Once upon time an entrepreneurs dream was to setup their business and move into an office, because to them, that would be the only way to establish credibility. However, the success of online marketing and online businesses have pretty much changed that mentality, and now, managing your business from home is the new norm. If you do not have any reason for walk-in customers, if you do not manage employees, then why leave the comfort of your lovely home, and spend more money to be in a 100 sq. ft. box. Here are the top five reasons many people prefer to work from home.
1. More Time With Family
Your kids grow up really really fast. And before you know it, they will be eighteen years old and you have spent more time in traffic than you have spent playing with your kids. When you run a home based business, you can set your work hours around your children’s schedule. See them off to school in the morning before you get started; take an afternoon break to go pick them up from school. Hang out with them for a few hours before you get back at it again. Your business, your hours.
2. Save Money
Let’s look at many ways in which you save money working from home as opposed to getting an office. No office lease, you are right next to your kitchen so you do not need to by lunch, save money on gas or train tickets, you can work in your house coat so no need to buy a lot of fancy work clothes. Shall I continue?
3. More Efficient
There are only 24 hours in a day and you need to make the best use of them. The less time you spend in getting ready and commuting to and from work each day, the more time you have to focus on the things that are really important to you. Your day have way more useful hours when you do not have to worry about getting up to beat the morning rush.
4. Less Stressful
There is nowhere else in the world that you are more comfortable than at your home. When you do not have to worry about making enough money to cover your lease and office utilities, when you do not have to worry about what to eat for lunch today, when you do not have to think about the weather conditions driving home after work, you have way less reasons to be stressed.
5. More Productive
Some of the most successful businesses in the world today started from home, and eventually grew too big that they had to move into an office. However, they still continue to credit the success of their business today to those extremely productive hours they spent, working out of their basement, dining room or garage. Having the flexibility to pick your times each day that your are most productive, or the times when your customers are most engaged, gives you the opportunity to be way more productive each day, working from home.