Turning What You Love to Do into a Home-based
Business
By: Sylvie Fortin
Do you want to learn the biggest
secret that all great telecommuters know and the main reason
they are employed full time from home?
The secret is simply that
if you want to work from home, you have to change your mindset
and realize that you are in control of whether or not you
are going to have a job you love. Once you realize that you
are the only one who can make the necessary changes in your
life, you are giving yourself permission to imagine what it
would feel like to have a work-at-home job that you absolutely
love.
Let’s explore what makes
you tick and what you love to do. See, if you are going to
work from home, you might as well do something that you love
to do. There's no point in spending time doing what you hate
doing or you'll be miserable every day you're doing it. So,
let's go about finding out what you love to do so you can
find joy in your work!
List Your Hobbies
To discover what you love to do, begin by listing everything
that you love to do in your spare time. If you have a passion
for cat grooming, put it on your list. If you drool over
building birdhouses, put that on the list. Don't dismiss it just
because you think it has nothing to do with telecommuting. You
may find yourself surprised how even the most peculiar hobby can
be turned into a successful home business.
List Your Skills
Now, you need to list your skills. This list should include all
the things that you do really well, whether or not you like
doing it. Be very precise.
Now that you have your raw
list of skills, let's start flexing our creative muscles. To
discover your ideal job, you’re going to have to start thinking
like a business consultant—you know, those well-paid executives
who are paid to come up with creative ideas for other companies
to implement. It’s time for you to start being your own business
consultant and come up with your own creative niche in your
telecommuting career.
Invent Your Own Career
What you need to do is take a few steps outside yourself.
Pretend that you are a well-paid executive business consultant
that needs to figure out what you do best. Review your two lists
very carefully and let your creativity tell you what your
perfect career choice may be.
If your favorite hobby is
antique furniture refinishing it might not seem like there would
be a telecommuting career hidden in there. But, if we look
closer, we'll see that there is any number of possible
home-based careers that can take advantage of your knowledge of
antique furniture. For example,
If one of your skills was
writing, you could write a How To Guide on refinishing antiques
and sell it as an eBook. You could also write a How To Guide on
finding great deals on old antiques and how to spot an authentic
antique under years and layers of old paint. If you were an
excellent researcher, you could freelance your research skills
to antique stores. You could contact antique shops and offer
your services as a researcher to locate rare pieces for them to
purchase. If you were tech savvy, you could create a series of
web templates specifically geared towards antique shops and give
them away to antique stores. Of course, you would also offer to
modify any template of their choice and maintain their site, for
a fee. If you were good at organizing parties and events, you
could organize an antique show and involve many of the stores
and shops in your area. You could set up a trade show where
antiques were showcased and all the stores who want to
participate would pay a fee to have their booth at the show.
As you can see, even a
seemingly obscure hobby like antiquing can be turned into a
work-at-home job when you align your loves with your skills. Are
you starting to get the idea now? If so, turn on that little
light bulb blinking above your head and get started imagining
how you can turn what you love into a thriving and satisfying
home-based business.
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This article is excerpted from “You
Can Work in Your PJs”, a real world guide to telecommuting.
Sylvie Fortin works from home full time and wrote this book
to share her unique techniques with others. You can download
your copy of “You Can Work in Your PJs” by visiting
http://www.inyourpjs.com
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