Monday, June 15, 2009

Success Without Sacrifice

By Steve Beck

Here's what I want:

I want perfect children, without paying any money or losing any free time. I don't want to work hard at it. I just want perfect results to happen.

I want godly children who are obedient, polite and who love God with all their strength. But I don't want spend a lot of time or effort on this. And I certainly don't want to be out a lot of cash. I just want it to happen naturally.

Where can I find a program like that? For that matter, where could I find children like that? Just imagine, godly children without any sacrifice of time, money, or effort. Now that would be perfect!

Of course, I'm joking. You can't raise children without sacrifice. It just doesn't work.

What is all this talk of raising children in an article devoted to helping you start an online business? Raising children, like building a business, is one of the most rewarding and most difficult tasks you will ever encounter. In both cases, you must make sacrifices - short-term pain for long-term gain.

Children are a gift, and much more important than your business. If you find that business is getting in the way of time with your family, perhaps you need to reevaluate your priorities. One great way to build your business and still enjoy your family is to include your children in business decisions. Help them towards independence, while teaching them valuable entrepreneurial skills. There are many small businesses kids can start. Check out this website for more ideas.

All this talk of raising families and building businesses highlights some similarities. Let's look at some lessons of raising children that can also help you to "raise" your online business.

Reduce their debt;

- Quit their day job;

- Gain financial freedom;

- get them out of debt

- help Dad to come home and work from the house

- teach their children business skills

It takes money to make money the old adage is certainly true! Don't fall victim to unscrupulous advertisers promising amazing Internet "opportunities". With a small cash outlay, you can build your online business.

Those same people fall prey to business "opportunities" on the Internet or in the back of magazines that promise a COMPLETE business in a box. The business "opportunity" will provide the web site, the products and even the customer list...all you have to do is contact them. It is so easy!

Realistically, I don't recommend it. A dial up connection may be too slow for your needs; however, your connection does not have to be blistering fast to be effective.

Your most important investment is a computer with an Internet connection. It is possible to build an online business and run it from Internet coffee shops; I don't recommend it. You don't need a superfast connection, though you may find dial-up to be too slow for your needs.

The company which puts your webpage on the Internet will charge "hosting fees". Expect to pay $50 or more per year for reliable hosting service.

Finally, build your website. There are many free tools on the Web - website templates, graphics programs, even shopping carts to make your customers' lives easier. With plenty of free tools to choose from, this is a valuable way to keep costs down.

Back to your children. Find SMALL BUSINESSES KIDS CAN START ONLINE and purse this adventure with your own children. Give them the competitive advantage.

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