Many people depend on their employers to pay them a salary. They get paid the same amount of money every week and are lucky to get a raise every year or so. They have to punch a time-clock every day. They look forward to the weekend for two days of rest but end up cramming all their neglected responsibilities into those two days.

There are two major groups of people: 1. Leaders and 2. Followers. Leaders are not happy working for someone else. Leaders are continually striving for a way out of the rat-race because they want to lead instead of follow.

Many leaders recognize that they will never achieve the success they desire working for someone else. But they are afraid of leaving their job and surviving on their own. How could they pay the rent? Put their children through college? Buy the groceries?  Because of these fears, the leader will often exist as a follower because they believe they don't have a choice.

But they do have a choice! Let me explain ...

Let's take the guy working for a moving company. He could offer the same service on weekends through word-of-mouth advertising. By placing a small classified ad under Services Offered in the local newspaper, he could pick up a couple jobs a month and bring in an extra income.

Or how about the mother who just had a baby and wants to stay at home. Her maternity leave from her employer only allows her six weeks. If she doesn't go back to work, she will either lose her job, her income or both. If her husband doesn't bring in enough money to support her and the baby she doesn't think she has a choice.

If this mother wants to stay at home with her baby, she can start a home-based business and work at home. Depending on her skills, she can start a secretarial business, a daycare business, a cleaning business, a basket business, and many other home based businesses. She can stay home be with her new child and work at home. A home-based business is good for the child, the mother, and the family.

Other working mothers who can trust a "mother-run" day care center more than a commercial day care. And because the day care center is in this mother's home, she can charge 40%-50% less than commercial day care centers and probably make more money compared to her old job.

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Too often, people who want to start their own business will seek for products and services they don't know anything about. There are a lot of ways to make money working from home. If you start a business you don't have the skills for, you will have a steep learning curse and you may get discouraged.

If you want to work at home and start a home-based business, consider a business based on the skills you already possess. Here are some popular, legitimate home businesses.