Home Based Business Myths: You’ll Make a Gajillion Dollars Overnight

Okay, maybe a Gajillion dollars overnight is a bit extreme… but I think you get the point.

Let’s throw something very serious on the table before you waste any of your time trying to build a home based business.

Realize that it’s a business.

That means that you have to view it, analyze it, and work it as one. You may be one of the very FEW people who gets enormous success off the get-go, but chances are you won’t have a lot of success the first day… or the first week, the first month, or even the first year.

The long term success of your business is completely and utterly dependent on your ability to consistently go to work every day.

And yes, there WILL be days where you won’t feel like getting out of bed… but there will also be days where you can’t go to sleep because you’re so excited about the progress of your business. If you really want your business to succeed, you have to go to work no matter how you feel emotionally.

Let me explain what I mean by that.

Let’s say that you’re going through a really rough time in your life, financially. I know that it can get very depressing during these times because I used to be there not too long ago. But even though you may be hurting right now, your future depends on your ability to keep going.

And once you start getting some success under your belt and you start making some money… DON’T STOP. Keep going.

Build your business bigger and stronger. Don’t stop until the job is done… and don’t stop when you begin to see success.

Here’s why I underlined the word begin above.

A lot of people will put it the effort that it takes to get a home business off the ground and when they start to make a little money, they stop what they were doing that got them there in the first place.

Don’t get me wrong… if you can live on a $5,000 per month income, then by all means, go ahead. But if you have a bigger vision for your life… you have to keep going until the job is done.

It will NOT happen overnight… so don’t expect it to.

Set your expectations right now to the place where you know that you have to work for at least a year to get to a substantial income in your home based business… otherwise, you might as well not even start one.

Stay focused. Stay persistent. Stay strong.

You’ll get there.

Home Based Business Myths: Free Home Businesses

Having lived in three different countries, and having dealt with more than a dozen different ethnical backgrounds I’ve noticed a very common characteristic between us humans.

We always want something for free.

Doesn’t really matter what it is.

I’ve seen people bargain over getting a free pair of socks, to a corporate employee wanting a promotion but not willing to put in the required effort, to someone looking to start a 6-figure business from home but not willing to pay the initial monetary and effort costs.

We’ve got to come out of this mindset of wanting things to be handed to us on a “silver platter”.

I see parents constantly reminding their children of this concept but they themselves forget about it when it comes down to them actually doing some work.

So here’s where I’m going with this.

There’s no such thing as a FREE home based business. And there’s definitely NO home based business opportunity that just builds itself without you contributing.

At the very least, you’ll need to buy your own domain name which will run you about $10. And hosting costs about $6 a month.

Now, this is ALL considering that you DON’T pay for advertising, you DON’T buy any courses that will actually teach you how to market online, and you DON’T pay anyone for outsourcing the grunt work (web design, article writing, ad writing, etc.)

But let’s say that you didn’t pay for anything other than your domain name & hosting… and you got a free product from an affiliate network like clickbank.com.

Building a site that you can use to promote that particular product takes work.

It takes effort… sometimes a LOT of effort. (Especially if you don’t want to invest much capital up front)

So no matter how many times you read it online, or how badly you want it to be true… FREE home businesses don’t exist.

You’ll either need to invest some money to get it going, or you’ll need to invest some time & effort.

I know this all goes against the fantasy that has been built in the back of your mind by countless internet marketers, but I thought I should let you in on the truth.

Home businesses DO require money… and you won’t really be spending the money on the actual website itself, but on other people’s products that can teach you HOW to run your business.

And if you’re telling yourself that you won’t buy anyone else’s product… that you’ll figure it out on your own… you’re honestly making a HUGE mistake.

There have been thousands of people before you and I came along that have built successful businesses from home… using the internet.

And quite frankly, it would be a lot easier, faster, and cheaper if you learned how to do it from the people who have already been there.

I’ll try to send you the best recommendations I can as far as which courses to look for. I have spent a lot of money on courses that weren’t worth the paper they were written on, and I don’t want you to go through that yourself.

So if you haven’t subscribed to this blog already, do so because I will be updating it frequently with valuable content.

And there’s always the most complete home business course that’s out on the net today, and I’m giving you access to it for free.

So I’m doing my part to make sure that you make money from your home business, but you have to make sure that you put in the work that’s required to make it all work, too.

Deal?

Good.

Until later… stay cool,

Arman Vakili