What is it that you like doing?

• What is it that you like doing? If you don't like it, get out of it, because you'll be lousy at it. ~Lee Iacocca
Find a job you like and you add five days to every week. ~ H. Jackson Browne
• The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. ~Arnold Toynbee
• Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money. ~William Lyon Phelps

What do all of the above quotes have in common?  Each one stresses the importance of enjoying the work you are doing.  I won't pretend to believe that every single person can love their job.  Many people are grateful that they have ANY job, even if they hate the work.

I am directing this posting to those who work from home in network marketing.  In this, we have a choice.  There are hundreds of reputable companies with which we can be network marketers.  

If you are just now seeking a home business opportunity, take your time, and be certain it is a good "fit" for you.  Would you buy this company's product or services?  Are their products or services reasonably priced to enable people, in today's fragile economy, to afford them?

If you already have a home business, how much are you enjoying it?  Do you look forward to working?  Do you enjoy talking with your prospects?  Do you truly believe that your products and/or services are great?  Do you have a passion for the company?

If you have chosen well, it shouldn't feel like work at all.  You should be enjoying what you do.  Network marketers should get excited every time they write business or someone on their team does.  It shouldn't get old.  Each transaction, each contact with a new prospect should be like it was your first.  It should bring you joy and great satisfaction.  • If you have a job without any aggravations, you don't have a job. ~Malcolm S. Forbes

No one loves every aspect of their home business.  None are perfect.  Yes, you'll have moments of frustration, perhaps business will slow down on occasion.  But if your home business is a really good match for you, these things should be like small bumps in the road, not mountains you must climb.

If, once you gotten into your home business and learned all the basics, if you then realize that you are not having fun - don't just quit!  Do everything you can to make it fun. 

If in the end, you are certain your current business was a poor choice, while you are still with that business, begin looking for another.  If you have any income from your business, don't give it up.

If you find another business that you think is a much better fit for you, while still working your old business, start and learn the new one.  If your original company pays residual income and you still have money coming, you need not quit the company at all!  You can stop working the business, and still collect your residuals.  Meanwhile, you are growing your new business, and hopefully you chose more wisely and found a business that truly is your passion, not work at all.