My upline, DeMarr Zimmerman, posted this on Facebook. He's not sure exactly where it came from but I liked it and thought I'd share it with you.
9 Reasons to Start a Home-Based
Business
1. Take a Well-Deserved Vacation
2. Spend More Time with Your Family
3. Give Your Children a Stay-at-Home Parent
4. Eliminate Debts
5. Pay Your Mortgage Off Quicker
6. Earn More Money to Help Buy Your Dream Car or
Home
7. Enjoy Valuable Tax Savings
8. Save for a Rainy Day
9. Add to Your Retirement Savings
The "Lifestyle" approach to marketing is an innovative yet natural
way to gain financial independence. It's innovative because it defies
the traditional business model of relying on advertising to generate
slow-building product sales. It's natural because instead of highpressure
sales tactics and expensive advertising, it relies on the concept of helping yourself through helping others.
That's why when I started to list nine great reasons why this is the
perfect day to start owning your life, I had a really hard time. It wasn't
because it was hard to come up with nine reasons, it was hard to limit
the list to just nine!
To help me narrow the many reasons down to just a few, I went to
some of our most successful partners. They told me that for them, the
benefit isn't just making more money; it is enjoying a whole new
lifestyle. These are the nine biggest benefits of that lifestyle.
Quality of Life
Take a Well-Deserved Vacation
When was the last time you took a vacation? How long was it? For
most people vacations are controlled by their employer. They are told
when they can go and how long they can take. Wouldn't you like to
take as long a vacation as you want, when you are ready to go? When
you own the business, you set the vacation schedule!
Spend More Time with Your Family
If you spend 40, 60 or even 80 hours a week at work, how much time
are you spending with your family? How many dance recitals or
parent-teacher meetings have you missed? These years of family time
that you are losing can never be regained. Make the choice to own
your life today, and start giving your family the love and attention that
both you and they deserve.
Give Your Children a Stay-at-Home Parent
Life is full of tough choices. You hated the idea of taking your kids to
day care instead of being home with them every day. You had to,
though, just to make ends meet. Very few jobs today pay enough to
let one parent stay home. When you live and work at home, you can
earn as much as you need and still be there for your children. Your
spouse may be able to stay home, too. You won't miss any more of
the crucial bonding years with your children. You decide how much
time you need to spend working, and take the family time that you
need.
Financial Freedom
Eliminate Debts
Part of owning your life is owning your financial situation. If you have
debts, you can spend the extra money you can make paying some of
them off. Get rid of those high-interest credit card payments. Pay off
your car. Remove some of the stress in your life by eliminating some
of your debts.
Pay Your Mortgage Off Quicker
A home mortgage is one of the biggest expenses most people have.
Wouldn't you like to get yours paid off sooner? Just one extra principal
payment each year can take years off of your loan. Imagine what two
or three could do! Imagine making an extra payment each month!
Paying your mortgage off sooner can mean having to work less in your
later years.
Earn More Money to Help Buy Your Dream Car
or Home
Owning your business can mean earning more money for the things
you want. Because your labor goes to make money for you instead of
a corporation, you can earn more money for the hours that you work.
You may want to put some of this money toward the car or home you
have always wanted. That is what financial freedom is all about.
Increase Your Savings
Enjoy Valuable Tax Savings
Saving money is the same as making more money. When you own a
home-based business, part of your home becomes business space. The
rooms you work in, the computer and printer you use, and your
Internet service and cell phone all may become business expenses.
This means they may be deductible on your taxes, saving you money!
That is more money you can put to work paying off debts or taking a
hard-earned vacation.
Save for a Rainy Day
When you work for someone else, it is hard to have extra money at
the end of the month for savings. If your car broke down, could you
pay to get it fixed? If your child needed braces, could you afford them?
The extra money you can earn with your own business can make this
possible. You can put some of that money in the bank for a rainy day.
That way, when the bumps in the road of life come along, you will be
ready for them.
Add to Your Retirement Savings
Do have enough money in the bank to retire when you are ready?
Does your present job let you save enough money every month so
that you can ever stop working? Jobs today rarely come with
company-paid retirement plans. They make you put your money into
stocks or IRAs if you want to be able to retire. That can be hard to do
when you barely make enough to pay the bills. Your home-based
business can give you the extra money to start building up your
retirement savings now.
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