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3 Requirements For Working From A Home Office


There are two typical thoughts when someone hears that you are working from your home office.

1)  You have all the time in the world to lay around, do what you want when you want, and you are just lucky. 

2)  That’s not a “real” job!

Both of those stereotypes couldn’t be further than the truth!

In order to be a successful business person working out of your home you need skills and character many 9-5 jobs don’t require.  Money does not just come in the mail if you are doing nothing.  Just like you don’t get a check if you don’t clock in for a traditional job.

If we consider what a job is: the work that a person does regularly in order to earn money, according to Merriam-Webster, we would acknowledge that you can do this working as an employee for someone, or working for yourself.  You can do this in an office, store or out of your home.

Unfortunately, most people are afraid of not having the security, which today, many realize is really a false sense of security, of knowing what their monthly income will be.  So, they live paycheck to paycheck, unable to get ahead.

Yes, there is more flexibility and opportunity for growth when you own your own business and work out of you home office, but it doesn’t come without a price.

If you are thinking about working out of your home office, consider these 3 requirements if you hope to succeed.

1)    You Must Be Relentlessly Self- Directed And Self-Motivated

If you cannot discipline yourself and control your own actions and what you spend time on, you might as well not even start.  Working for yourself requires you to motivate yourself and not rely on someone telling you what to do and when to do it.

Will you get up when you feel like sleeping in, and you can, because you are working from home?

Will you pick up the phone and make the calls?

Will you turn off the TV in the evening so you can invest in personal growth?

If you struggle doing those things, you will have a continual uphill climb and you won't get too far.


2)    You Must Be Persistent And Willing To Grow From Failure Rather Than Quit

If you are not hungry for success, you will not succeed in the long run.  There will be ups and downs and if you are not willing to get up and learn from mistakes or failures, you will end up quitting. 

Many people look at successful home business owners and think they got where they by luck.  There is no luck.  It is hard work and a tenacious spirit that got them there.  I hear all the time, “I wish I could do what they do or be where they are.”  Well, that usually is not true because they are not willing to do what others did to get there. 


3)    You Must Be Able To Focus And Draw A Line Between Work And Home

One of my biggest struggles is drawing a line between work and home.  This is difficult because you are, in a sense, like a doctor, often on call at all hours of the day and evening.  This has its benefits, but also, drawbacks.  You may be inconvenienced at times, but you also have the freedom to schedule things how you want.

Setting hours to work can help a great deal for the work you do from your home office.  This will help distinguish work time and home time when you are at home.


Working from a home office can be very rewarding, but it takes hard work and self-discipline.  If you can motivate yourself and are willing to persist, even in spite of the ups and downs, you can experience freedom and be in control of your own destiny.


If this has given you any inspiration, please comment below or on www.facebook.com/absorb360. 

If you want more information on working from your own home office, contact me at: tracy@absorb360.com or click here.