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What To Look For When Considering Working From Home

Are you at that point of researching to work from home and either earn a little extra money, have a sideline income or replace your existing income? How do you know with all the scams out there what is legit and what is not?

When you are considering working from home, these are the questions you need to ask yourself:

What am I really getting into?

~ In order to avoid a scam, certain information needs to be given to you before you sign up or wip out your credit card. When looking for what company to work from home for, ask what are you required to do? Stock inventory, make orders, have parties or not? How much is the sign up fee? can you afford it? What is the company's track record? Do you LIKE the products?
If the company or opportunity doesn't supply this information right before they ask you to sign up or wip out your credit card....BEWARE!

Do you have to pay extra for training and training materials?

~ Many times companies will have low start up fee but, they require you to pay extra for training and marketing tools.  It's the little purchases that add up and end up being more expensive. Plus, the company should give you training and marketing tools for FREE!

What kind of work do you want to do?

~Do you like to do parties, store inventory, make orders or not? Do you like to talk on the phone, use your computer and not have to go anywhere?

Does the company, you are considering working for, have a product that is highly consumable?

~Highly consumable meaning, everyday products that people need and use everyday and order often.

Does the company have a high reorder rate?

~If the company you are considering working for doesn't have a reorder rate of 95% or more....be careful!

What is the compensation plan like?

~In other words,"Show me the money!" How much money will you make? And how long will it take you take make a significant amount? What is the return or how much you spend vs how much you will make?

Does the company you are considering working with offer residual income?

~Residual income comes to you consistently every month no matter what.

Does the work-at-home company promise a get rich quick opportunity?

~If so, this is a scam.  It could be either a pyramid or an MLM{multi-level-marketing}scheme. You will often spend more money than you make and wind up in debt.

 

I wish you luck on your quest to work from home!

Need Some Inspiration?

~Leadership~

"Leaders learn by leading, and they learn best by leading in the face of obstacles.  As weather shapes mountains, problems shape leaders."-Warren Bennis, U.S. writer

 "Managers have their eyes on the bottom line; leaders have their eyes on the horizon."
-Warren Bennis, U.S. writer

"Vision w/o action = daydream. Action w/o vision = nightmare." -Japanese Proverb

~Goal Setting~

"You have to set goals that are almost out of reach. If you set a goal that is attainable without much work or thought, you are stuck with something below your true talent and potential." -Steve Garvey
"Never regret. If it's good, it's wonderful. If it's bad,
it's experience." -Victoria Holt

"The major reason for setting a goal is for what it makes of you to accomplish it. What it makes of you will always be the far greater value than what you get." -Jim Rohn

"He who can see the invisible can do the impossible."- John Swift

"If you have a goal in life that takes a lot of energy, that requires a lot of work, that incurs a great deal of interest and that is a challenge to you, you will always look forward to waking up to see what the new day brings." -Susan Polis Schultz

~Overcoming Obstacles~

"Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal." -Henry Ford

"You can have anything you want if you are willing to give up the belief that you can’t have it."
-Robert Anthony

"There is only one success — to be able to spend your life in your own way." -Christopher Morley

"Real difficulties can be overcome; it is only the imaginary ones that are unconquerable."  -Theodore N. Vail

"Fall seven times, stand up eight." -Japanese Proverb

"It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see."-Henry David Thoreau

Here is a little advice:  Take the quotes you like and print them, write them or revisit this website;) Say them to yourself everyday for 30 days and then watch as you start to apply it in your own lives and you will start to accomplish more

Characteristics Of a True Leader

I have been thinking a lot about true leadership lately and what that really means.

When I think of good examples of leaders in my life the first person who comes to mind is Jesus Christ:The perfect example in everything.  The next people would be my parents and my In-laws and then my wonderful Grandparents! {not necessarily in that order}

But, why would I even call them a leader? What does being a leader mean anyway? The basic definition of a "leader" from the Miriam-Websters Online Dictionary says," [To Lead, is] to go at the head of (2) : to be first in or among (3) : to have a margin over."

This definition has a lot to be desired! Did the Savior, my parents, in-laws and Grandparents  go "at the head of" or "to be first in or among?" They sure did!  But,  what is not said in the definition is what makes them great examples of True leaders.  And that is their character.

Now the Savior was perfect, but does that mean we have to be perfect to be good leaders?  Nope!  But, there are key characteristics  that set them apart from everyone{or in other words, "to have margin over"}.

From my experiences and observations true leaders posses at least these few mentioned characteristics.

1. True Leaders have a solid "Center" of Principles~True leaders  have values, standards, personal commitments, mission statements, creeds, motto's , beliefs etc. that they keep no matter what.  It means more to them to keep a commitment than to do what is popular or convenient at the time.


2. True Leaders "Care" about everyone~ I have observed that the a true effective leader must care for others and want the best for others. This takes a great deal of humility and selflessness.


3. True Leaders "Serve"~When the Savior walked the earth it seemed this is all he did!  He served His Disciples, He served His family He served everyone around Him, even people He did not know!  And He still serves today through the Atonement.  If this is what the Savior did, how much more do we need to do this to be an effective, true leader!


4. True Leaders "Learn"~Have you ever heard of the phrase the best teachers are even better students?  Why? Because they never stop learning.  How can you teach if you haven't learned anything? Plus, information changes and improves all the time.   In addition, when we regurgitate old information our credibility becomes old as well.


5. True Leaders "Take Risks"~ In the definition above it indicates that leaders,"to be first in or among."  True Leaders take risks for many reasons! One may be because they know that all real learning happens outside the comfort zone.  Another may be because the benefits of the risk outweigh the risk itself.


6. True Leaders "Do Hard Things"~ True leaders know that success comes from doing things most of us just don't want to do...the hard, tedious boring stuff:) But, with the tedious, hard and boring stuff comes the part of  life that everyone wishes to live.

These are just some of the many qualities True Leaders posses.  There are so many true leaders in my life that I look up to and try to emulate.  Who are the True Leaders in your life?