Starting a Home Based Business: Fear is the Biggest Obstacle

By: Alan Liew

The most common reason people don’t start their home based business is the fear involved with it. Many people are not willing to sacrifice all of their time for their business and make it their top priority. Sacrifices must be made in order to put the time needed to build and grow your home business and people are afraid of that.



Time isn’t the only thing people are afraid of. Money plays a big part when thinking of working for yourself. If things don’t go as planned it can financially ruin a family. The needs of a family must still be met even if the business isn’t making the money it needs to. Health insurance premiums must still be met along with all other normal bills. Many people believe that starting their own business means they will not be able to afford quality health insurance coverage for their families.

Some people are lucky to have a spouse that works and has a good insurance plan to cover them and the whole family. When a couple goes into business together, this is not the case. Couples think they have nothing to fall back on if the business isn’t as profitable as they had once hoped.

The daily expenses are what a lot of people think about when starting their own business. You must still eat and make the car payments along with any mortgages or rent regardless of how much money your business make. The thought of this keeps many people staying on their old job everyday no matter how unhappy they are with it.

While all of these fears are a real concern, when the potential for success is weighted against the possibilities of failure, some people decide it’s worth it and take the risk of starting their home business. But, unless these people have a quality product or service that is going to make them money from the first day, they will need to have a plan for converting from a 9 to 5 employee to a successful home business owner.

The plan could include starting out part time with your business while maintaining your employee status and health benefits. Starting your business part time while continuing to work reduces the amount of fear normally found when venturing out on your own. Once the business starts showing enough profit, then you can move away from being an employee and enjoy the benefits of being a business owner.

Many times when working towards making this transition. Many people become frustrated with the way the new venture is going but you must realize that building a profitable home business takes time. You must realize that the business probably wouldn’t grow any faster than if you were working on it full time. But that doesn't mean you should quit your day job immediately to work full time on your business. Don’t make the mistake of leaving your job before the new business can totally support the living of your family.

Instead of letting the fear you feel keep you away from starting a new business at home, let the fear guide you about when the time is right for you to quit your current job. Those who have no fear may jump right in and become successful from the start, but there are also many failures that come from going full time too soon. Use the fear to understand the challenges you are faced with and think of it as a partner that will help you instead of letting the fear stop you from even trying.

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Alan Liew owns a blog that publishes articles and content to help people succeed in their home based business.