You may think it goes without saying but for many of us, it takes us a while to learn just how much we are in charge of the HOW in how we do business. For those of us who are inexperienced or lacking confidence, we may be overly concerned with following “protocol” or trying to run our small home businesses like a large corporation. It is worthwhile I think for us to remind ourselves that we are the ones who get to decide exactly how we go about conducting our businesses.
You do not have to do anything you absolutely do not want to and you do not have to operate your business in a way that opposes your value system. There! Now I have given you permission to consider who you are and what you want and run your business your way, not the way you think that you are expected to. For example, are you someone who absolutely HATES to make cold calls and feels icky “bothering” people at home—then you can design your business in a way that you never have to do that. I understand that there are going to be things that we have to do in our businesses that are not our favorite things to do, but I also think that one of the main reasons to have a home business is to be able to do things our way—the way we feel most comfortable and inspired. Otherwise, why not keep working for someone else and doing things according to someone else’s value system or code of ethics?
Running a home business allows us to be spiritually aligned with our work and to feel good about the small details of our operations. If there are things that you think you are supposed to be doing as a business person but that just don’t sit well with who you are or what you feel good about—don’t do them. You get to decide exactly HOW you go about operating your business.