I am reading more blogs now than ever.

Why?

I want to get better at writing content. Good content, not advertorials to make money, but maybe something I say will… save a life? Give someone hope? Create a stir that makes for positive change in a life somewhere in the world?

I dunno… but I want to reach out and create positive joy and change in people’s lives.

It’s not always about the bottom line and the income.

I was reading Amit Mehta’s blog, Super Affiliate Mindset and his latest post, called, Hot Tips from the PPC Summit - Day one, had a quote in it that stopped me dead in my tracks.

Amit was talking to corporate type people and when asked what he does (he is an affiliate marketer) people kinda pooh poo’ed his profession thinking he works few hours a day, sitting in his PJ’s.

Maybe that is true of Amit?

I dunno. But he talked about the human desire to work to death on projects and how much effort people will go to and at great sacrifice…just to make the boss more money.

The is this the quote:

“It’s amazing how hard people work for so little money, and they’re ok with it?!?”

I agree Amit.

It amazes me, so many people wake up at the crack of dawn, kids asleep, drive an hour to work, do there job well, work hard, then drive back, make dinner, clean up, call a friend or two, check email, watch their favorite show, and hit the sack, all to do it again the next day. Over and over, year after year, decade after decade.

Then, you take that same exact person, and you tell them:

“You can be an entrepreneur! Have at it! The world and the time is all yours for the taking!”

So they quit their job and join the home based solopreneur workforce. They become an affiliate marketer. They become a direct sales promoter. They push MLM products or they focus on adsense sites because they see the money people are making out there.

And then this same person sleeps in, skips meals, works a little, checks email obsessively, spends way too much time on their social media profiles trying to get friends to join their media pages, while navigating youtube videos, and playing solitare. And at the end of the day, spends less time on the phone, talk to less people, and is still waiting for that “big check” to come from the internet lifestyle. They never see the income roll in.

So what happened?

It’s wierd, but people will work harder for someone telling them what to do than they do for themselves, with no one telling them what to do.

With no boss to be accountable to, people can do whatever they want when they work from home. It’s a double blessing and curse at the same time, if people don’t chose to manage their lives and days well.

I see too many failures in the home based business market, namely because most people cannot stand working for themselves.

The bible talks very specifically about hard work. It talks about taking pride in the work of your hands and being diligent with the talents and responsibilities you have. If you manage it well, more will be given.

So, what am I exactly saying here? Well two things I guess.

1. Some people work so dang hard to make a boss rich, but if they became entrepreneurs and worked for themselves, they’d become millionaires with their work ethic.

2. Some people work so dang hard to make a boss rich, but if they became entrepreneurs and worked for themselves, they’d fail at a home based business cause they need to be told what to do all the time and they have no self dicipline or motivation to be consistent and establish systems.

The world needs workers and the world needs entrepreneurs too. One is not greater than the other. Both need each other to survive.

If you are thinking of making the plunge into the online entrepreneur world, ask yourself, “Do I really have what it takes?”

“Can I work as hard for myself as I do for my company that I love, even though they don’t pay me very much?”

Something to think about before you make the leap.

So how about you. For those who crossed over from the job to the home based business, has your work ethic changed? Are you distracted more? Are you producing more?

What are your thoughts?

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