If the electronic energy in your body's hydrogen atoms could be utilized, scientists have calculated that a person could supply all the electrical needs of a highly industrialized country for almost a week. By this estimate, the average person is worth about 85 billion dollars! Never sell yourself short. You are unique and immensely valuable as a human being. The payments you receive from life are what vary from person to person.

Anyone building a business for themselves is actually building a lifestyle regardless of who signs the paycheck at the end of the week. You hold the office of the President of your own corporation, which makes you responsible for success and failure. The members of your team are the stockholders and it is your job to see that the value of the stock increases in the years ahead.

Even though the operations of a corporation are complex, they can be reduced to four basic functions: Finance, Production, Sales and Research. Without proper financing, there would be no production. Without production you would have nothing to sell. Without sales you would have to stop production. Without research you could not keep up with the changing times. All four of these functions must flow in unison in order to have a successful business. How successful you are in meeting these challenges will determine your present and future growths.

You must be concerned with growth because nothing in this world stands still. A body in motion tends to remain in motion until acted upon by an outside force. A company that is growing has a tendency to keep growing. The same goes for a company that is either standing still or falling backwards. All responsible business owners should be able to look into the future and predict how well they will progress based on their current level of activity. Never before in the history of mankind has an individual had the opportunity to make a brighter future for themselves than now.

Stand back and look at yourself and your future objectively, as an intelligent stranger might. Ask yourself what you are worth right now. What is your value to your business and what is the value of your business in the marketplace? If you were an outside investor, would you want to invest in your company? If not, then change the reason why. Give personal attention to the growth of your business so it doubles in one year instead of eight. Find a timely business model that has achieved what you want and follow it. If you do twice as much, you are bound to receive twice as much. It sounds simple, but 95% of business owners can't grasp it. Knowledge is power.

Sales is more than selling a product or service, it's the way in which we sell ourselves to everyone who is interested in what we have to offer. It is the way we get along with our associates, our families, friends and neighbors. One extra call a day leads to 250 extra calls in a year. In 5 years that comes to 1,250 calls that you wouldn't have otherwise made. A person can triple their effectiveness in less than a month. How have you been handling the four basic business funtions? How much time are you really putting into moving forward?

Home based business owners have to be harder on themselves than any strict boss at a regular job could ever be. Yes, the reason we want to work from home is the have the freedom of doing what we want, but we can't build a business with that attitude. You have to put the time in to set your business up first. Then we have to constantly strive to improve our effectiveness so we never have to worry about going back to being a puppet of the corporate giant. It's all up to you to make these decisions. It's the difference between being worth an average amount of money and an above average amount.

Tomorrow is a brand new day. Begin to think of ways in which you can increase your effectiveness.