Home-based Business Success Tip: There's No Such Thing As a Free Lunch
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It is said that "There's a sucker born every minute." That might have been the case in the 1850s when this adage was first coined (NOT by Mr. Barnum BTW), but judging by the incredible quantity of scams posted on the Internet-particularly in the home business industry- there must be one born every second nowadays! Unfortunately, 'free-lunch' is a BizzBuster! Want a great BizzBuilder? Try 'value-for-value'.
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"There's no such thing as a free lunch!" That proverb has been traced back to around 1950. It means that nothing in life is free; you can't get something for nothing. And if it appears to be free, somebody somewhere is paying for it.
That is extremely valuable information to keep in mind when you're surfing the Net looking for a home-based business. Beware the "nothing (down) for something" SCAMS! They go against ALL the generally accepted rules of business and commerce.
Business and commerce started eons ago. At first, it took the form of barteringexchanging goods for goods. I'll trade my fish for 3 pieces of your firewood. Then 'money' was invented in the form of seashells, beads, or pieces of metal. Aardvaak pays you 3 seashells for your fish, and you go across the village and pay Oodwarg 2 seashells for some firewood, which leaves you one seashell to buy bread from Mharyang on the way home.
It's still how we do business todayexcept we now use coins & bills, credit cards, debit cards, money orders, bank drafts, bank wires, checks, email transfers, or PayPal. But it's ALWAYS in exchange for something, be it goods or services. If not, the police is called in to investigateor at least they should be.
I'm a business person. I have products for sale, and I have a business opportunity. To get either one, you'll have to pay money. It's a value-for-value proposition; your money for my product and / or opportunity. Fair and square. And on top of that, if you want to succeed with my business opportunity, you'll have to do some work. Again, value (your sweat & elbow grease) for value (a substantial residual income).
"The concept of value-for-value is the foundation for all sound, harmonious human relationships. Value-for-value is another way of saying 'win-win'. The surest way to succeed in any endeavor is to make certain that ALL parties to a transaction come out ahead."
Robert J. Ringer, philosopher and bestselling author
No free lunch. Everything has a price. As it should be. Warren Buffet once said, ""Price is what you pay. Value is what you get." Or as I like to say, "You always get what you pay for; you pay nothing, you'll get nothing."
You're probably wondering why on Earth I'm spending so much time expanding on something so obvious. Because for some unexplainable reason, many otherwise intelligent people (who would never consider walking out the door of the liquor store with a case of wine they did not pay forunless they're looking for a way to spend a night in jail) act like idiots when they're on the Net searching for a home-based business opportunity.
As if all of a sudden, because they're navigating the virtual world, all the laws of commerceparticularly the practice of value-for-valueno longer apply. And they'll get sucked in the most ludicrous scams. Like "free business opportunity", or "no money down turnkey homebased business" or "you do no work, we do it all for you." On that last one, if that was true, if they indeed do ALL the work, why would they not keep ALL the profits?
Come on people, put your thinking cap back on. Let's be real; a business costs moneyeven in the 'virtual' world. It costs money to start and to grow. And it takes some work too. Those people should stop fooling themselves and waste their time responding to those idiotic ads that pollute the Internet. If they believe crap like "Turn $35 into $10,000 a month, for life!", the next thing the scammers will sell them is some ocean-front property in Arizona.
You know what song is playing in the scammers' head while he's processing some sucker's credit card? The words are from a very popular song of the mid-eighties; "The lights are on, but you're not home, your mind is not your own..." They'll probably sing that too as they're walking and laughing all the way to the bank!
Enough negative stuff already. Let's close this article with valuable words of wisdom from three very successful philosophers-businesspeople;
"Creating legitimate value is the straightest line between where you are now and where you want to be. It is a major component of getting what you want in life. It doesn't matter how fast or how hard you work if your efforts don't create value for others. And creating value stems from passion; passion stems from belief in what you're doing; belief in what you're doing stems from working at something you not only are good at, but enjoy. When you get all these factors going in the right direction, you have no trouble being motivated to do whatever it takes to succeed. There is nothing quite so exhilarating as working yourself to the point of exhaustion for months, or even years, then being handsomely rewarded for your efforts in the marketplace. Every human being should treat himself to this drug-free high at least once in his lifetime." Robert J. Ringer
Zig Ziglar is famous for saying, "You gotta put something in FIRST if you want to get something out". He usually makes that statement while operating on stage an old-fashion water pump.
"Money is a measure of the value that people place on goods and services. The amount of money you earn in a competitive market is the measure of value that others place on your contribution. So, to increase the amount of money you are getting out, you must increase the value of the work that you are putting in." Brian Tracy, in The Laws of Money
Author: Daniel St-jean
About Author:
Daniel St-Jean is a Certified Wealth Creation Consultant. As such, he runs a very successful direct-sales home-based business. Find out about it at http://www.MoreMoneyMoreTimeForLife.biz/Articles-Posts.html where you can read many more of his articles. He is also President of The BizzBoosters Inc. If you visit http://www.YourMarketingToolsForSuccess.com, make sure to subscribe to the FREE eBizzLetter and get a FREE copy of the very helpful special report The 10 Best Business Books We've Read.
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