When you start your home business and begin to recruit people to join you in your vision for your business model, you learn a lot about people’s motivations when it comes to work.  Most people don't really like their corporate job but are afraid to leave it because it provides some level of comfort knowing that there is steady income every month.  However, what more and more people are learning, especially in today's economy, is that there really is no comfort in the corporate world.  Layoffs are becoming a regular occurrence.  There is no loyalty that companies have for their employees when bottom-lines shrinks.  These laid off workers then look for another job, starting the potential for the same sequence of events that they had just experienced.  And, worst of all, these newly laid off individuals, when they do find a new job, are always on edge because they feel like they could be let go again.  This is not a great feeling for the breadwinners supporting their families.

Some of these laid off workers look for an alternative in the work at home business market.  However there is still the fear of not having a traditional salary that they can depend on each month.  That fear drives these people to become employees of successful home businesses performing piecework.  They are told that they are independent business people, but are performing envelope stuffing, data entry, and customer service.  Although free from the corporate business model they had once known, they are still in a JOB.  The job they do will never make them wealthy, and they certainly do not have the free time for their family, to travel, or just to enjoy life.  There's still the stress of doing as much as they can in order to make as much money as possible.  That doesn’t leave time for much else.

Then there are those who jump in and start their own home business.  However, with all the home business opportunities out there it's difficult to select the correct model.  Starting from scratch, say with an online store, takes forever to get to the point to where you are generating money to live on.  And, selecting a business that requires you to stock products in your garage that you sell door to door, or with at home parties, just takes too much of your time – similar to the time required from a traditional JOB.  In addition, you need to sell a lot of products to get to the point to where you can live on the profits.  Selecting the wrong business means that you can't make enough money to support your family, which means many people just give up and go back to a job.  However, as discouraging as this scenario sounds, the home business is really the easiest and quickest way to generate substantial income, allowing for the financial independence that everyone longs for.  

What I have told people who approach me about a home business opportunity is to look at how many people are making a significant income from their businesses -- $200K+.  Then see how long it took for individuals who started their businesses with the model to generate an income they could live on -- didn't need to work in a traditional job.  Once you get positive input to these two criteria, find out how long the business model has been used.  If the business has been around for more then 5+ years, it's probably a viable model.  There are very few business models out there that will provide for quick success.  So, take your time and do your research.  However, don't put your contact information into every "work at home opportunity" site you find, or you'll be swamped with unwanted calls and emails.  If you want my help, please go ahead and comment on this post.  I’d be glad to answer your questions.