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BE YOUR OWN BOSS
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If you have your own website, and I know you do :-), you should get
yourself some business cards. I am constantly being asked what I do
for a living. Although I do my best to explain my job to people, it
seems that no one really understands. Everyone seems to understand
that I have an office in my home, and everyone seems to think it's
a pretty cool idea, but that's generally where the understanding 
ends. Rather than taking another hour trying to convince someone
that I can make a real income at home, or trying to explain to 
them that I don't "design web pages", I just hand them a business
card and tell them to check it out for themselves. Let's face it, 
if you're not working at home this business can seem a little too
good to be true. Increase your exposure, give yourself legitimacy,
and be proud! Get a business card and give it anyone who'll take
it!


FEATURED ARTICLE
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EXCUSES AND SOLUTIONS: TIME FOR A CHANGE 
by Donesia Muhammad

How many times do these phrases go through your mind? 

" I want to start my own business, but I don't have the money!" 

" I don't know the first thing about getting started online" 

" How am I supposed to do this by myself. This is too much work" 

Would have , Should have, Could have... 

Enough already. Once and for all no more excuses. Stop worrying 
about the lack of thousands of dollars. Stop worrying if your 
site isn't designed with the latest bells and whistles. So what 
if you don't have a merchant account yet? Do you know how much 
they charge you per month? Selling $20 ebooks does not warrant a 
merchant account ! 

STOP TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH THE INTERNET JONES'S 

The successful marketer has put in a lot of work and time and 
effort to succeed, but they all started like you and I. 
Struggling and barely making it like everyone else. I know that 
we are going through hard times, I know you are watching every 
penny that comes in. Guess what, the Internet isn't going 
anywhere. It's only going to get bigger and better. Like I said 
before, you can always get a loan for thousands of dollars and 
have someone set up your site for you but can you honestly say 
that you would get the same satisfaction as you would from 
learning everything from the ground up? 

There are times when you see great deals from websites and ezines 
regarding products, advertising, and discounted services and you 
get frustrated that you don't have the money for those deals. 
It's okay, if you never learn a thing online, learn this...There 
are always deals, there will always be discounts, that's what 
makes this whole Internet great. Okay? 

But the real problem for aspiring entrepreneurs is not the lack 
of funds, but honestly the lack of faith. 

FEAR OF SUCCESS 

Yes, I said it. Fear of success. You can be afraid to fail and 
just as easily afraid to succeed. You worry that no one will 
visit your site, that no one will buy your product. Then you 
worry that people will love your product but then will start to 
hate it because of some unforeseeable problem, and you don't know 
how to handle the situation. 

Are you someone who can't handle conflict? Would you rather back 
yourself into a corner than deal with a situation? This is when 
frustration hits and then you are overwhelmed with everything. 

It is scary to raise a child correctly 
It is scary to get married and lead a happy life 
It is scary to start a new job with many responsibilities 
It is scary to start your own business 

Look inside yourself first and then you can show others what you 
are made of. 
Now that I have one website online I have started on my second 
site. Am I scared. Of course, I am human but I am also 
determined. Whenever crazy thoughts fly through my head that's 
when I know that the "fear of success" factor is coming into 
place. I get panicky and think: 

No one is going to go to my site 
Everyone is coming up with the same idea as mine 
What if someone accuses me of spam 
What if some disgruntled customer bad mouths me all over the Net 

Well what if walking down the street, aliens bring me back to 
their planet... 

In other words, that's life...Things happen. You would be 
surprised how many things you have control over and how many 
things you have absolutely no control over. 

Would you rather wait until you are too old to do anything about 
it, and I don't mean age.. I mean your mind is too old to have 
any desire to do anything new. 

Let that fear go. There are a lot of things that we have no 
control of. But you can pick and choose your own battles in life. 
There are more important things in life to worry over. Let's 
remove the emotional weight and clear our heads in order to 
succeed. 

Maybe this doesn't apply to you but every now and then we all 
doubt ourselves and our ability, but you have to shake yourself 
out of it and get on with the business of life. 

Do you want to know my real reason for starting my own business. 
My daughters. They are only 5 and 6 years old, but if they can 
see from now that Mommy and Daddy have no fear of obtaining their 
goals in life, then when they are older they will realize that 
nothing is impossible, and for whatever life has planned for my 
daughters they will be able to handle the situation because they 
will have (hopefully) no Fear of Success. 

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Copyright (c)2002 Donesia Muhammad 

Donesia Muhammad is an aspiring writer, webmaster, and publisher 
of http://MyIBizHelper.com. If you need help starting your 
Internet Business, don't fear, you are not alone. Subscribe to 
her newsletter, mailto:myibizweekly@rapidreply.net and see why 
your success depends on it. 

  
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WHAT ARE THEY THINKING
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I was shocked to hear from a close associate of mine that he didn't
plan on paying any taxes this year. What in the world is this guy
thinking? I hate taxes as much as anyone, but working at home does
not mean you are exempt from taxes! If you aren't paying all the
state and federal income tax you owe you may be in for a very big
surprise when you get audited. The IRS plans on auditing 50,000
more people this year than they did last year and with technology
being as advanced as it is, I'm sure they aren't auditing random
people as they did in the past. Don't be a fool and think that you
won't get burned if you the government doesn't get their cut. Pay
your taxes, including any special taxes you may owe because you
work at home, and be safe!


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