opportunity/Opportunist Receives A Bad Name!

I am here to tell you that there are honest and excellent opportunities out there where you can make an exceptional income. Yes, and with all those honest and excellent opportunities there are also scams and con artist. The home-based business industry is no different than any other industry. There is always going to be individuals to try and scam you out of your hard earned money. That Is Why It Is So Important That You Thoroughly Check Out the Business and the People You Will Be Working With – Do Your Home Work!

Once you find the right opportunity and the people you can work with in this opportunity it is important to learn everything you can about the company, its products, compensation (how you will be getting paid is high priority), and the marketing systems (how you will be getting the word out – advertising, etc.). You will need a budget for proceeding with your business. Remember the saying, “It Takes Money To Make Money”!

Realize that a home-based business is at best an investment in your future. Much like investing in the stock market, etc., but without the usual risks of stock market investing. With your home-based business you are buying consumable products from your store that you would normally buy from your local store. So in your home-based business your investment in products is not an extra expense. The only out of pocket expense is the money spent on actually marketing your business, if any. Most Investments All of Your Capital (Money) Is At Risk – In Your Home-Based Business There Is Only Partial or No Risk of Capital (Money)!

A home-based business unlike most traditional businesses can be worked at least in the beginning with out having to hire employees and can be worked at home in your spare time. You can start most home-based businesses by working just a couple of hours each day. You can start a home-based business with or without a computer, but I highly recommend you go out and purchase one.

When you work a job with an employer you will be working that job for at least 40+ years before you are eligible to retire. Of course, how many jobs allow you to actually see retirement these days? Some of my friends have been let go early so their x-employers could bring in younger blood and they are left without their retirement. What Is Happening To the 40 Year Retirement Plan?

But as I started to say a while ago, you can work 40+ years for someone else or work the 3 to 5 year plan for yourself in your home-based business. It is getting to the point where we may not have to many choices left. The Sooner You Start Your Home-Based Business the Better Off You Will Be!

You can start your home-based business for just a few hundred dollars ($100 to $700)! Compared to starting most traditional business which would take $25,000 and upward! For you to start your on business in most markets you would be trying to get a loan at a bank. But to start your very own home-based business you can start most of them with money you already have on hand without accumulating a lot of extra debt. The Best Way To Build Your Business Is With A Company That Handles the Drop-Shipping of Products, Inventory, Paying of Checks, etc. All You Need To Do Is Introduce Others To the Company!

Now you can introduce others very inexpensively by word of month, have business cards printed up with a website presentation and your name and phone number for contact, show a company DVD, etc. Marketing your business can be very inexpensive. With a home-based business such as Network Marketing (MLM – Referral Marketing) you will have access to a team of people called upline sponsors that will be there to train you. Some of this training is done one-on-one in person, via the phone (3-way calling), conference calls held on a weekly basis, etc. It Is Very Important You Work With Your Upline Team of Professionals At Least In the Very Beginning!

Your home-based business will not create instant cash-flow in the beginning. The cash-flow will most likely start out slow. Your first check may not be but $6 or $10 but this check will be residual cash-flow. Meaning an income that comes in month after month after month for life! These little checks can grow to have many more zeros behind them. People in this business (Network Marketing) are earning six-figure incomes every single month!

Those that are earning the huge incomes in this business are doing so because they stayed with the business. They did not jump into one company then another company. They joined (signed up) with one company and stayed the course with that company. They worked with their upline sponsors and the company to build the huge incomes they have today! Everyone who gets into their own business has paid the price for the success that they have obtained. You and I like those who went before must take the Journey of 1000 Miles!

The “Journey of 1000 Miles” is paying the price of success. Are you prepared to pay the price? Do you have what it takes to make the Journey of 1000 Miles? I have a friend from many years ago that taught me the price of success. He has since died but his legacy lives on in this story…

The MacDonald’s Franchise

Some years past in a little town in Florida a man started a little MacDonald’s franchise. He started with one store that grew to just under a dozen stores in several Florida small towns. But he had at first started with just one store and grew and grew and grew!

In my life I had the opportunity to talk with this man that started the MacDonald’s franchise in this area. This turned out to be one of the most interesting conversations that would impact me for the rest of my life. The day I had a one-on-one conversation with a millionaire!

My millionaire friend related to me what would be the secret to succeeding in any business adventure undertaking that I would ever take. And I have never forgotten the very valuable lesson that he taught me on this day.

He taught me the importance of never giving up on a Dream! Here is the one thing he related to me in our conversation – “Harry, It took me 5 years before I saw a profit in this business!” This was without a doubt the shortest conversation with a millionaire but it has taught me more than any conversation I have ever had. He had stayed with this business for 5 years without seeing a profit of any kind. But the Secret I learned was in the staying! Do Not Ever Start Something Unless You Plan To Finish It!

“Take A Journey of A 1000 Miles” start your home-based business today! Do your home-work and find the company whose products you can stand behind. Develop a passion for your business and do not ever look back but press forward. The one thing I would add here is it shouldn’t take you 5 years to see a profit in this business (Network Marketing)?! There are those that are seeing a profit in just a few months. In 3 to 5 years if you give this business a “Journey of 1000 Miles” (meaning giving your all – 100%) you could have an obscene amount of money coming in for the rest of your life – Residual Income (month after month after month)!

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