If you think you can’t find time for starting a business online, take a minute and think about the time you’ve spent watching Grey’s Anatomy or Lost, or the time you’ve wasted sitting through lame television commercials.
That kind of time adds up. I know. I spent hours watching Star Trek when I was a kid, trying to decide if Captain Kirk should walk away from his serious Starship Enterprise duties and stay with the sexy green dancing woman, living a casual life of leisure somewhere in the cosmos.
I realize I could’ve spent my time more productively, but I didn’t have an Internet business or a blog. Those technologies hadn’t been invented yet.
Do what you love, and the money will follow. Unless you love sitting around watching TV.
The other night we were having dinner with another couple. She wants to start an online business. She’s got a hot idea, which she keeps tossing around to see if it’s subject to cooling down. She hasn’t taken any action yet, but she hasn’t lost interest in it either.
She asked how long it took before we started making online. They know we just bought a new car, and we’re looking at a piece of land to build on. I told her about blogging for months before anybody but the bots started leaving comments. She just stared at her noodles. I didn’t mean to cool her jets. It’s important to be realistic though.
But after that initial investment of time without much pay, I added, the money starts coming in and building exponentially. It’s like a training period that you do get paid for, eventually, and it expands because by then you can raise your ranking, and your readership grows 24/7.
“Where am I supposed to find the time?” she said.
We looked around the room, and instantly our gaze landed collectively on the television set.
She busted out laughing, and finished her noodles. We’d found a modest source of extra time without even trying: the 2 hours of mindless TV-viewing she admitted she could definitely survive without.
She said she’d start putting in one hour a day. It’s a start.
Where will you find the time?
It might not be the TV. It might be the phone. Or it maybe the game you swore you’d never get sucked into and now can’t seem to drag yourself away from. Whatever it is, if you’ve got a habit that isn’t helping you build your new life as an Internet entrepreneur, replace it. Quick. You know what to do.
Who has time to start a business online?
You do.
Spend some free time brainstorming and inventing ways to create an extra income stream through an online business. It’s an act of goodness you offer yourself, a coin tossed into a savings account for your future needs and desires.
Where did you find the time to start a business online? Let me know in the comments. I love hearing from you. 
