So, you’ve decided to go into business for yourself to capture your part of “American Dream”. Now that that’s all settled where heck do we go from here?

Many people wake up each day because an alarm clock is beckoning them to their same old day in day out J-O-B (Just over Broke). They work same hours, are in debt past their eyeballs, and all appear to have that “deer in headlights” look.

The real tragedy is that these average people, you, and me, your neighbor, can have so much more but settle for so much less. Somewhere along line, we lost our vision; we lost our hope and settled for cards life was dealing us. Wait a minute! Who says so?

The only thing that stands in away of your achieving American Dream is YOU! Think about that for a minute because it’s a powerful statement. Who is harder on you than you? When you stumble and fall, who will be there to pick you up? It had better be you because if you can’t depend upon yourself, you’re in BIG trouble.

Many people I’ve known have worked same jobs for 40 years, retired and then died within first 5 years of retirement. Pretty bleak future isn’t it? There’s got be more than this in life so don’t let opportunities pass you buy. As children, we all had fantasies, we had ideas, and we had VISION! What chased them out of you?

I ask you, why work for someone else, making them rich, or have a boss who’s literally making you ill because he’s a manager wanna be that doesn’t realize being a dictator is no longer acceptable, or have someone else take credit for your ideas because they lack vision to have their own – why do it?

It has never been easier than right now to start your own business but like anything else you need to think it through. What kind of business do you want? Where are your customers going to come from, how about customer service issues – are you ready to deal with people as owner of a company? Don’t fall into old trap of saying “I’m not going to be anything like my boss or company I work for” This is like saying you’re not going to be anything like your parents and then one day you realize that silently you did!

Telecommuting is becoming a reality. The workplace has shifted from a central office to places such as employee homes and neighbourhood complexes where people primarily use electronic means to transfer work between home and office.

It is important that employers who consider options such as telecommuting put necessary support structure around it. One of many aspects that need to be considered is employee Leave Administration.