The first, and most obvious, is to make money. Most of us work for a certain amount of time or do certain things in exchange for money. We do this so we can have the resources to care for our families, so our kids can eat and have clothes and so we can afford to buy things we need and things we want.

Throughout my career, I’ve wrongly de-emphasized this reason to work. I’ve always thought that you should have higher, more noble reasons to work. While there are other reasons, I now see that money can be used for good. It’s not the root of all evil that some people make it out to be. Yes, it is said that the “love of money,” is the root of all evil, but it’s not evil to use money as a means to accomplish good.

The second reason to work is self-fulfillment. We work because of our need to be somebody. We find our sense of being in what we do.

The third reason to work is to help other people. We work to make the world a better place.
The best profession is one which accomplishes all three. We help other people; find our place of service and make money necessary to survive and to accomplish good.

When all three of these are accomplished I think we’ve found our calling. Unfortunately, it’s not easy to find that type of fulfillment in a typical job. Too often we end up mindlessly doing some tasks over and over again with little personal growth. We become stagnant.

That’s why I believe a home-based business is the best way to find fulfillment in life.

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