Why These Housewives Are Not Desperate
Women who stay at home and take care of their children oftenfeel pressure from all directions. They see an increasinglylarge stack of bills to pay, they miss the mental challenge andadult companionship of the working world, and they worry thattheir skills will be hopelessly out of date when the time comesto re-enter the work force.Many women are turning to web based business that they run fromhome as a way to blend motherhood and a career. Recently,several of these 'Super Mom...
...s' were interviewed for Web WonderWomen, the first book to highlight the success of women withon-line businesses.Here are some highlights from their interviews:* Rhea integrates her children with her business. As an avidhome schooling mom, Rhea helps her children master businessskills so that they can be self supporting adults. She teachesthem math, language arts, and geography when they post and sellitems on eBay. One of her children is a web master, another doesreal estate investing, and another does transcription. Rhea'stop secret tip for integrating motherhood with a web basedbusiness is to get enough sleep and take care of herself. Sheshares, "If Mom is tired and crabby, the whole family suffers."* Mary Kay has a thriving web design business and a toddler.She's learned to let go of the idea that she can do everythingby herself. Mary Kay closely monitors the number of clients thatshe can serve and does not take on more work that she canhandle. She's created project teams and developed systems toensure that communication flows freely so that she can alwaysanswer her customers' questions. She also uses a sitter a fewhours each week so she can have an uninterrupted block of timeto devote to her business. Mary Kay also blocks off time thatshe can devote completely to her child and her home. The blockscheduling approach helps Mary Kay enjoy the best of bothworlds- staying home with her child and enjoying the benefits ofa successful on line business.* Norma's business grew very rapidly. In fact it grew sorapidly, that her husband joined her in the business and tookover the majority of the household duties. Because her childrenare in school, Norma is able to devote the majority of each workday to her business. When the children return home, one or bothof their parents are there to greet them. Norma experimentedwith a home office and space in an office building but neitherof those environments was quite right for her. She needed lotsof room, plenty of quiet, space to meet with customers, andwanted to be close to home. Finally, Norma converted a detachedgarage on her property into an office. Now, she is just stepsfrom the house but is able to hold business meetings in aprofessional setting. In her ten years of business Norma learnedto experiment and take a creative approach to meeting the needsof her family and her business.It is possible to integrate a home based business to meet yourfinancial and professional needs with your desire to take careof your children. A web based business may be the perfectsolution for you.Before you decide to start your own business, ask yourself thesequestions:* Do I have the skills to run a business- especially skills inplanning, delegation, computers, and financial management? Ifnot, where could I learn them?* What type of a product or service excites me? Being passionateabout your business is a must.* What are the unmet needs in my community? How could I create abusiness to meet those needs, either locally or via the internet?If you are feeling like a desperate housewife, don't despair.Consider starting a web based business on a part time basis togive you the income, freedom, and flexibility you crave, alongwith time to care for your most precious resource, your children.Lynne Klippel is an avid student of women's success. Go towww.WebWonderWomen.com to see her groundbreaking information onthe real life stories of twenty-six super successful women andlisten to her free radio show, Web Sorority Talk Radio.
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