Home bases businesses are as varied as their are people working them and they range from excellent business opportunities to real rip offs that have as their only intent of making the originator rich. So, with all the options and all of the pitfalls out there how do you decide which one will work for you, your situation and your family? How do you decide which one is the one that will allow you to make money and have fun while you do it? Here are some tips that might help in making your decision.First, home based businesses are a valid work/business option for the average American family that can’t afford to begin a business the old fashioned way. The cost of beginning a business the traditional way can cost thousands or even millions in start up money while starting a home based business can be very reasonable ranging from a few dollars to a few hundred dollars. To begin your process of determining your best home based business options start by getting a pad and pen and begin to write down things about which you are passionate. What are your hobbies, what are the things you like to do, what are the things that you are now invested in with your money, time and resources, what are the things you like to talk about the most? When you have your list completed begin to prioritize them. These are going to be a basis for deciding what you want to do for a home based business. There are a lot of different ways to make money from home. You can work for your current or previous employer on a contract or consulting basis which is generally called “telecommuting” or you can find a business that you own and run that pays you for some kind of activity. Basically in most businesses you trade time for money. In a home based business you can find positions that will trade time for money or you can find businesses that give you money for your results. Some examples of home based businesses are Affiliate Marketing Businesses, Direct Sales Businesses, Multi Level Marketing Businesses, Network Marketing Businesses and Webstore businesses. Each of these have different values and benefits as well as start up costs and ongoing operational costs. You can go to a seminar to find out how to set up a website and start an affiliate marketing business where you have your own website and drive traffic through your site to some other site and when the customer buys something from that site you get paid a commission. People often end up spending several thousands of dollars for this approach but it can be very lucrative. Direct sales businesses generally have a product that you are responsible for selling to your friends, neighbors and through website traffic. The entry point in this business varies from product line and company to other product lines and companies. As you can see each business model is different and has a different cost associated with it.After you have created your passion/interest lists and you now know the types of home based business models you need to know why you want to develop a home bases business. It might be to eliminate debt, to pay for a child’s education, to be able to survive the current economic downturn or any number of other reasons but regardless of your reason why, you must know your why. It will keep you going when times are hard and you are not getting the results you want or need.When I went through this process I found that my wife and I found that we needed and wanted to pay off our credit card debt and to pay off our house. We wanted to be able to continue to fund our daughter’s college education, we want to travel and we want to provide for our financial future. We found that among our passions was shopping and saving. I love to negotiate and she loves the result of my negotiating. We know about coupons, discount shopping sites and all of the ways to get money back when you shop. When we evaluated all of the options we found a program that helped us to save money when we shop and helps us make money. With this program we were able to make money without having to recruit others (which many home based business models are based on), there was a product that had intrinsic value and the entry point was very low. Basically it met all of our interests and requirements and the return on our investment of time and money could be substantial. The company had a complete, easy to follow marketing plan and there was a proven track record that the program could work when you worked it the right way. The internet is among your best resources for researching home based business opportunities but don’t be fooled because there are a few people out there that have something bad to say about a person involved in the business or the organization itself. Everyone is going to make some enemies along the way. Ask the person to whom you speak for references. Ask for people that have done the business for a while and have been successful. Ask for someone that is just starting out and ask them why they choose this business model. Review the pay plan. Can you make money with it? Does it reward you for the things you are good at doing and want to do? If you hate sales and you are going to have to do a lot of sales this is probably not the business for you. If it’s mainly data input or sitting in front of a computer all day and you are a people person this is likely not the business for you. But, once you have found the one that fits your interests, your passion and you know your why you are in a position to be very successful with a home based business.
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Putting HOPE Back into Health Care
Our current health care system is ailing. Satisfaction among patients as well as health care providers is as low as it has ever been.Even in the era of doctor making house calls, people had confidence in their doctor, who, back then, represented the health care system. Confidence was based on trust, that the doctor was offering the best treatment and advances possible.Today, patient trust is dwindling. Yet, there is still a great deal of trust in doctors and nurses. In a recent poll, the professions that were most greatly admired and respected by the public, second to firemen, were doctors and nurses.Lack of confidence stems not from the health providers themselves, but from the system that the doctors and nurses work for.Let’s examine some potential areas eroding public confidence in our health care system:1.) Speed: Our system has always moved quickly, but the current pace is nothing short of phrenetic. Oh yes, a doctor or nurse could move slower, but the price would be at the expense of patients who would not be seen or cared for that day. Quietly, health providers talk about feeling like they are part of a “conveyor belt” that treats paperwork more than it does people.Indeed, the amount of paperwork has increased exponentially and the “system” doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. Insurance companies, particularly managed care, has heavily contributed to this additional layer of bureaucracy taking time away from patient care. At the risk of offending managed care companies, this is the truth. Managed care was originally designed to contain costs. But the impact on care of patients is one that has yet to be determined.2.) Commercialiazation of health care: commercials etc….erodes public confidence. Patients regularly verbalize an overwhelmed and distorted image of the role of medication from watching television commercials. This is not the patient’s fault! And it works both ways, commercials can be suggestive, or implant resistance in patients who might genuinely benefit from a trial of medication. Patient’s decisions are influenced by marketing, rather than medical facts, and that just doesn’t make good clinical sense.3.) “Pill popping society” – stems in part from commercialization but also from a stressed society looking for ways to make it easier to cope4.) Conventional health care has yet to accept natural modalities as part of its treatment regimens. Yet, public opinion on this matter is very evident. Annual spending on Complementary/Alternative modalities exceeds ______/year. Yet, a large reason for this lack of integration into conventional health care remains lack of scientific research. Without large funding sources like pharmaceutical companies, natural treatments have been left largely to a word by mouth market.And the word has spread like wildfire. And most often from people with chronic health challenges whose health has been restored. Yet why haven’t these potentially life-saving remedies been studied? In fact, for many health providers in conventional medicine, caring for people suffering with these chronic health challenges, it is heart wrenching not to be able to offer people more hope.5.) The U.S. Health care system is rated 37th in the world according to the World Health Organization. Clearly these dismal results becry the need for health care solutions and transformation for the sake of our people.Health: not simply the eradication of disease but the concept of healing, restoration and rejuvenation, particularly for those with chronic health conditions. Included in this is the incorporation of preventative health care into mainstream medicine.Transformation of health care = Hope for all