What motivates you to be successful in your home-based business? What are the top 3 reasons you are in business for yourself? If you can’t answer this question with authority then maybe you ought to re-evaluate what you’re doing and why you’re doing it. If you are in business for yourself, there must be a strong level of self motivation in order for you to be successful. You have to have something that drives you to succeed. There’s got to be that thing and we like to call it our big “Why”. Our big “Why” is that factor that keeps us going and drives us to do everything possible to succeed in business. Our big “Why” is that thing that we focus on to feed us unwavering motivation. So what motivates you to be successful? What is your big “Why”? Check these out and see if any are on your list.1. FREEDOMI think most business owners, especially those in Internet marketing, are in the business to create their freedom. Freedom to do whatever they want to do, when they want to do it. Imagine waking up and not having a strict work agenda you have to follow because you work from the comfort of your home. Now working a home-based business doesn’t mean you don’t work hard, it just means that once you put systems in place, you can create a schedule that is conducive to your liking. Your not punching the time clock like everyone else is doing.2. FAMILYNow this is probably the most important factor for people deciding to have a home-based business, family. When it comes to family most people will do anything for them. And I personally want to do a lot of things with my family. Imagine hanging to your child’s school on field trip day or helping out in the classroom. This can be done if you have a successful home-based business and you’re not worried about taking personal leave. With a home-based business you can also provide money to your family to do things such as trips, college tuition, extracurricular activities and educational experiences. You can provide your family with everything they need and a lot of what they want.3. MONEYLet’s be clear, money can solve a lot of our problems. With money we can live debt free which means we can live stress free. We can provide needed assistance to family members. If you have a elderly parent who still works or needs medical assistance, wouldn’t it be nice if you could provide that without putting a strain on your pocket? We can give to charities whenever we want to. There a thousands of charities that do good work but they all need donations and if we are financially set, making that monthly donation will not be a problem.4. CREATIVITYHow many times have you come up with a good idea but your boss is so narrow minded, he shoots is down without giving it a try? There are a lot of bosses who are intimidated by their subordinates and they will do anything to keep you down. They don’t want you to outshine them. With your own home-based business you can truly let the creative juices flow and express yourself and all your creativity. These are just a few motivating factors to think about when you start your home-based business.