Posts Tagged ‘telecommute’
How Do You Define Success?
How do you define success?
The website http://dictionary.reference.com defines success as:
the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors
- the attainment of wealth, position, honors, or the like.
Successful people don’t always “terminate” their attempts or endeavors, and success doesn’t always mean wealth or honors. How else could this word be defined?
Your belief about whether or not you are successful may influence your future plans. For example, if you have been in business for yourself a couple of years and have not made as much money as you think you should have, it may make you want to give up. You may start to doubt yourself and question why you ever thought you could succeed. You may suddenly think you’re not going to be able to reach the goals you set for yourself.
There are many levels of success. Those who start a home business while working full-time and are able to quit their jobs in six months can definitely be thought of as successful. Likewise, someone who makes six figures after a year or two in business could also be thought of as successful.
But someone who put up a website with no knowledge of HTML is also a success. Someone who knocks on hundreds of doors and picks themselves up upon receiving one rejection after another is also successful. Someone who puts in an hour or two a day while working full-time is successful just because they are staying in the game.
Success is about the journey, not the destination. It’s about hanging in there when you want to quit. It’s about believing in yourself when all those around you start telling you to go back to your day job. It’s giving yourself a pat on the back for each small accomplishment, and getting up the next day to try again.
Persistence in Your Home Business
Many people have the desire to start their own business, but become discouraged when faced with obstacles. The answer to discouragement is persistence.
As Dale Carnegie said, “Most of the important things in the world have been accomplished by people who kept trying when there was no hope at all.”
Starting a home business requires determination to see your goals through. The first sign of trouble doesn’t mean you’ve been defeated. It means you have to try different tactics.
Success doesn’t come overnight to most people. There is no such thing as getting rich quick. Starting your first business means you have to learn new skills. The learning curve always results in some mistakes, and mistakes are necessary to learn certain lessons. Mastering skills requires time and experience. There is no way around that.
As a new business owner, when success doesn’t come as quickly as you think it should, you may begin to doubt yourself and your ability to make your dreams come true. When you’re in that frame of mind, listen to the words of Harriet Beecher Stowe:
“When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hang on a minute longer, never give up then, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.”
If you believed in yourself enough to start your own business, don’t give up on yourself when you make mistakes while you are inexperienced. Remember that every successful person has a history of early failures. We aren’t born knowing how to run our own business, and chances are we didn’t learn what we need to know in school. We can only learn by trial and error, by jumping in and participating, and by trusting that with persistence, we will not only rise above our mistakes but benefit from them.
Why You Need A Mentor
One of the most important requirements to succeed in network marketing or any other type of entrepreneurship is a mentor. The word mentor is defined by http://dictionary.reference.com/ as “a wise and trusted counselor or teacher”. One of the most significant words in that definition is trusted. When you are learning a new skill, whether it is network marketing or any form of home business marketing, it is important to put your trust in those who are already successful.
If you are starting an online business, it may be difficult to know who to trust. The nature of internet marketing is that everyone claims to have the answers that you are looking for – for a price.
If money is no object, you may want to hire a paid mentor, but this really isn’t necessary. Although paid coaching and mentorship programs may be helpful, the best mentors are people who are willing to pass on what they know for free.
The best place to find this type of person is by spending time in forum. Whatever your niche, there is a forum where people are discussing it. Within every forum, it is possible to find experts. Not only that, in forums people openly discuss who they look up to, who they have learned the most from. By listening to and participating in these discussions, you will most likely find someone you admire and that you want to emulate and learn from.
Having a mentor may eliminate years of trial and error. There is no wiser person than one who can learn from mistakes others have already made. You may be able to save yourself both time and money by listening to one or two people with more experience than you have.
Truthfully, there is a very fine line between success and failure. Finding a trusted mentor may make all the difference.
Are You Really The Boss?
The desire to work from home usually goes hand in hand with the desire not to have to report to anyone else. People envision a life free of alarm clocks and rush hour traffic, free of pointless meetings and time cards.
Still, many people begin their work at home careers with a telecommute job. They may get started by talking their current boss into allowing them to work from home, or they may secure a telecommute job such as customer service rep or telemarketing job that entails putting in a certain number of hours, possibly at specific times.
There is nothing wrong with that if that is really what you want. But a telecommute job is just that – a job. You still have a boss, you still have to put in a certain number of hours and your worth is often perceived based on how many hours you put in, not the quality of your work or how productive you can be.
A home business on the other hand is a way for you to really be the boss. This can have both good and bad aspects to it. You are in charge of what hours you work. If you don’t work, you don’t make money. At least, that’s how it is in the early months of your business.
