“Drive thy business or it will drive thee,” states Benjamin Franklin in Poor Richard’s Almanac. Every great business started in the heart of a hopeful individual and then at the meeting table of important people, be they a husband and wife at the dinner table or a group of business people at a bar with cocktails. Eventually the idea blossomed into a genuine business, usually in a small office in the back of a home and eventually into a separate building in the heart of a business district. The successful business, though, first began as a successful home business. Those who created made it successful with a few basic skills.
First and foremost, hard work characterizes the successful home business. Just because an individual now works from home does not mean he has the right to sleep in until noon. The most successful home businesses owners distinguish themselves with their work ethic. They wake up early and maintain a strict schedule of opening their “office” at a specific time and even closing it at a specific time. The discipline that characterizes a successful business also characterizes the successful home business.
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