Work At Home Mums: The Mindset Issue

Whether you are a mum thinking about working from home or starting your own successful home based business, or whether you have already started working at home, you may be wondering if this is for you.

What do work at home mums do to be successful? What is key to their success: Hard work? Talent? Mindset?

All three of course! However, I believe that your mindset can play a powerful role in relation to the other two. Work at home mums need a mindset full of energy, tenacity, perseverance, patience and determination to carry out the hard work and learn the new skills required to build a successful home based business.Maureen Frank wrote the book ‘You Go Girlfriend’. She is a single mum to twin girls, one of them being disabled, and also a top corporate business woman. I read her book about a year ago, when I was expecting my first child and considering my career options, in particular whether I could be one of those work at home mums! Her book helped me confirm that I had what it takes to become successful as a mum and as an entrepreneur and professional. Not so surprisingly, many of Maureen Frank’s themes revolve around mindset and determination, and how to harness those to achieve your goals.

Here is one of Maureen Frank’s quotes which really sums up the mindset issue: “You have to be prepared to give it 150 percent, take some risks, have some guts, be determined to achieve your goals and – most of all – believe from deep down within your soul that you can do it”. For work at home mums, success is often preceded by hurdles and challenges. Maureen Frank really shows here what is needed to conquer them all and succeed: courage, conviction and willpower.

According to Maureen Frank, “a change in career direction is very common and often successful”. Successful work at home mums know this; they have discovered that they can achieve all their goals as a mum and as a professional, while enjoying their work and creating results for themselves. Once you have discovered this, you know you have made the right change. Changing your career direction is about taking calculated risks, having a strong mindset, and taking the plunge!

So here are some questions: Do you think you have the mindset required to tackle the challenges of working from home and achieving the life you want for your family and yourself? Do you believe that you can further develop your mindset and be like the work at home mums who work hard, take calculated risks and have faith in their success? Are you ready to reach your goals and live your dreams?

Justine Simard is a full-time mum and home business owner helping other mums being successful at working from home around their children, while creating a high income, a better family lifestyle and more freedom