The ultimate goal for a home business owner is to create an environment in which you are making money whether you are working or not. You may have employees that are able to carry the ball for you. Or you may be able to set up a business that brings in money on auto-pilot, such as a website that sells high demand items.
The choice of a home business or a work at home job is up to you. Consider what is most important to you, and then decide which path is the right one for you to take.
Become a Medical Transcriptionist | The Work At Home Link Blog
Medical transcription is a career that offers a true opportunity to work from home. Many people are interested in this career for that reason. The fact that medical transcription offers a legitimate work from home opportunity makes it a career in which scammers may try to con people out of money for inadequate training.
What does a medical transcriptionist do?
Medical transcriptionists listen to tapes dictated by physicians and other health care professionals and transcribe them to documents, medical reports, or correspondence. Recordings are listened to through a headset, and a foot pedal is generally used to stop and start the recording. Text is input into a personal computer and edited for grammar and clarity. Some documents typically prepared by transcriptionists include physical examination reports, autopsy reports, discharge summaries, diagnostic imaging studies, etc. Documents are returned to the physician who prepared the tape for signature or correction.
Medical transcription training
Training will include anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, pharmacology, legal issues involving medical documents, and English grammar and punctuation. Most courses are two year degrees or certificates. There are correspondence courses available, but not all offer adequate training to become a medical transcriptionist. Be sure to thoroughly investigate any school you are considering by calling the Better Business Bureau and asking for references.
If you are interested in becoming a medical transcriptionist, the most important thing you need to know is that even though you can eventually work at home, you will have to have at least two years of on the job training before you will be considered for most telecommute positions. Still, two years isn’t a long time to invest in order to be able to work at home after that. Medical transcription is a field that once you have some experience, you will definitely be able to find steady work from home.
Top Sites for a Telecommute Job
When you’re searching for a telecommute job, don’t overlook http://www.craigslist.org This is probably one of the best places to look for a telecommute job, because Craigslist is so easy to navigate, and it’s one of the top sites on the internet. There are a few ways to approach a search on Craigslist.
- In the left-hand search box, type in “telecommute” or “telecommute is ok”, then click jobs from the drop down box just under the search box.
- Repeat this, but click on gigs.
- Or instead of using the search box, you can click on the heading “jobs” or “gigs” from the center of the page. When the next page appears, click in the box labeled “telecommute”. This will filter telecommute jobs for you.
- Repeat the search in major cities besides your own area. Read each posting carefully to make sure the employer doesn’t require you to report in person at least some of the time if it’s not a local company.
- You can limit your search to a particular type of job by clicking on that category.
If you’re serious about finding a telecommute job, Craigslist is a site you should visit daily.
Another way to approach finding this type of job is to visit sites such as http://www.careerbuilder.com and http://www.monster.com and putting “telecommute” in the keyword search.
When you answer an ad for a telecommute job, unfortunately a lot of them are scams. Keep in mind that anyone that asks for money does not have a job to offer you. You don’t have to pay for a job. Also remember that the desire for a telecommute job is very common and you will have a ton of competition. You may not even hear back from some of the places you apply, because the job posters are overwhelmed with the response they receive. Don’t get discouraged. A lot of competition doesn’t mean you can’t succeed. If you are persistent and keep looking, you will eventually find a telecommute job.
How to Find a Telecommute Job
How do you find a telecommute job? Every person that has a dream to work at home starts with that question. Begin by searching job banks as described at http://www.mybesthomelink.com/employmentagencies.html.
Basically, approach your search for a telecommute job like any other job search. If you were looking for a regular forty-hour-a-week job in an office, you would approach it with the following:
- A polished resume that emphasizes your skills and strengths
- You would seek out positions that you were qualified for
- You would follow application instruction to the letter. In other words, if the ad said “No phone calls”, you wouldn’t call. If it said “Apply in person, you would apply in person.”
Although a work at home position probably doesn’t require you to make a personal appearance, whatever instructions are included in the ad must be followed to the letter. If you have none of the traits specified in the ad, don’t apply for it. If the ad specifies that a resume and three references are required, be prepared to provide that information. If it is looking for a particular type of experience that you don’t have, don’t pretend you do.
The competition for a work at home job is enormous, especially with recent trends toward rising gas prices. Improve your chances by approaching this job search with the same kind of professionalism you would bring to searching for a regular job.
Millions of Americans work from home on a full or part-time basis, so finding this type of job can be done. The most important qualities you need for this search are determination, persistence and a little bit of patience.
My next post will discuss writing a resume geared to the goal of working at home.