Know Yourself First

Know Yourself First
Copyright © Alfonso DiLuca
http://www.SimpleGlobalCash.com

Before you jump into an Internet business, look to yourself first. If you are not putting your time and effort into something you truly enjoy, what’s the point? Starting your business and then realizing it is not your passion, is the main reason new businesses fail. We start on something just because it sounds good, or we think it has a financial potential, and-boom-your business is dead.

Look at yourself first. By understanding yourself first you can pick a niche that identifies with your emotions and your interests. This will definitely bring joy along the way and will guarantee that the work you do, will not seem like work.

- What is your passion?
- What are your hobbies?
- In what industries or jobs have you worked on before?
- What kind of training do you have?
- What have you always wanted to do but never had the time to pursue?

The answers to those questions will give you a niche to target and a road to take. When I started to get involved in the Internet world, I was eager to find a business line that would provide me with enough income, period. That was my main goal, my only goal. What I was missing was the fact that I was omitting passion and interest from my plan. It was then I realized that nothing motivated enough to risk my time, my energy, and resources.

My answers to the questions above clearly guided me to find a way to work with artists. Being an actor myself, I felt compelled to help other artists find freedom to express themselves and financial freedom as well. So, I started a business that people could operate at their own time and without restrictions. I started an affiliate home business.

My niche was "the arts", my clients were artists, and ever since, the work I do every day doesn’t seem like work to me. Helping artists and people in general to find their own enjoyment, makes the journey a pleasant ride. And when the ride is pleasant, the financial burdens will die.

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Basic Foundation For Your Home Business

Copyright © Alfonso DiLuca
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Sometimes the most basic information, the one we are sure we know by heart, is the one we never put in practice, and never apply. Taking control of these obvious steps makes a big difference in our lives, especially when starting a business from home.

Make sure you get a grip of these three tools right from the start.

Spreadsheet for Debits & Credits
Develop a spreadsheet for recording all the income and cash in hand, and all the money you owed. You can start by putting in separate columns the following categories:
(A) Bank Accounts (balances), Money you are expecting, etc. Continue with the columns by recording (B) the money you owed. Put in these categories the balances of your credit cards etc. By adding each column and then subtracting B from A you get your net worth number. Keep track of it. Focus on increasing that number.

Spreadsheet for Expenses
Develop this important spreadsheet to take control of all your everyday expenditure.
Start by putting the months in columns. Continue by putting in rows all the different categories of expenses. For example:
-Home mortgage, home expenses.
-Car payment, gas, tolls, insurance, repairs, parking.
-Health insurance, prescriptions, doctor visits.
-Credit cards.
-Business expenses.
-Other categories like restaurants, groceries, entertainment, dry cleaning, clothing, etc.
The more specific these categories are, the better it is. It will take some work to first create this tracking tool, but once you have it, it will take less than 10 minutes a day to update. There is nothing more useful than this spreadsheet to help you organize your finances and to help you keep a peace of mind. By adding these columns month by month you can start working on channeling your expenses in better ways.

Spreadsheet for Access
This is an important record that many times we take for granted. Develop a spreadsheet where you record all the usernames and passwords you use. It is necessary to include the following:
-Username
-Password
-Date of entry
-Monthly cost (if any), and date of charge
-Contact information

Implement these useful tools as soon as possible so you can save time later. When entering the information on a regular basis, file the receipts by categories in separate envelopes. This will make your life easier when the time comes to file your taxes.
If you knew all this, good for you. If you didn’t, do your business a favor, start now.

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