In my constant search for great resources for homeschool entrepreneurs, I still can’t believe I’ve never come across this website, but better late than never! Written by a homeschool family with eleven children in upstate NY, Michael and Julie Anna Schultz have been booksellers online for over five years now AND they are powersellers on Ebay.

Leaving a lucrative job in corporate America four years ago, Mike is a stay at home father with their book business on Ebay as his primary income. He also travels all over America teaching eBay classes, as well as entrepreneur classes! Mike and Julie Anna’s have caught the ‘Homeschool-Entrepreneur’ vision – uniting families through home entrepreneurship.

On their website, FamilyBusinessIdeas.com, you will find many great ideas for your family business, as well as help on how to get started. They offer a very reasonably priced ebook giving you everything you need to succeed on Ebay selling children’s books, and a book for the WAHM,  Cybermoms Home Income Ebook, also available on Ebay.

You can also subscribe to a monthly report that keeps you up to date on the most valuable books that you can be looking for to sell yourself. You may have one or more on your shelf at home!

Visit their bookstore at Book Jewels For Children.com

Do YOU love your work? I’ve never seen the statistics, although I know they are out there, but I would guess the majority would answer a resounding ‘NO’. I have read that the Amish train up their children to purpose to enjoy their work because it’s what they will spend the majority of their life doing so they might well find fulfillment in it. My children have heard me attempt to impart that wisdom into their hearts many times, but how do you get it from their head to their hearts?

Kids learn best by example. So if they are watching you go through life enduring a job you are miserable at, what is that saying to them? OK, responsibility is also at the top of the list of traits to teach our children and I’m not saying that everything we do needs to be enjoyable. Far from it.

If the Lord gives us the ‘desires of our hearts’, have you ever thought that that business or new profession you dream about might be what you were created to do in the first place? I believe we are all created for a purpose, with a unique set of talents and abilities to carry it out. It can be challenging to make a change midstream, but when it’s the desire of your heart, you’ll find energy you never thought you had. Do it for your kids, do it for yourself, or most of all, do it for your Heavenly Father. What parent doesn’t want to see their child working and succeeding at work they thoroughly enjoy?

I know what you’re saying, that it all sounds great, but HOW do you get from point A to point B? Dan Miller started his company to help people make the transition. He knows you can’t just quit your job and go off doing whatever feels good. It’s a deliberate process and he gives great advice on how to do it. You can sign up for his newsletter at http://www.48days.com/newsletter.php, or find his books on Amazon.

Teaching your children to find their talents and purpose is the fun part of parenting. One of the most enlightening questions you can ask your child is: “If money was not an issue, and you had to spend 8 hours a day working at something productive, what would you want to do?” It’s not only a question that could begin one of those memorable conversations, but you may be surprised at their answer!

Of course, I’d be foolish not to remind you of our 9-week Entrepreneurship 101 course we offer that helps your teen find their life purpose and start a home business from start to finish. See more details and a video tour at http://homeschool-entrepreneur.com/entrepreneur_course.html . We have scholarships available for those that can’t afford it because we believe that everyone needs to ‘think entrepreneurially’ – it’s the backbone of our economy! (that backbone may need an adjustment, though!)

I’d love to hear how your family has started a business, or found the work they love!

We teach what we know, but we reproduce who we are. -John Maxwell