__"Mary Byers motivates us to fully embrace how we can manage excellent mothering and effective work at home."--Elisa Morgan, CEO, MOPS International__  
  
If you're struggling to balance your home business and your family, you're not alone. Mary Byers has been where you are and shows that it can be done! She will challenge you to face important questions, such as: How do I fit my business into my family life? How much income is enough? What are my priorities?   
  
She'll also teach you how to  
•schedule your time effectively  
•manage your business expenses  
•know when and how to take a break  
•avoid strain on your relationships  
•arrange effective child care when needed  
•plan for the future and retirement  
•work smarter and make more  
  
Whether you're a small business owner or work in direct sales, home business success is a reality! Keep your professional and personal lives in harmony with Making Work at Home Work.   
  
"By following the guidelines in this book, I've reduced my workload from 40 to 30 hours a week while increasing my net income by nearly 30 percent! I'm less stressed and able to take better care of myself physically. Mary has helped me take back power."--Sharon Hewitt, owner, sharonIDesign  
   
  
Mary M. Byers successfully juggles both a freelance corporate writing and speaking business and her responsibilities as a wife and mother of two school-aged children. She is the author of The Mother Load: How to Meet Your Own Needs While Caring for Your Family and How to Say No . . . And Live to Tell about It.

__Mary M. Byers__ successfully juggles both a freelance corporate writing and speaking business and her responsibilities as a wife and mother of two school-aged children. She is the author of The Mother Load: How to Meet Your Own Needs While Caring for Your Family and How to Say No . . . And Live to Tell about It. She is also a columnist for two professional trade journals and edits two others. Byers lives in Chatham, Illinois.

As of 2004 nearly three million self-employed women worked at home, and women continue to start home-based businesses at twice the rate of men. Many of these women left the workplace by choice in order to stay home and raise their children. And though their numbers increase each day, resources for this growing market of entrepreneurs are scarce.  
  
Making Work at Home Work shows moms how to develop an entrepreneurial mind-set without sacrificing their families. It covers important topics such as developing a successful business philosophy, balancing time between work and family, setting realistic goals, and handling the challenges of being both "Mommy" and "CEO" while running a profitable home-based business. In addition to including her own experiences, author Mary Byers profiles real moms with home-based businesses who offer their hard-won advice.

Shows women how to balance time between work and family, set realistic goals, and handle the challenges of being both "Mommy" and "The Boss" while running a profitable home-based business.

Byers, Mary M.

Cover Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Work-at-Home Mom Profiles 

Acknowledgments

Introduction 

Part 1: Saving Your Sanity 

1. Being Honest: Acknowledging the Difference between "At Home" and "Work at Home"

2. Why Are You Working? Understanding Your Motivation

3. How Much Is Enough? Identifying Your Goals

4. "I Can't Work in These Conditions!" Setting Boundaries

5. Guilt: The At-Home Entrepreneur's Worst Enemy

6. The Parental Pact: Creating the Perfect Team

7. Child Care Strategies for Every Season of Your Work-at-Home Life

8. Client Crisis—or Is It?

9. Systematizing Your Business for Maximum Effectiveness

10. Refreshment: Learning the Art of Taking a Break

11. Facing the Daily Dinner Dilemma

12. Relying on Faith to Get You Through

Part 2: Preserving Your Profit 

13. Accepting the At-Home CEO Mantle

14. Professional (and Other) Advice: You Don't Have to Know It All to Be a Success

15. The Tax Man Comes: Record-Keeping and Deductions

16. The Right Equipment: Ensuring You Have the Tools You Need

17. Subcontracting: Surrounding Yourself with a Winning Team

18. Boosting Your Revenue: Lessons in Working Less and Making More

19. One-Page Planning: Spend a Morning, Plan a Year

20. Rainy Days and Reinvesting: Creating Peace of Mind from Your Profit

21. Retirement Planning: Feathering Your Own Nest

22. Giving Yourself Permission to Make Your Business a Reflection of You

Appendix: Quick and Easy Dinner Recipes for Work-at-Home Moms

Notes 

As of 2004 nearly three million self-employed women worked at home, and women continue to start home-based businesses at twice the rate of men. Many of these women left the workplace by choice in order to stay home and raise their children. And though their numbers increase each day, resources for this growing market of entrepreneurs are scarce.  
  
Making Work at Home Workshows moms how to develop an entrepreneurial mind-set without sacrificing their families. It covers important topics such as developing a successful business philosophy, balancing time between work and family, setting realistic goals, and handling the challenges of being both"Mommy" and"CEO" while running a profitable home-based business. In addition to including her own experiences, author Mary Byers profiles real moms with home-based businesses who offer their hard-won advice.

Helps moms with a host of practical issues related to working at home for income - developing a work philosophy, writing a business plan, setting limits, balancing work and family, and much more.

As of 2004 nearly three million self-employed women worked at home, and women continue to start home-based businesses at twice the rate of men. Many of these women left the workplace by choice in order to stay home and raise their children. And though their numbers increase each day, resources for this growing market of entrepreneurs are scarce. Making Work at Home Work shows moms how to develop an entrepreneurial mind-set without sacrificing their families. It covers important topics such as developing a successful business philosophy, balancing time between work and family, setting realistic goals, and handling the challenges of being both "Mommy" and "CEO" while running a profitable home-based business. In addition to including her own experiences, author Mary Byers profiles real moms with home-based businesses who offer their hard-won advice.

Mary M. Byers successfully juggles both a freelance corporate writing and speaking business and her responsibilities as a wife and mother of two school-aged children. She is the author of The Mother Load: How to Meet Your Own Needs While Caring for Your Family and How to Say No... And Live to Tell about It. She is also a columnist for two professional trade journals and edits two others. Byers lives in Chatham, Illinois.

Eden Customer

This is squarely aimed at mothers, and I expected it to apply mainly to those who are either contemplating working at home or have recently started, but as a long-term home worker myself, I still found a lot of useful advice and information. It is American, but only two of the twenty-two chapters, the ones dealing with tax and pensions, are irrelevant to those living elsewhere. Throughout the book there are interesting case-studies of women who have brought up children while working from hoem, and the author interviewed many more to draw upon their successes and failures. I enjoyed this book very much and would recommend it to anyone considering, or wanting to improve their family's experience of, working from home.

Lots of useful advice &amp; information

The Good Book Stall

This is squarely aimed at mothers, and I expected it to apply mainly to those who are either contemplating working from home or have recently started, but as a long-term home worker myself, I still found a lot of useful advice and information. It is American, but only two of the twenty-two chapters, the ones dealing with tax and pensions, are irrelevant to those living elsewhere. Throughout the book there are interesting case-studies of women who have brought up children while working from home, and the author interviewed many more to draw upon their successes and failures. I enjoyed this book very much and would recommend it to anyone considering, or wanting to improve their family's experience of, working from home.

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