Working from Home: Why Most People Fail at Geld verdienen von zu Hause   by Markus Michaelsen

in Business / Management    (submitted 2011-09-03)

To make a living through the internet is one of the most rewarding and lucrative jobs for some people. Others however - the vast majority - have a really hard time doing it successfully, they barely make it to just a 10th of what they would need to be independent. Why is that so? What is so difficult with Geld verdienen von zu Hause (making money online)?

Did you ever hear someone saying that not everyone is built to be an entrepreneur? If not, just imagine for a second how much challenges and difficulties an entrepreneur faces at any given day:

1. All responsibility for failure and/or success (including his personal income) is on him.
2. The entrepreneur doesn't have a real daily routine. He is ultimately responsible for everything, which means that especially at the beginning of his preneur he has to be willing to do the necessary work at any time of the day and night. If he wouldn't be, it's likely that his company would fail sooner or later.
3. He has no assurance that any of his projects will work out (and therefore earn him money to live from). In that regard he has to deal with a lot of uncertainty, stress and even low level anxiety.
4. Another point that also leads to low level stress hormones and fear is that the entrepreneur often is a pioneer at what he's doing. So he has no real references on how to build a certain enterprise. He's completely on his own in making all important (and unimportant) decisions.

If you look at those four points, you can see that for being a successful entrepreneur you need a certain level of character strength.

1. The ability to act despite of fear and uncertainty.
2. The ability to quickly make tough decisions.
3. The ability to think for yourself.

Back to the main question: Why is Geld verdienen von zu Hause so difficult? Can you see the parallels between the challenges of a classic entrepreneur and those of a modern home worker who wants to make money online?

If you want to be successful with making money online, you have to be able to...

...be at ease with the fact that all responsibility is on you when it comes to your business.
...have a lot of willpower instead of a daily routine. No one is going to telly ou what you have to do. You are at your own mercy, so to speak.
...deal with the human drive to see quick results. In a home business and especially in the internet marketing world, results can take a long time before they show.
...decide what's right or wrong for your business and taking the continuous risk to make wrong decisions.

If you are working at home through the internet, then you're an entrepreneur! The reason why so many people fail at Geld verdienen von zu Hause (working from home) is because they still think in the paradigm of the classic employee.

About the Author

M. Michaelsen is a freelancing author for different online magazines and websites. His main interest lies in social dynamics in entrepreneurship and the general field of success.

The ideas for this article come from Geld verdienen von zu Hause and this post.