By Terry Dean

Let me begin by telling you a story...

In Indiana, there lives a woman who works 8 hour days
6 days a week at a local computer company. We will
call her "Barbara" for the sake of this article.

Barbara dreads getting up in the morning. She dreads
getting ready for work. She dreads driving to work.
She dreads clocking in. She absolutely hates her job.

She has a degree in computer science, but she can
barely stand the sight of a computer anymore. Everything
in her miserable life has become a drudgery to her. She
can barely stand herself. The most important thing to
her is that wonderful clock that chimes 5 p.m. when
it is time for her to go home.

She rushes to her car...Drives as fast as the law
allows home...and then immediately rushes into her
house as fast as she can to the noise of overexcited
door greeters. Both them and her have waited all day
for this moment. Now, she can relax.

She sits down on the couch...collects up her pets (2
dogs and a cat) and gives each of them the attention
she knows that they crave. She turns on "Animal Planet"
on the television set and sits back breathing a sigh
of relief that she lived through another day.

Every day this same process occurs. Sometimes she
makes a stop by the library and gets a collection
of books on "Dog Care" and on "Dog Training." On her
day off (that wonderful day), her and her dogs go
and spend the entire day at the local park. All of
them wait all week for that wonderful event.

Because of the drudgery of her job and the desire she
has to be constantly free from it, she decided to
check into starting her own home business. Her friends
sell Avon. As a matter of fact, one of them even makes
enough money to do it full-time.

Barbara envies this woman...She gets up and works when
she wants at her own business which she loves. She
always seems to have a spring in her step and a smile
on her face.

Then, one day her friend invites Barbara to join her.
Excitement overflows inside of Barbara...She will be
able to be in control of her own destiny. She can be
in business for herself.

Barbara jumps at the chance...besides it is only $25
she says to herself..."What do I have to lose?" She
is absolutely on fire with this new possibility...She
can work for herself and make her own life.

She quickly begins to do everything her sponsor told
her to do...She makes up lists of contacts. She
begins contacting them all one by one. She does
everything necessary to get started as fast as
possible.

Barbara begins making a little money... (It always
starts out small in your own home business), but
something is missing. She stills has her job...She
has her new home business and is beginning to make a
little income doing it...BUT she has even less time
than before to do the things she loves.

Her day off came and went...She had meetings to
attend in her new business. Her dogs stayed home
staring longingly at their leashes wondering what
was wrong. Barbara is making more money now, but is
no more free time than ever before.

Now, after the excitement of her new business has worn
off, that telephone is getting pretty heavy to use.
It is getting pretty tiring to come home from work
every day and have to work this second job...even
though it is hers.

One day, her sponsor quits and she has no one to help
her stay motivated anymore. That was the final straw.
She can't do it any more. She goes back to the old
routine feeling guilty that she "failed" in her home
business venture.

Later on down the road, this same process occurs. She
joins another home business "opportunity" only to
later give up and quit because she just can't take
it anymore. Dozens of times this happens. Every time
she feels more guilty that she just doesn't have what
it takes to make it in her own home business.

Every time this occurs she ends up exhausted on her
couch. The funny thing is that the answer to her
problem has been right under her nose all of the time.
It happens to be staring up at her lovingly right
this moment holding it's leash.

Her problem has been that she works a job she hates.
She wants a way out and others are promising her a
solution that just isn't suited to her. They make
money doing it because they love it. She makes a
little at it and quits because she can't stand that
JOB either.

For them, it is a way of life and a passion. For her,
it is just another JOB, yet with less starting salary.
Her passion is for her pets, but she spends time
trying to work up passion for other people's desires.

I will let you off the hook and tell you...Barbara's
problem is that she is trying the WRONG home business
for her. She should be starting a business where her
passion is at. Instead, she just tries to imitate
others who have completely different desires.

I wonder if that is your problem? If you can't wait
to get off your job and get out to the golf course,
but you are trying to sell health products, it won't
work. If you only want to garden all of the time, but
sell make-up, you are dead in the water before you
ever start.

The Best Way to Produce A Lifestyle You Enjoy is By
Doing What You Love!

Take off the blinders...Take off the limitations.
What do you love doing? What are your hobbies? What
is it that you think about every time you get a
spare moment?

That is the BUSINESS for you to be in...Don't tell
me it can't be done. I will just tell you to figure
out how to do it.

Let's go back to Barbara...What should she be doing?
How about being a pet sitter, dog walker, pet day
care, pet groomer, or a dog trainer? She could write
books on pet training, animal grooming, etc. That
could be an information business. It could be a
service business. Don't put limitations on yourself
or others.

Don't tell me it can't be done! On TV, I just heard
about a DOG BAKERY which only sells gourmet dog
treats. They have over a million in sales and 20,000
mail order clients besides what they have in their
little shop. If you love it, you will find a way once
you make up your mind!

For many of you reading this, you may be in the
wrong business. You are making money (Or you aren't
making money it doesn't matter), but you just aren't
happy. Well, now you have it. Somebody was finally
willing to tell you the truth of the matter.

Find your LOVE and you will find success. Yes, it
will be hard starting out. It is in any business
you get started in. If your business is also your
passion and your hobby though, YOU WILL make it
through and won't quit when it gets hard, because
you LOVE it.

Take my quick test below...

Do You Dread Getting Out of Bed Every Morning?

Do you constantly wish you could obtain freedom
in your life somehow?

Have you tried a home business before and failed?

Do you wonder if there is any purpose to your life?

Do you wish you could spend more time at your
hobby than at your job?

If you answered "YES" to any of those questions, you
have some thinking ahead of you. If you answered
"YES" to all of them, you better do something in a
hurry!

The Best Way to Produce A Lifestyle You Enjoy is
By Doing What You Love

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