A Work at Home Business Versus A Work At Home Job

Which one is better? A work at home business. Hands down. But there are pros and cons to each option. Because having a work at home business is so much better an option, we'll list the top reasons why here, but just for a reality check, we'll list the two biggest reasons to stick with a job, too.

It may be that for right now you're just not ready to start a work at home business. That's OK. But it may also be possible that taking a work at home job could be selling yourself short.

Top 2 Reasons To Start a Work At Home Business

1) Business owners build value and equity in their business. Work at home job holders just get a paycheck.
If you take a work at home job, you'll have to keep working, hour by hour, as long as you want the money to come in. As soon as you stop your work at home job, the paychecks will stop. If you can take the leap and start a work at home business, you'll not only get a steady income out of it once its up and running, but you'll option to sell your business when the day comes that you no longer want to run it.

Some people launch and grow their businesses with the goal of selling them later as the primary thought in their mind; others just get the business started and then, say, five years later decide they want to get out. Either way works. But getting $100,000 for selling your business after five years beats the pants off just calling your boss and giving two weeks notice.

2) Business owners can hire help. Work at home job holders have to do it all themselves.
As a business owner you can do whatever you like - so long as the results keep you in business. Your business will actually do better the less you work IN it, and the more you work ON it. So your "job" as the boss is to create systems for getting things done, complete with idiot-proof instructions that practically train people themselves. As soon as each system is created and running smoothly, the boss (you!) finds someone to follow the directions. Then that new person does the job you used to do, and you get to either take a break or continue building the company and its profits.

Top 2 Reasons To Just Get A Work At Home Job

1) Risk.
This is the biggie. Most businesses fail. There are things you can do to radically improve your chances of success (like writing a detailed, real-world business plan and interviewing 3-5 business owners in the same industry you want to go into), but no plan is perfect. By sticking with a work at home job, you can count on that paycheck and leave how the company is going to fund that paycheck to someone else's headache.

2) Its More Work.
Despite the image of the boss taking it easy in her office while her employees slave away, the business owner probably works harder than anyone. The employees, after all, get to go home. The boss may need to keep working until after 10.

This is the flip side of pro #2 - yes, you can delegate out all the work you want, but there's an unbelievable amount of work to do, and most of it all needs to be done all at once. If you aren't comfortable "changing gears" or "wearing many" hats you either need a flawless business plan (and the will and money to execute it), or working at home might best for you. As I've mentioned, having a business has more benefits, but if getting those benefits is going to risk you getting a heart attack, stick with a work at home job.

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