Thursday, 11th March 2010

Work at Home: Why Do People Fail?

Posted on 11. Jul, 2008 by abbie in Work at Home 

Graham Chapman wrote this article and published it in Article City. You might find it’s interesting when you run your business at home.

The world of the business opportunity is growing at an ever-increasing rate. Fuelled by the modern desire to want more from life, especially wealth and freedom, people are seeking ways to escape from their corporate environment, their job, and employed status. The rewards are huge if successful; once a winning formula is discovered, it can be used to shape a whole lifetime. All of a sudden, choice and freedom are available. Having such an independent lifestyle can (and usually does) erase much of the stress and depression that exists in the lives of many people nowadays.

fail to work at homeThose seeking this Holy Grail can spend a lot of money – often thousands – on ideas, or they can spend an inordinate amount of time devising their own plans.

Yet, it is a strange fact that very few of us who buy, or are given, or invent a business opportunity succeed.

Why is this?

Very often, of course, it is the actual business opportunity or plan that is used. Some exist simply to line the pockets of the writers – not the readers. However, there are countless reliable, proven ways to build a very profitable business that can be run from home. Some people will run with an idea and become very successful and yet someone else, following the same plan, will not. Can the reasons for this be dependent solely on intelligence, experience, gender, race or genes? Surprisingly, no. What usually separates the winners from the losers is attitude and, in particular, the ability, or will, to act. The winners possess fearlessness or, at least, a resistance to the effects of the fear of failure.

The losers, very often manifest this fear into what is known as analysis paralysis: a tendency to keep trying to make a plan exactly right before executing (if we don’t try then we can’t fail). This is obviously a paradox; the very state of inaction produces the failure.

If any blame for ineffectiveness can be levelled at a plan in question, it is in the almost universal lack of emphasis on the importance to act. Action produces results, and from these results we can act again, thereby moving ever close to our destination.

So, if we want to progress with our chosen idea, then it helps to keep in mind that well-known advertising slogan: Just Do It!

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43 Responses to “Work at Home: Why Do People Fail?”

  1. ipung 11 July 2008 at 9:51 pm #

    Very inspiring.. however.. it is important to remember that when we face a competitor with the same will and attitude.. the one with the higher knowledge will win the game (or bussiness) ;)

  2. Izandi 12 July 2008 at 2:45 pm #

    I agree with you, ipung. Though its idea is imitated, still the orginal one is survived.

  3. Abi Bakar 14 July 2008 at 9:43 pm #

    Keren artikelnya bahasa Ingris pula, gramarnya mendekati sempurna. mantab bi, nama abi memang orangnya pinter2x yah bi (muja diri ndir hehehe:)))

  4. abbie 14 July 2008 at 6:47 pm #

    @ Ipung,
    You’re absolutely right.
    And I think that’s what Graham meant to say. The success isn’t solely depended on somebody’s intelligence, but it’s mainly on attitude and will to act. Knowledge is then the next thing to gain well.

    @Izandi,
    We both agree with Ipung.
    Imitated or original idea? Have you ever heard somebody with a fake idea got the reward while the original creator is crying for losing his golden chance? This thing happens.

  5. abbie 16 July 2008 at 9:01 am #

    Walah.. mas Abi Bakar nyindir sy jg:)
    Wong artikel ini ‘kan pny org, si Graham Chapman itu. Sy cuma baca; isinya cocok; trs jurus terakhir deh… copas. He..he..

    Tks udah maen jauh2 ke sini mas Abi.

  6. Abi Bakar 17 July 2008 at 4:54 am #

    wah nama si Graham luput dari pandanganku:))

  7. ipung 17 July 2008 at 7:38 pm #

    Terus semangat ya mas Abbie.. Ditunggu lho artikel berikutnya :D

  8. abbie 17 July 2008 at 9:16 pm #

    iya nih.. sy blm sempet posting lg :(

    kerjaan offline lg numpuk-puk.
    tks bgt udah ksh semangat mas ipung :)

  9. Izandi 18 July 2008 at 9:19 am #

    Maybe the original creator can’t keep focusing or lose his creativity. While the imitator is more creative and maybe more ideas.

  10. abbie 18 July 2008 at 6:48 pm #

    Izandi, yes you’re right. So, having good idea isn’t always meaning success, unless we act it, fight it and keep the final goal in our mind.
    Idea is nothing without action. :)

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  12. abbie 29 July 2008 at 8:54 pm #

    Mas Hengky, ntar sy intip juga lho…?! :D

  13. AlexM 18 August 2008 at 4:52 am #

    Your blog is interesting!

    Keep up the good work!

  14. abbie 18 August 2008 at 8:39 pm #

    Thanks Alex, nice to have you here. :)

  15. Iven 25 August 2008 at 12:28 pm #

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  16. abbie 25 August 2008 at 7:09 pm #

    @ Iven,
    Thanks for commenting here. Excuse me for writing my articles mostly in Indonesian language. I do hope there’ll be more articles written in English. :)

  17. ugeneric 1 November 2008 at 2:12 pm #

    Thanks a lot for this post

  18. silenceb 1 November 2008 at 5:41 pm #

    Hmm. Good.

  19. flamingo82 3 November 2008 at 6:21 am #

    Hmmm, I am tempted to try this.

  20. mraia 11 November 2008 at 5:15 pm #

    Thanks for the post,

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  23. beksam 15 November 2008 at 4:04 pm #

    Hmmm, I am tempted to try this.

  24. crocus 15 November 2008 at 7:22 pm #

    I completely agree

  25. abbie 15 November 2008 at 8:56 pm #

    For all of you guys who have commented here :
    Thanks a lot!
    Your comments really supported me blogging.
    Have a nice weekend…. :D

  26. symer 17 November 2008 at 6:18 pm #

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  27. sandra-ku 18 November 2008 at 6:10 am #

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  30. para50mg 26 November 2008 at 7:26 am #

    Hmm. Good post.

  31. Vlatko 27 November 2008 at 6:34 am #

    Thanks for your interesting article

  32. ipicado 28 November 2008 at 7:57 am #

    Nice blog btw

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  35. extremschmuser 8 December 2008 at 6:00 am #

    Good post.

  36. kushlumba 8 December 2008 at 11:26 pm #

    Hmmm, I am tempted to try this.

  37. jbanko 9 December 2008 at 3:05 pm #

    Thanks for this – great idea.

  38. jazzirti 11 December 2008 at 3:12 am #

    Thanks for the post, I have been having the same problems.

  39. radamesfp 11 December 2008 at 7:42 am #

    Nice blog btw

  40. robert191 29 December 2008 at 4:40 am #

    Thanks a lot for this post

  41. Dityo Nurasto 5 January 2009 at 11:00 am #

    Great article. Working from home is very challenging and need consistency in every line of life. Well, I though this problem approach me.

    Sometime take a job with “Just Do It” doctrine in mind make worse nightmare if we failed to fulfill client’s expectation. Just my 1 rupiah hehehe :)

  42. abbie 5 January 2009 at 8:14 pm #

    Your 1 rupiah sounds 1 dollar for me :)
    Thanks for commenting..

  43. Pivovar 7 March 2009 at 4:19 am #

    Eto ponyatno!


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