What is a good work at home job?

There are only a few hundred answers to that question!  But the only answer that really means anything is this one.

“What is a good work at home job?  The job that meets the goal you are trying to achieve.”

Now, that might sound like an evasive answer to some of you, but it isn't.  You see, every person is different.  Every person has different needs.  Every person has different talents.  And every person is faced with an entirely different set of personal circumstances.  The simple fact is that there are hundreds of good work at home jobs.  You just need to find the one that fits you and your unique needs.

But how do you go about finding a good work at home job that is right for you?  That is really all that matters.  And it is the only reason you are reading this.  I have actually given this question a lot of thought because it is the burning question everyone wants a good answer to.

There truly are a huge number of perfectly legitimate and very good work at home jobs, but you might be having trouble finding one.  Warning!  Do run pillar-to-post trying to find one and definitely do not start buying “job opportunities” at random.  You are doomed to failure before you even get started and will spend a lot of money in the process.  You need a plan.

Most people fail to find good work at home jobs simply because they do not know what they should be looking for.  They fail because they have not defined their own problems, their needs, their situation and so on.  If you cannot define your problem, you cannot solve it.  So here is what you need to do.

Answer These Questions

I need to find a good work at home job because ____________________________.

Most people don’t give much thought to why they are looking for a good work at home job in the first place.  You are probably thinking, “How dumb can this guy be?  I need money, Mr. Stupid!”  Well, just needing money doesn’t really answer the question precisely enough.  Answers like “… because I want to make a million dollars” or “… because I want to be rich” are called dreaming folks.  Not problem solving.

If you answered the question with “… because I need to make some extra money”, we are getting closer to a good answer.  Really think about this answer and take it one step further.  EXACTLY how much extra money do you need to make every month?  Maybe you lost your full time job and you already know exactly how much you need.  The entire goal here is to get very precise about your needs because your needs will dictate which type of work at home jobs you should be looking at.

Critical Point:  Keep your answer in mind as you look for good work at home job opportunities, because it will help keep you from getting sucked into a slick sales pitch promising you big money an get rich quick schemes.

Notice that I didn’t ask you how much time can you devote to your new work at home job.  Most people have more free time than they think, but they are not willing to give any of it up.  Here is an exercise for you.  For one week, keep a log of exactly how you spend every hour of every day.  You might be really surprised to see just how much time is wasted.  We all do it, so I’m not just pointing the finger at you.  And I am not, by any means, suggesting that you should not set aside time for yourself, because that is very important too.

Of your free hours remaining during the week, you must then decide how much time you are willing to set aside for your work at home job.  Some work at home jobs require more time than others.  Plus, the amount of time you are willing to devote can have a huge impact on how much money you can make toward your goal.

Let me explain what that means, for those of you who do not know.  Working online refers to jobs that require the use of a computer and the internet.  Offline refers to work at home jobs that do not require a computer or the internet.  There are a few rare work at home jobs that sort of blur that line, but for the most part you can rely on these definitions.

Do not be fooled by advertisements that claim you can make more money using one approach or the other.  Claims like this are simply not true.  Either approach can earn you the type of money you need, and if you are willing to learn and work at them, you can build quite a business out of either one.

A quick word about trying to make money online.  There are basically two ways to make money online; selling either physical or electronic (informational) products.  This short article cannot even begin to scratch the surface of explaining what is involved in selling products online.  I do want to mention that selling products online can be very lucrative, but you must be willing to keep up with changing trends and constantly update your knowledge.  Things can change quickly in the internet world and you can go from feast to famine in one heck of hurry.