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A Work At Home Job Versus A Work at Home Business

By: Pam Neely


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Which one is better? A work at home business. Hands down. But there are pros and cons to each option. Because having a work at home business is so much better an option, we'll list the top reasons why here, but just for a reality check, we'll list the two biggest reasons to stick with a job, too.

At this moment in time, you may not be ready to jump into a work at home business and that is fine. But have you ever considered that by doing a work at home job you are robbing yourself?

Work at Home Business 2 Top Reasons to Start

1. Businesses of any kind have one thing in common; the potential to build equity. On the flip side, all jobs have something in common as well; in order to be paid you have to trade your precious time for a paycheck. You must keep working hour by hour if you want to keep the money coming. However, with a work at home business you can earn a steady income once it is profitable and you will have the choice to keep it or sell it.

Some people launch and grow their businesses with the goal of selling them later as the primary thought in their mind; others just get the business started and then, say, five years later decide they want to get out. Either way works. But getting $100,000 for selling your business after five years beats the pants off just calling your boss and giving two weeks notice.

2. When you have a work at home business you are free to hire people to help you, but a work at home job leaves you with all the work to do yourself. In fact, a work at home business leaves you open to doing whatever you want to do as long as it is profitable for your business. Unbelievably your business will actually do better if you do less in it and more on it. Your job as the boss will be to develop strategies and systems for getting the work done and training staff. Once you get the systems together, it is then time to find someone to carry out your instructions. Now you the boss can go and relax start another project or take a long vacation!

Top 2 Reasons To Just Get A Work At Home Job

1. Risky Business- Unfortunately you probably already are aware of the statistics when it comes to business, most of them fail. You have it within your power to radically reduce this risk by having a real world business plan in place, discussing things with several business owners in your niche however, nothing is guaranteed. When you stick with working from home, you will always know that you have a payday coming and never have to concern yourself with where the cash is coming from to fund it.

2. Business Is Work- Forget what you see in the movies or assume about your boss, images of him or her lounging around the office pouring drinking cocktails is a fantasy. A business owner likely works harder than anyone does on his or her payroll. You as an employee get to quit for the day and join your family while the boss is toiling away until midnight.

This is the flip side of pro #2 - yes, you can delegate out all the work you want, but there's an unbelievable amount of work to do, and most of it all needs to be done all at once. If you aren't comfortable "changing gears" or "wearing many" hats you either need a flawless business plan (and the will and money to execute it), or working at home might best for you. As I've mentioned, having a business has more benefits, but if getting those benefits is going to risk you getting a heart attack, stick with a work at home job.

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Pam Neely writes about finding work at home jobs.

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