TREATMENT: Find a reliable Home-Based Business and learn how to make it work.

CURE: Earn extra money to supplement or replace your income.

What level of training is provided by the business you are considering? Every legitimate work from home business must include valuable training. Let me quickly add that while formal education is valuable, it is NOT essential to overall business success. Training and education for your specific business is essential. It can make the difference between your success and failure.

Would you go to a doctor who never attended medical school? Or choose a surgeon to operate on you who never completed surgical-residency training? Of course not. Every successful business and profession requires training. Specific knowledge is essential to survive, now matter how you gain that knowledge. Sure, some people learn through personal experience, but why do you think that's also called the “school of hard knocks?” Too many people go broke trying to gain such experience. It is totally unnecessary today.

My search for a reliable work from home business uncovered a few where training is a vital part of the business. Others SAY they train you, but really don't. Many MLM companies pay “leadership bonuses” for consultants to train their personal recruits; however only a few offer true corporate training. Too many consultants simply sign up new recruits, take their money, and then move on to the next victim. Such “leaders” are rarely successful for very long. Several Internet marketing or direct-sales companies offer guidelines and suggestions, but not much in-depth training. A few companies provide step-by-step training for new members. Such training is essential, and should come from the most successful people in that particular business—the top producers. The key is to learn from somebody who has already been successful in the same trenches that you will be in. Copy them! Their level of success shows you how well their methods work. If they have the success that you want, then learn to duplicate exactly what they are doing. Have you heard the saying, “If you find a person who has exactly what you want, learn to do exactly what he or she does.”

An exceptionally strong business system may provide much of the training that you need. Computerized systems can provide access to pre-recorded training tapes and videos made by the company's top producers. By studying these, you can learn at your own pace and on your own schedule, sitting at your personal computer in your home. Such training is available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. This is revolutionary stuff, friends. The information age truly is here and gives us a far better chance of being successful than ever before. I am amazed and excited by what's available today.

Bottom line: Check out all business offers that appeal to you. If one doesn't provide in-depth training, I would move on.