Are you tired of waking up day after day, looking at yourself in the mirror, and realizing that you will never ultimately be happy working for somebody else?

Do you dream about financial freedom and inner happiness that can only result in working for yourself?

By working for yourself you will be improving your state of mind, your allotted personal free time, and essentially gaining control over your financial future.

Now comes the countless hours of research and questions. Where do I begin? What's the best business fit for me? Can I really afford to quit the daily drudgery of the rat-race and be my own boss? How much of an investment will I need to make? Will I succeed?

Well, I know it can all seem a bit overwhelming at first. It truly is a giant leap of faith to take all of your pre-conditioned misconceptions and experience in working for somebody else, and toss it all out the window. But once you understand that you can be the sole architect of your own future, and you take that leap of faith, you will find the stuff that you are really made of. Nobody will limit the extent of how far you can go, except yourself. You WILL be your own boss, and the feast or famine depends entirely on you.

Whatever your personal reasons for wanting to get out of the 9-5 rut you woke up and found yourself stuck in, everybody has dreams that they want to see breathed into fruition. Whether you want to spend more time with your family and friends, cut costs associated with job-related expenses such as travel and work attire, or if you simply work better independently; with the modern-day technology of the internet, and all of the global marketing exposure that it generates, take comfort in the fact that everybody has the power to manifest their own destiny in the 21st century!

That's where the beauty of owning and operating your own home business comes in. Working from home gives you the opportunity to work as much or as little as you wish, and there is no end to how much income you can generate, if you are motivated, and organized.

The first step is to develop an outline of your business plan. Thoroughly research all of your home- based options, and do as much networking as possible by talking to anybody and everybody you encounter. Go over your short-term and long-term goals, and remember, do not be afraid to think BIG! Confidence in yourself is absolutely crucial to becoming a successful entrepreneur. There will always be someone in your life who will try to trample on the garden of your dreams; you must learn to tune out these dream-killers and skeptics with the knowledge that one day you will make them eat their own words, and your dreams will blossom and flourish abundantly if you feed and encourage them!

First of all, you have to have a business idea. Let