| p>For some people, being disabled means that they | | | | If the new CEO wants to squeeze a few more |
| have to work at home. Some of us, though, use our | | | | percentage points out of any quarter's profits, it doesn't |
| disability as the reason for doing something that we've | | | | matter how long you've been there or how good you |
| wanted to do for a long time anyway. | | | | are. You're out, and the CEO gets a bonus. And who |
| And by working at home, I'm not talking about some | | | | wants to give up their freedom for that kind of horrible |
| minimum-wage-paying job soliciting donations over the | | | | deal? |
| phone for charity. I don't know about anyone else, but | | | | There are several different types of online businesses |
| my disability hasn't made me less ambitious or willing to | | | | you can own and work from home, too. You can do |
| settle for less. | | | | freelance writing, sell products, or sell your own |
| No way. If anything, I'm more ambitious now, and I want | | | | expertise online. You can be an independent |
| even more out of life than I did before I lost part of my | | | | contractor working with a network marketing |
| leg in a job-related accident. | | | | company, or you can do something called affiliate |
| I was already tired of working for other people when I | | | | marketing where you basically promote another |
| became disabled. I've owned my own businesses and | | | | company's products and services and earn money |
| I've worked for others. And let me tell you, owning | | | | when your promotions lead to sales. |
| your own business is almost always better. | | | | You can also do consulting and all sorts of other |
| These days there are several options available for | | | | freelance work online, too, from designing Web pages |
| working at home, too. You can get actual, | | | | to setting up databases for people. |
| decent-paying jobs that you work from home, jobs | | | | Now that we have the Internet, the only limit to what |
| that come with salaries, health insurance, and other | | | | kind of work you can do from home is your own |
| benefits. All you need is a computer and Internet | | | | imagination. Because, guess what? If you need training |
| access--and you already have both, or your wouldn't | | | | to do the work you want to do, you can frequently |
| be reading this. | | | | find everything you need online for free. |
| But the Internet also makes it possible for you to own | | | | And what do you get when you work from home, |
| your own profitable business. And while doing many | | | | particularly if you own your own business? |
| jobs online will mean working according to someone | | | | Time. Particularly if you own your own Internet |
| else's schedule, being an online business owner means | | | | business, you're not trading time for money anymore. |
| working when and where you want to. | | | | And with any freelance work, you also have a lot of |
| You know, it's not only disabled people who are | | | | freedom to do what you want to do, when you want |
| flocking to the Internet to find fulfilling work. These days | | | | to do it. |
| many people have come to realize that working for | | | | With all of these benefits, who wouldn't want to work |
| other people pretty much puts you at their mercy. | | | | at home? |