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would keep his/her day job, but have a project running “on the side”.
Whether it be baking cookies for the local supermarket, or printing business
cards. There are those who would go full time into business when their
part time business generates enough income to replace their salaries at their
current employers. Whatever works for you. Just start somewhere and
grow your business whenever you have time to do it. Work on it until it
reaches its ceiling as a home business. Then decide whether to go for it
with all you have, or keep it as a part time venture.
Probably the most exciting and powerful tool is available to us, which the
previous generation of business owners did not have: The Internet.
You automatically have “feet” as it puts customers at your doorstep.
Even customers from other countries which you normally would not have.
How great is that? So equip your business with it and use it to your
advantage. A whole new world of potential customers are on line wanting
to spend money somewhere. Why not let them spend it at your business?
To conclude this section. The world is full of opportunities. Some
opportunities just need to be discovered (your extraordinary ability to write
gripping novels for example), while others need to be created (your brilliant
invention that replaces the screwdriver for example). Whichever project
you decide to tackle, if it’s driven by passion, chances are you’ll spot the
opportunity and make a success. However, if you spot the opportunity and
start thinking of excuses why not to do it, you can just as well put the guide
down and go back to your world where everybody else is “lucky”.
Complete Worksheet 4 to list opportunities.
Whether it be baking cookies for the local supermarket, or printing business
cards. There are those who would go full time into business when their
part time business generates enough income to replace their salaries at their
current employers. Whatever works for you. Just start somewhere and
grow your business whenever you have time to do it. Work on it until it
reaches its ceiling as a home business. Then decide whether to go for it
with all you have, or keep it as a part time venture.
Probably the most exciting and powerful tool is available to us, which the
previous generation of business owners did not have: The Internet.
You automatically have “feet” as it puts customers at your doorstep.
Even customers from other countries which you normally would not have.
How great is that? So equip your business with it and use it to your
advantage. A whole new world of potential customers are on line wanting
to spend money somewhere. Why not let them spend it at your business?
To conclude this section. The world is full of opportunities. Some
opportunities just need to be discovered (your extraordinary ability to write
gripping novels for example), while others need to be created (your brilliant
invention that replaces the screwdriver for example). Whichever project
you decide to tackle, if it’s driven by passion, chances are you’ll spot the
opportunity and make a success. However, if you spot the opportunity and
start thinking of excuses why not to do it, you can just as well put the guide
down and go back to your world where everybody else is “lucky”.
Complete Worksheet 4 to list opportunities.
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