Risk.Just
sound of
word can conjure up feelings of nervousness.
Risk - The possibility of suffering harm or loss; danger.
A factor, element or course involving uncertain danger.
As much as we may wish to avoid it, succeeding in business, as
well as in life, will almost always involve a certain amount
of risk.
If you want to double your success rate, then double your
failure rate. This can involve some risk.
Look at
great leaders in history. At many points along
their journey to success, each one took great risks. Whether
it's a business leader such as Bill Gates of Microsoft or
investing magnet Warren Buffet; military leaders such as
General MacArthur or General Colin Powell, or religious leaders
such as Jesus Christ or
Dalai Lama.
Each of these individuals have faced tremendous challenges and
taken great risks along their journey's toward success.
Taking risks in your home business can involve deciding when to
go full time. It can be adding or reducing a product line or
service that you offer, taking out a loan to expand your business
or changing
direction of your business all together.
The biggest fear surrounding risk is that of failure. That
word, also, sounds pretty bad, doesn't it? That's because you
have been conditioned to believe that failure IS bad. But, is
that really true?
Let's turn that around a little and consider
fact that
basketball great Michael Jordan misses over 50 percent of the
shots he takes.
The best batting season in baseball's history meant that the
batter didn't even make first base 589 times out of 1000.
That's greater than 50 percent!
What about
richest people on Wall Street? They don't
always pick winning stocks. The great military leaders don't
win every battle, but they do win
war.
And, Bill Gates? Well, he's suffered his share of perceived
failures lately, but you can hardly look at him and his company
as anything but wildly successful.
So, how does this relate to you and your home business?
Quite simply, you must be willing to take a few risks,
although calculated, to experience
kind of success you most
likely want.
When is
perfect time for you to go full time in your home
based business endeavor? In my experience, there is never a
"perfect time." There is only a time that appears to be better
than other times.
What about adding or reducing a product line? Well, nothing
ventured, nothing gained.
And, if you are considering changing
direction of your