A 2019 Gallup survey found that 43 percent of Americans work from home occasionally. U.S. Census data indicates that 5.2% of U.S. workers — approximately 8 million people — completely worked from home in 2017. Add to that the 15 million people The Bureau of Labor Statistics defines as self-employed and the millions of others participating in the Gig Economy, and you have a pile of people earning money from their domicile. The problem for many people who work from home or aspire to run a homegrown business: bad habits and practices. Here are tips I’ve learned in three decades of operating a home-based enterprise.
