What would it be like to start a home based business? Many people wonder this on Sundays as they dread beginning of next work week. The only real problem, and what prevents most people from starting a home based business, is belief that it can be done.

Most people are not cut out for a home based business. This is why most people work for someone else. If we all had home based businesses we’d have no one to serve our meals at restaurants or sing to us at concerts!

So be glad that YOU are looking into starting a home based business because if you choose wisely, there is a lot less competition than there is at a local job fair these days!

The internet makes it very, very easy and inexpensive for people to start a home based business these days. There are thousands of legitimate, valid home based business opportunities out there. And, of course, there are a lot of scams to beware of.

The best rule to live by is this: If it sounds too good to be true, it absolutely, definitely, positively IS!

Anyone who tells you that you can get something for nothing is a crook. Someone who says “we do all work” is lying to you. Anyone who tells you that to start a home based business you need thousands of dollars and it should go to them for privilege, is yanking your chain.

There is nothing worse then spending ten minutes looking for something to accomplish a three minute task. Clear clutter and clear your mind.

1. Hold intention that only three things aloud on your writing desk is a lamp, a small vase for flowers, and a photograph or two. That's it! When you get up from your desk put everything else away except those three things.

2. Sort your mail as soon as it comes in, then recycle, throw out, file, or respond. No piles and no promise to go through it later.

3. Spend ten minutes a day walking through your house with a large shopping bag. Grab at least three things from each room in house that you can throw away.

4. Have a special reading box or basket- Sort through magazines or articles you want to read and tear out articles you are interested in and recycle rest of magazine.

5. Make sure you sort your email so you never have more than 3-5 things in your in box at any one time.