"That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well."
Abraham Lincoln
Working at home is often fantasized about as workers sit at a desk in their office located in the basement or a spare room in their house. If only I could work at home, thinks the new mom at home with her baby.
To the average retired person, starting a home business is a way to supplement a woefully insufficient fixed retirement income and fight boredom.
But for some of the frustrated, and justifiably angry even perhaps hungry unemployed in these financially challenging times, however, a work at home career is perhaps the only realistic hope for a better future.
Listen to KP's story.
KP is a 53 year-old financial analyst who had spent over 10 years working as a mortgage loan specialist in a local branch of the now collapsed Wachovia bank. His wife had lost her job in another financial institution a few months earlier.
A year before Wachovia collapsed in 2008, KP and his family of five had moved into their dream house. A $350K plus suburban house the family had invested in and planned to make their new home when their first child turned 21.
With both parents now out of work and with no income, 2009 was a particularly difficult year for KP and his family. They almost lost their recently acquired dream house. They even contemplated declaring bankruptcy at a point.
Back in 2007, a former classmate of his had approached him about investing in his start up online consulting business. KP would eventually turn down the request, but remained in close touch with his former classmate. They called each other often to chat and share views on each other's progress in life.
In June last year, and in the midst of their financial difficulties, KP called his friend to seek his advice on a niche home-based business the family had contemplated starting.
At the end of the hour-long phone discussion, the friend gave him a surprise. He decided to pay the over $4,000 attendance fee so KP could join him in an internet marketing boot camp he was making a presentation at in California the following month.
Following the discussion, KP and his family agreed to pay the extra $3,700 to enable him attend this 3-day event. At the conference, he ended up spending an extra $3,950 on a host of important home study materials and programs.
KP and his wife launched their home-based investment advisory services business in September of last year. And from what I gather, their new business grossed just over $115K this past September. Their next big move is to launch a web-based version of it and add other services including online training programs. His friend's online consulting business, meanwhile, became a 7-figure operation last January and now has 2 full-time employees.
KP and his wife have set themselves a clear goal to build their start up niche business it into a 7-figure home-based online business by 2015. And given the level at which they are currently operating, I have no doubt that they can achieve their 7-figure goal perhaps even before 2015.
Your situation might be different from that of KP and his family. You may still have a job but even if you don't, don't panic. Instead, use the experience, the skill you already have and follow the success roadmap KP and his family as well as numerous others have created for you.
This time next year, I want your success story to be the inspirational message that gets other readers to act on their dream.
So are you ready to start building your very own 6-figure Internet-based home business today?
