Hah! Once again I pop into the forum only to see that Yuliya has fully responded as I would have.
In addition to what she said, you have to realize that even if you ARE passionate and head-over-heals in love with your business idea, there will STILL be tedium and annoyances and completely unglamorous stuff to do. As the CFO of an engineering company I can tell you that absolutely most people are NOT in love with taxes -- but they still have to do them every year.
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I have to say that a business will succeed if you follow through with your commitment that you make when you start it...
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This is one of those things I hear all the time in MLM. (Certainly it comes up in other venues as well, but I hear it more in MLM than anywhere else.) But it's simply not true that working harder (or in a more committed fashion) is some kind of guarantee of success in a flawed business model.
Five years ago I ran a marathon to celebrate my 40th birthday (using the term "celebrate" very loosely!). In order to train I went to Runner's World and used their 5-month marathon training plan. I followed through with my commitment (with the exception of one of the very long runs) and I succeeded. But what if I had committed to train by using the Half-Pound-Bacon-Burger-a-Day method? Had I "followed through with my commitment" I probably would have had liver failure or something.
See what I mean?
Mostly, I think, we need to infuse a good does of common sense into the home business equation. Home business is JUST BUSINESS. It's not some magical other-worldly thing just because you run it from home. And if no one wants to buy your product or service, it's not going to be a SUCCESSFUL business.
Best,
Alison