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The idea of working at home evoked a few years ago, the idea guys look for hours, weaving, pull-overs, or perform some other crafts. Today, with the revolution in information technology, opened an enormous range of opportunities to explore various business opportunities with various types of professional work, businesses and franchises including, without leaving the domestic sphere, with little more than a personal computer and full-time connection to the Internet.

This changes the lives of all and, especially, women
Substantially change the way they approach a venture because, firstly, facilitate the issue, always swing, reconciliation of family and work and, on the other, requires an initial investment and definitely less absolute. Obvious that the costs are very different when you think of rent and set up an office when you can put up a section of the house for that purpose. Far from today’s paradigm of those pseudo nurseries of the decade of the ’60s (a neighbor of goodwill that condition the garage of the house to care for boys), more than 4.5 million women run their businesses from home only in the United States and the trend keeps going up.

What are businesses that can be addressed from home?
The range is wide: consulting of all kinds (public relations, accounting, computer), on-line marketing, design (graphic, web), preparation of journalistic content, virtual secretary for other professionals, promotion and sale of goods and services, small jobs telemarketing, on-line training and the list goes on. Obviously, beyond the capabilities that tackles the activity requires, the online job requires specific skills emerging new medium. Training is essential but not too inaccessible. The courses flourish within and outside the universities and, why not, after learning the basics for those who had never before seen a computer, it is possible to address the training itself online.

Pros and cons of working from home
We said at the beginning of this note that this new way of working facilitates the reconciliation of professional and family activities. This is very true, if we set limits that correspond both to their own family and the clients. Otherwise, it runs the risk of not committing the time necessary for employment or, at the other end, work indiscriminately until all hours, every day of the week. In short, although all the activities they need an efficient time management is never more true than when working at home. It’s good for kids to understand that mom is at home though, is working and, most difficult, the husband also understands. To separate the water, be preferable to have a private space, which is accepted by others as “the office” and a separate telephone line with voice mail and hours of operation explicit. With a little self-discipline will get used to “close” the door to his office after a certain time and let the answering machine handle that phone rings during dinner. That way, you avoid getting calls at all hours of work. This will enable the usual rest and you will avoid troublesome situations with family, which also takes time.

In short, that his family respected his work time, and that his clients respect the family time.
Remember that when it comes to setting limits, it is always best done from the beginning by establishing clear rules and reasonable, then it is more difficult. One last observation, work from home is great, but requires a high share of self-discipline, planning a schedule and stick to it, as we run the constant risk of going out to mow the lawn, make small talk with a neighbor, or just watch that movie today take for TV at 3 in the afternoon.