Lori
04-19-2004, 11:37 AM
Q: After years of dreaming about combining my career and family life by working from home, I'm finally ready to make the leap. I'm just concerned that, without an office to go to every day, I'll have trouble getting out of bed in the morning. Any advice?
A: If you're already having doubts, then working from home may not be for you. While running a homebased business offers tremendous freedom and flexibility, it also requires a high degree of motivation, self-discipline and organization. Especially if you're used to working for a big corporation where you have a well-defined job description, employees who report to you or a manager who closely supervises your work, you may find it difficult to make the transition to being your own homebased boss. If, on the other hand, your job gives you a fair degree of independence and you're chafing at the bit for more, working from home could be exactly what you're looking for.
Ask yourself the following five questions to find out if you're really ready to work from home:
Read more to discover if working at home is for you (http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,315267,00.html)
A: If you're already having doubts, then working from home may not be for you. While running a homebased business offers tremendous freedom and flexibility, it also requires a high degree of motivation, self-discipline and organization. Especially if you're used to working for a big corporation where you have a well-defined job description, employees who report to you or a manager who closely supervises your work, you may find it difficult to make the transition to being your own homebased boss. If, on the other hand, your job gives you a fair degree of independence and you're chafing at the bit for more, working from home could be exactly what you're looking for.
Ask yourself the following five questions to find out if you're really ready to work from home:
Read more to discover if working at home is for you (http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/0,4621,315267,00.html)