Patience Dont Start Your Business Without It
Patience: Don’t Start Your Business Without It
In this world of instant gratification, there is still a place for one of the keys virtues known to man, especially for the work at home entrepreneur: Patience .
Patience is defined as bearing or enduring pain, difficulty, provocation, or annoyance with calmness .
It also means persevering; constant .
Why is that so important for someone who is starting or is operating their own work at home business? Let me explain by telling you my story .
I found out the importance of patience through a mistake I made several years ago .
I enrolled in a work at home business in the mid 90's .
But, instead of being patient, I decided quickly that it wasn't for me and I moved on to another opportunity .
Well, I decided that one wasn't for me either and I moved to another, then another, and another .
Finally, I ran across an opportunity that really appealed to me .
I found it on a simple web search .
I clicked on the guy's website, signed up, and waited with anticipation for more details .
I mean, this was exactly what I was looking for .
I patted myself on the back for being patient .
After all, I hadn't wasted my time with those other opportunities, right? Well, it turns out that this new opportunity was the same work at home business that I had started to begin with! So instead of not wasting time like I thought, I had wasted several years but not sticking with the original opportunity .
Ha d I been patient to start with, there is no telling how far up in the business I would have been .
Through the years, I have learned the importance of patience in several areas of the work at home business Entrepreneur.
First, you need patience to get to know your new business .
It's kind of like getting to know your spouse .
Would you give your marriage 30 days and say it's too hard and leave? It takes time to get to know them .
Your business is no different .
a genuine work at business will offer you some type of training .
You may need to go through the training several times to get the idea of how things work .
You need to get to know any products you offer by studying them and giving them a try yourself .
You need to understand the compensation plan so there will not be any surprises down the road when you get your commission checks .
You need time to understand exactly how you are to promote your business .
Be patient and you will gain the understanding you need.
Next, you need patience in dealing with and getting to know your customers/affiliates .
When I first started my online business, I e-mailed my sponsor 2 or 3 times a day .
Sometimes I asked the same question over and over .
But you know, he was always nice and kept helping me, although I know I was getting on his nerves .
His response to me was one reason I kept going .
I knew deep down I could be a success and he kept reminding me of that fact .
He was patient with me .
Not everybody will reach your expectations .
Some will join you and drop out in a day .
Others will last a month and quit .
But you will find quality people that are like you .
It may not happen overnight but it will happen .
Just be patient.
You also need patience in promoting your business .
Advertising takes time, both in the time it takes to do it and in seeing results, as well as finding the best way to promote your particular business .
Just because you start a business doesn't mean people will come flocking to it .
It takes time to get the word out, both with online and traditional advertising .
It took several months of promoting my website before I got my first customer .
It takes time to send out follow-up letters to customers/affiliates you get as a result of your advertising .
Advertising takes time but it will work.
In closing, let me say you need patience in the day to day running of your business .
This may be the area that patience is needed the most .
The thrill of getting started is wearing off .
The actual work has begun .
It seems that nothing is happening .
Day after day, week after week goes buy .
You start thinking, I knew this wouldn't work .
But then it happens .
Someone joins your program or you sell a product .
the thrill is back! You are rejuvenated! Life is good .
This is the feeling that you need to hang on to even when things don't seem to be moving .
This should be your focus even when that little voice is telling you that you can't do it or that you should give up or when patience is wearing thin .
It may not happen overnight but you can be a success .
But remember, anything worth having is worth working for .
Make up your mind you are going to give it time .
Be patient!!
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