How A Work at Home Mom 
Can Create Business Success

An increasing number of women are choosing to become work at home moms.  Many women look for a comfortable work/life balance between family and career. If you decide you want to establish a home-based career, here are some points to consider. Clarify why you are pursuing a home-based business and what business enterprise best fits your abilities and passions.  Then develop the action plan and business strategies.  There are many mom entrepreneur examples to inspire your own creativity. 

Know Why You Choose A WAAM Life.

Do you want to earn money while staying at home with your children? A WAAM life might be the answer.  Work at Home Moms (WAAM) can provide monetary income to cover household expenses and be at home to take care of their children.  Statistics show that women have entered the labor force in growing numbers.  However, children still need to be taken to the doctor, shuttled to sports activities, escorted to music lessons and elderly parents still need care.  For many mothers, the decision to be a work at home mom provides the necessary flexibility and the contentment of being their family's caregiver. 

How a Home-based Career Can Thrive.

Define your passion. What do you love doing?   When deciding on a home-based career, you should choose something for which you have passion. You are going to be spending all of your business time focused on this, so choose something you enjoy and something about which you want to continue investing your time and energy.  Find the business opportunity that fuels your passion and allows you to earn an income.

Design Your Action Plan.

Planning is the most important part of any business venture.   Take the time to plan carefully and objectively.  If you need to upgrade your skill set to manage your new business venture, include that in your planning.  Remember that you are starting a business and there is no such thing as a "get rich quick" scheme.  It may be more realistic for you to continue working at a job part-time as you start your home-based career.  Or, you may have saved money to cover expenses during this business start-up as a work at home mom.  Choosing a business that embraces your passion will get you through the tough times.  Check out this article on Financial Stress Management Tips for more advice.

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Optimize Your Work Environment

 As a work at home mom, you will find that there are many distractions for you to handle as your pursue your new career.  Having an established work location within the home will help you segment your work from other family  and personal responsibilities.  It may be impossible to shut the door on the rest of the household, but having a designated area for you to keep work files and materials is a safeguard from risking the possibility of things getting lost or misplaced. 

The kids will soon learn what areas are off-limits for them in the house.  In this way, business activities become secure and will not be tampered with accidentally.  Keep regular business hours so that the family is aware when mom is working and should not be disturbed.  These hours will no doubt change as children grow and have different schedules and needs, but having the work schedule keeps kids aware to leave mom alone and keeps mom focused on her work.

Believe in Yourself.

As you develop your new home-based career, self doubt is liable to creep into your mind's eye occasionally.  However, if you have well-defined goals and if you remind yourself that growing a business takes time, you should be able to cast self-doubt aside.   A work at home mom can sometimes feel isolated so guard against that by building a group of adults with whom you can converse.  

 People are very willing to help and engage with you in your efforts to succeed, but you truly need to know what you want.  Specifically, what do you want to achieve?  Then go do it.  Check out this FREE RESOURCE BELOW!

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