Title: How To Choose A Home Business Word Count: 534 Summary: Are you sick and tired of your 9 to 5 job? Tired of trading all your time for money? Do you wish you could actually spend some time with your kids? I did too. There is good news for you. The home based business industry is the fastest growing segment of the economy today. You can start your business in your downtime, part-time, and with a little persistence, can finally have an out from your 9 to 5. There are thousands of opportunities awaiting you to start a successful... Keywords: home based business, own business, work from home, how to find business, business, work, money Article Body: Are you sick and tired of your 9 to 5 job? Tired of trading all your time for money? Do you wish you could actually spend some time with your kids? I did too. There is good news for you. The home based business industry is the fastest growing segment of the economy today. You can start your business in your downtime, part-time, and with a little persistence, can finally have an out from your 9 to 5. There are thousands of opportunities awaiting you to start a successful business from home. The only difficult part is deciding which of those is the right business for you, and which ones are actually capable of becoming lucrative. First thing to do is your homework. Which you are doing now, which is a great start. Find a business which fits your interests, and plays off your strengths. Do you love to work on the computer? That’s a good start! Do you like to live healthy? Do you have an interest in losing weight? These are all things that you can consider for yourself. A good mentor or upline (if your business is structured in such a manner), is extremely important in building a successful full time income. It is impossible to know everything in the very beginning so these persons can be invaluable to a newbie starting up. It is also important that your family is behind you in whatever you do. If you have a spouse, loved ones, kids, etc… They should know about your interest, and be willing to back you and help keep your motivation level at a high. Here are some advantages to owning your own business: - Extremely low overhead - More quality time with your family - Huge tax benefits - Set your own hours One of the greatest tools of our world today, is the Internet. For the first time, you can reach literally millions of people in a moment. The potential is huge, and all you need is for one of your ideas to become viral, and the rest is history. My advice would be to use this to your advantage, and find a home business where you can leverage this tool. In doing so, you can truly enable yourself to have a business where you stay within your home, and in many cases, dream again. An Internet business is in many cases automated, and can operate without you even there. Find one that suits your interests and with huge growth potential. Sit down, write out your schedule and figure out what hours during the day you could be doing small things to help grow your online business. When I first started out, I sacrificed one hour per night of sleep and dedicated that time to research and web development tasks. Those few hours were worth their weight in gold. Now, I have the ability to sit here and type to you on a work day with nothing but time on my hands. And life is fun again. The secret of a successful person is that they are dedicated, passionate, and are willing to learn. Find a business and a great mentor that can enable you to do those things and you WILL BE SUCCESSFUL.